A ballistics expert criticised prosecution evidence about a garda flash-bang grenade as preposterous, requiring the kind of chance that would see one winning the lottery twice in a row

A Garda Regional Support Unit member testified in a trial yesterday he was briefed in advance that an accused man was expected to be at the scene of an attempted aggravated burglary.

A man who denied an attempted aggravated burglary while armed with a shotgun was seen at the scene of the crime by an armed member of the Garda Regional Support Unit, a judge and jury was told yesterday.

The trial of a man accused of arming himself with a pump-action shotgun for an attempted aggravated burglary in Glanmire collapsed yesterday.

Two men were arrested near the scene of an attempted aggravated burglary and an officer testified yesterday the last sighting he had of a third man was when he disappeared in a field of cows.

The lawyer for a man charged with carrying a pump-action shotgun during an attempted aggravated burglary accused a garda of telling great lies in the witness box as the officer said he clearly saw the defendant at the crime scene.

A Garda helicopter flew to the scene of an attempted house raid in Cork that was intercepted by armed officers, while a heat-seeking device in the helicopter picked up a man trying to conceal himself in undergrowth.

Acting on a tip-off that a robbery was planned at the home of a businessman who sometimes kept money in his safe, gardaí who were lying in wait detonated a stun grenade to disorientate three men creeping around the house, it was claimed yesterday.

Three men charged in connection with a foiled raid at the house of a Cork businessman have been further remanded in custody.

Three men who were arrested by gardaí after attempting to raid a businessman’s house have been refused bail after appearing at a special sitting of Cork District Court.

Three men with Cork addresses have been charged in connection with a foiled armed robbery at the home of a businessman in Glounthaune on Sunday night.

A GARDA sergeant who claimed he was left blind due to a failure to promptly diagnose an infection of the eye linked to wearing contact lenses has settled his High Court medical negligence action for an undisclosed sum.

A Garda sergeant has settled a claim against the HSE that he was left blind because of a delay in diagnosing an eye infection linked to wearing contact lenses.

A GARDA sergeant has claimed he has been left blind due to a failure to promptly diagnose a serious infection of the eye linked to wearing contact lenses.

STEEPED in the past, but contemporary in just about every other way is the Coach House, in the historic shadow of Monkstown Castle.

A NOTORIOUS Cork armed robber was last night hospitalised with serious head injuries after being beaten up by a gang of prisoners in Cork Prison.

MIKE LISTON, the 47-year-old firefighter and father-of-four killed in yesterday’s horror road accident in Co Limerick, had lost a brother two years ago in another double fatality.

President Mary McAleese met with the families of two Limerick men who were electrocuted at the wake of a 21-year-old local man during her visit to Limerick today.

ONE of the two Co Limerick men electrocuted last Sunday was due to get married shortly, it emerged at his funeral yesterday.

County Limerick came to a standstill today as hundreds of mourners packed two churches to grieve for two victims of an electrocution tragedy.

SOUTH AFRICAN police were last night trying to locate the sister of one of the three men who died in weekend tragedies in County Limerick.

More than 1,000 people gathered for a funeral today – just hours after a freak electricity accident claimed the lives of two men at the wake.

A 35-year-old man has appeared before Limerick District Court charged in connection with a fatal stabbing in the city.

The leader of an active crime gang in Cork city was jailed for eight years today for the armed robbery of a post office in Farran, County Cork, where he said he expected to find the Crown jewels but ended up with very little.

A prisoner who escaped from custody in Cork on Wednesday has been recaptured.

Gardai are still searching for escaped prisoner who fled custody in Cork District Court today.

A prisoner has escaped from custody for the second time in three months.

A prisoner, who escaped while being escorted by prison authorities to Cork prison last week, has been taken back into custody by Gardai.