A young man threw a petrol bomb at a house in a desperate effort to force his girlfriend’s parents to let her out at night “in a Rapunzel-type endeavour”.

A 47-year-old man on trial for indecently assaulting his niece when she was eight about 30 years ago testified yesterday that there was no way he would be capable of doing something like that.

A man in his 40s who groomed a teenager on Facebook and via text message for oral sex was jailed for four years yesterday.

A Chinese national went on trial in Cork yesterday charged with four counts relating to the discovery of a €600,000 cannabis growhouse at an industrial unit in Cork City.

The judge sentencing a man who is charged with having thousands of images of child pornography at a house in Cork five years ago said he must have regard for the profound psychiatric illness of the accused.

A Cork woman who ripped off almost €60,000 in false social welfare claims and used the money mainly to buy drink, rather than cars or any luxuries, was yesterday jailed for nine months.

No injunction was granted yesterday to move Travellers living near an embankment where goats have created a risk of falling rocks.

A normal middle-class teenager’s life collapsed around him when a priest sexually assaulted him in the sick bay of a boarding school in 1979 and returned moments afterwards with a Disprin and a glass of water.

A man who denies sexually assaulting his niece at a This is Your Life celebration at Páirc Uí Chaoimh was accused by the prosecution yesterday of a character assassination of the complainant, by calling her malicious, vindictive and a liar.

A man described by gardaí as a trusted member of a leading drugs gang in Cork City who was caught with a €17,000 bar of cocaine got a fully suspended sentence.

The priest on trial for a sex assault on a teenage boy in the sick bay of a boarding school in 1979 told the jury he had admitted sexually assaulting 10 other boys, but that he did not touch the complainant.

A boarding school student in 1979 described in court yesterday how he was indecently assaulted in the sick bay by a priest who was also dean of discipline.

A cultural group dedicated to the archiving of film found itself under threat of eviction in Cork yesterday.

The jury in the case against a man accused of going on a rampage where he drove a rescue 4x4 at two planes full of passengers deliberated for two hours yesterday and will resume today.

A publican who claimed he was defamed by nazi references made by another publican at a vintners’ AGM has lost his case.

A woman told a court she had her jaw broken and was knocked unconscious by a man who swung a baseball bat or some kind of club into her face but a jury found him not guilty.

An events organiser facing 77 charges arising out of the theft of more than €180,000 in cash paid by students for debs and graduation balls pleaded guilty to 37 sample counts this afternoon.

ONE of the country’s largest building firms was cleared yesterday of breaching the Waste Management Act.

The first ever court action taken by an Irish prisoner for damages for slopping out of prison-cell chamber pots was dismissed today.

The woman who stabbed her husband at their home in Cork on New Year’s Eve was cleared of manslaughter today amid emotional scenes in court.

A 36-year-old woman stabbed her husband at their home in Cork on New Year’s Eve after he was violent towards the family, it was claimed today as she was put on trial for his manslaughter.

BANDON Garda Station was petrol bombed and the life of a member of the public was put at risk — and yesterday the culprit pleaded guilty to two charges arising out of the crime.

AN BÓRD Pleanála has enough evidence to confirm a contentious compulsory purchase order (CPO) on 10 hectares of prime land in Cork’s docklands, a local authority said yesterday.

FERRERO Rocher is more associated with the Ambassador’s reception than Nigerian drug lords.

A MAN pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of assault causing serious harm to young Limerick man Denis Franklin, who has been left in what was described a permanent vegetative state.