GARDAÍ yesterday charged a man with possessing a total of €10,000 worth of illegal drugs at different locations in the Togher area of Cork.

A MAN’S disability allowance was claimed at a post office every week for 10 weeks — despite the fact he was in jail at the time.

Gardaí arrested a 36-year-old man today and charged him with the unlawful killing of a woman in Cork city last October.

Bail was refused today to a Polish national accused of having over €70,000 worth of cannabis for supply in East Cork at the weekend.

A 32-year-old Cork man was charged today with raping a middle-aged woman in the centre of Cork city.

A THIRD man has been charged in connection with the £26.5 million Northern Bank robbery.

A pregnant Venezuelan woman was remanded in custody for a fortnight today on charges related to the seizure of €210,000 worth of cocaine at Cork Airport last Friday.

A LEAVING Cert student, jailed yesterday for stealing a car and driving it while drunk, was told he was lucky not to be before the court for killing someone.

A Cork financial advisor who is accused of money-laundering - arising out of the investigation of the 2004 Northern Bank robbery - was back at Cork District Court today and remanded on continuing bail to appear again in a month’s time.

The Polish truck driver responsible for causing up to €500,000 worth of damage to the Jack Lynch Tunnel under the River Lee and then driving away from the scene, pleaded guilty to careless driving and hit and run charges today and was fined €900.

Two men were today sent forward for trial at the next sitting of the Central Criminal Court, charged with the murder of a young Cork man last August.

A petrol bomb exploded when it was thrown at a garda patrol car after the guards were lured to a housing estate with a hoax call on Halloween night, it was claimed today, as two men were charged and refused bail.

TWO men were charged yesterday with murdering a young father of two in Mahon in August.

Two men were charged today with murdering a young father-of-two in Mahon, Cork, in August.

ONE of the men charged in relation to the fatal stabbing of a man in Mahon, Cork, in August, wanted to be released on bail yesterday to be of support to his pregnant girlfriend.

MEDIA group Thomas Crosbie Holdings (TCH) last night conferred diplomas on 25 graduates of its Higher Diploma in Journalism Practice course in the company headquarters at South Mall, Cork.

A 35-year-old woman was arrested today and charged with the unlawful killing of her husband in Cork on New Year’s Eve.

A German couple were charged today with having €280,000 worth of cocaine at Cork Airport on Sunday.

A woman has appeared in Cork District Court today charged with causing serious harm to her husband in a New Year’s Eve incident, following which he died.

A Cork taxi driver was caught with €200,000 worth of cocaine in the boot of his car in the city, the gardai claimed today as he was charged with having drugs for sale or supply.

A young motorist was charged today with dangerous driving causing the death of an elderly pedestrian last February in Cork city.

A man accused of murder in Cork city at the weekend was brought before Cork District Court today.

Three men who are accused of burgling the home of an elderly man in Fermoy before a high speed chase to Cork city in heavy traffic yesterday afternoon were remanded in custody today.

A Clare man was brought before Cork District Court today to face charges of having over €1m worth of cannabis resin in Cork on Wednesday.

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Two men accused of falsely imprisoning a Cork couple in their own home while armed with a Colt 45 revolver were brought before Cork District Court today.

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A Cork priest was struck in the head with a hammer and tied to his bed with cable, it was claimed today, as two teenagers were charged with committing an aggravated burglary.

A teenager accused of murdering a man in Cork city in May was returned for trial today to the Central Criminal Court in Dublin.

A man accused of having almost almost €400,000 worth of ecstasy tablets in a car at Glanmire, Co Cork had a bail application refused in court today.

A CHRISTMAS DAY escapade of drink driving resulted in a motorist getting a three-month jail sentence yesterday.

A PORSCHE jeep worth €180,000 that was stolen in Kinsale at the weekend was crashed through a security barrier at Cork Airport in an attempt to get away from pursuing gardaí, it was claimed in court yesterday.

A FIVE-WEEK-OLD baby who cried hysterically had to be rescued from the arms of his drunken mother and yesterday the woman was given a suspended jail sentence for being drunk and in charge of a child.

A woman was arrested and charged today with killing her partner in Cork city centre in June last year.

Four men were arrested and charged today with assault causing serious harm to a Cork Institute of Technology student who has been on a life support machine since February last year.

TWO homeless brothers who felt they couldn’t survive sleeping rough broke six windows at a bank in the hope of getting beds in a jail cell, a court heard yesterday.

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 man accused of murder today reacted angrily to the charge being laid against him.

Peter Whelan who admitted murdering a teenager at her home in Cork last April and attempting to murder the victim's friend is going to appeal against the sentence imposed on him.

Two men were arrested and charged today with the murder of Christian Scully at Sober Lane, Sullivan’s Quay, Cork, last year.

A TEENAGER driving a stolen car rammed a garda patrol car repeatedly, and with such ferocity, in the early hours of yesterday that it is now close to being a write-off, gardaí claimed yesterday.

AN asylum seeker has been refused hospital treatment for a serious medical condition because a decision on his application is still outstanding.

A woman was terrified over the holiday period after receiving threatening phone calls and text messages from a man she knew.

Two South Africans were arrested at Cork Airport and charged with importing €200,000 worth of cannabis resin into Ireland.