A young woman was struck on the head with a full 7-Up bottle by her ex-boyfriend in a shopping centre.

A man wearing a wig jumped on the counter of a Ticketmaster outlet in Cork before doing an about-turn and fleeing with nothing.

A book of evidence was served yesterday on a man accused of murdering a 22-year-old woman in Cork City last April.

Prison officer John Kirwan who has escorted prisoners to courts for many years was congratulated at Cork District Court yesterday on his forthcoming retirement.

Five Romanian nationals were brought before Cork District Court yesterday to face begging charges as the judge warned any repeat offences could end in jail.

A man who was arrested as part of the investigation of a burglary nine years ago where jewellery was stolen came to court yesterday to apply for the return of his own bracelet from gardaí, saying it was of sentimental value.

A young woman claimed she was sexually assaulted in a hotel room in Cork after meeting a man at a night spot in the city.

A young woman claimed she was sexually assaulted in a hotel room in Cork after meeting a man at a night spot in the city.

A young man who was caught drink driving only chanced driving in response to a late-night call from a friend who was threatening to jump off a bridge.

An Algerian man who got into Ireland using false identification papers was yesterday given a two-month suspended jail term for stealing mobile phones at a pub in Douglas, Cork.

An off-duty bar manager socialising at the same bar assaulted a security man at the premises and yesterday he was convicted and fined.

A man robbed a taxi driver’s phone and tried to sell it to another taxi driver the next day — but, of all the drivers in Cork, he tried to sell it to the victim’s brother.

A motorist’s decision to drive away after a collision with a child leaving the boy slumped in the middle of the road was described as disgraceful by the judge who jailed him yesterday, writes Liam Heylin of the Irish Examiner.

A motorist’s decision to drive away after a collision with a child leaving the boy slumped in the middle of the road was described as disgraceful by the judge who jailed him yesterday.

A woman queuing up for a space in a disabled parking zone took photographs of a man who parked ahead of her and he grabbed her phone and threw it back into her car.

Staff at Cork Penny Dinners were verbally abused by a drunken man who fell asleep after they had given him a three-course meal.

Gardaí objected to bail being granted to a man facing a serious assault charge arising out of the investigation of a young man having a finger cut off.

Gardaí were alerted to the bizarre scene of a man who stole a large stash of wine from a restaurant frantically trying to sell it on the side of the road in the early hours of the morning.

A street heroin dealer was caught with more than €500 worth of the drug, over €500 in cash, a list of customers, and three mobile phones — one placed down his sock.

A district court judge said it was unacceptable for a man to beg for money on the streets of Cork to buy food for his dog. She fined him €150 for begging and €200 for having no licence for the dog.

A man slapped his former partner across the legs during an incident at her home and, in another, refused to calm down at the house for gardaí and had to be pepper-sprayed.

A worker at Cork Penny Dinners slapped a visitor over the back of the head with a bottle, but the culprit accepted yesterday that his reasons for the attack were 100% wrong and mistaken.

Brian Veale, aged 31, was yesterday jailed for life at the Central Criminal Court for murdering Graham Johnson in the kitchen of Cork Prison by stabbing him through the heart with a carving knife.

A man on trial accused of murdering a fellow Cork Prison inmate asked a witness not to go back to his cell because he was “fearful” the deceased “would do something to him”, a jury has heard.

A 40-year-old Cork man deliberately stole perfume in the hope of getting a jail sentence in a desperate attempt to get off heroin.

An 11-year-old girl was left lying slumped on a road after being struck by a stolen BMW car that did not stop.

A pitiless attacker struck a 50-year-old woman repeatedly in the head with a 2ft machete as he demanded cash. The culprit was yesterday jailed for six years after the victim said he had seen her as nothing more than a walking ATM.

A Co Cork man threatened to carry a shotgun on the city’s MacCurtain St in an attempt to get himself killed by drawing the fire of armed gardaí. He was remanded in custody.

A self-styled vigilante was jailed yesterday for a bizarre incident where he armed himself with a knife and kicked in what he thought was the door of a heroin dealer’s home — but he got the wrong address.

A sexual abuser with an overwhelming sense of entitlement who went through life with a “me, me, me” attitude was jailed for three years yesterday for sexually assaulting his much younger sister-in-law.

A one-man vigilante, trying to stop heroin dealing, kicked in the door of an apartment and shouted at the residents.

A woman working at a pizza outlet in the early hours of the morning was put in fear when a man wielding a large knife jumped over the counter and robbed €1,500 in cash.

A sentencing judge has welcomed a paedophile and former Christian Brother’s “substantial change of heart” after he pleaded guilty for the first time to sex assaults on two pupils at the North Monastery secondary school in Cork.

A young American student had her skull fractured by a man who walked up behind her and swung a 2ft machete at her head,resulting in the accused facing into a total of five years in jail yesterday.

Two men were jailed for eight years yesterday for their part in a horrific assault on a man who sustained life-changing injuries less than 100m from his home in Cork City.

A book of evidence was served yesterday on a man facing a robbery charge in a case where a young student from the US had her skull fractured by an assailant who allegedly walked up behind her and swung a two-foot machete at her head before robbing her.

A man accused of contacting a garda confidential line identifying a named soldier in the Irish army as a “legitimate target” and showing a picture of the same soldier on a “paedo” website went on trial for harassment at Cork District Court yesterday.

A man facing a robbery charge was remanded in custody for a fortnight yesterday in a case where a young American had her skull fractured by a man who allegedly walked up behind her and swung a 2ft machete at her head before robbing her.

A prostitute working alone in the Metropole Hotel, Cork, was tied up with cables from her phone and computer chargers and put into a bath with a towel over her head as two men robbed her of €4,000 cash and other items.

Two men who knocked an elderly man to the ground and robbed him of €40 were jailed yesterday.

Older Irish people who drink fluoridated water are more likely to keep their teeth, a study shows.