The judge told the accused to "pull yourself together" after he broke down in tears.

A man who has been charged in connection with a violent carjacking last Sunday, in which a woman was struck on the head before she was driven away by her attacker, told gardaí after his arrest: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do it", a court has heard.

Two men have been charged before a special court sitting with possession of an assortment of weapons during the course of a row in Limerick.

Gardaí in Galway have begun an investigation into a shooting in the Ballybane area of the city last night.

YOU can remain aloof aloft at Ard Alainn. Not only is the Victorian terrace above Cork city at St Luke’s Cross, it is also set above the old suburban road that makes it a downhill whizz to the centre of town.