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

A man who continually cried during a bail application was told by a judge to pull himself together and not act like a 16 year old caught with his hand in a cookie jar.

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.

An elderly couple have been taken to hospital after a two-car collision on the main Limerick Tipperary road.