A stash of heroin was concealed down the side of a taxi seat by a passenger when he noticed gardaí coming towards him.

Frostiness between two competing ice cream vendors in Cork City melted yesterday as they each withdrew accusations of being assaulted by their rival.

A turf war between competing ice cream men resulted in both facing charges of assault in a case where it was claimed that one reached into the other’s van and pulled his ice cream lever.

The maximum possible sentence of six months for driving without insurance was branded as a joke yesterday by a district court judge dealing with the case of a man with 20 previous convictions for the same offence.