Place: Cork District Court

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<p>At Cork District Court, Ian O’Sullivan of Cork Simon Community was sentenced to four months in jail.</p>

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Cork man told garda: 'I will get you in court, you fucking mog'

Court hears defendant was seen at soup kitchen on St Patrick’s Street, throwing food items in the direction of staff members

<p>After hearing an outline of the allegations, Judge Mary Dorgan accepted jurisdiction to deal with the case at Cork District Court.</p>

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Cork man punched by strangers seeking drugs, court told

<p>Cork District Court heard the defendant's mother had to be taken to hospital for treatment for injuries sustained in the incident.</p>

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Cork man accused of assaulting mother before taking infant away in buggy

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Man, 18, charged with Carrigaline assault 'destroyed phone before arrest'

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Man charged with throwing boiling water into prison officer's face

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Cork taxi driver struck by hammer and bottle during robbery, court told

Gardaí object to bail for man accused of having €255,000 of cannabis

Gardaí seized €255,000 worth of cannabis at Vicarstown in County Cork in 2014 and now they have objected to bail for the man facing charges in the case, claiming that he “absconded for eight years".

Thu, 08 Sep, 2022

Case against man accused of hammer attack adjourned

Directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions are awaited in the case against a 38-year-old man facing charges related to a hammer attack at a house in Cork city that left a 29-year-old man with serious head injuries.

Sat, 03 Sep, 2022

Former golf tournament operator remanded on bail over alleged deception worth almost €1m

A former golf tournament operator charged with committing deception, including false instrument, totalling close to €1m has been remanded on bail to appear before a Kerry court later this month.

Mon, 15 Aug, 2022

'It is fortunate that someone was not killed': Cork man jailed and banned from driving for 15 years

A Dunmanway man was banned from driving for 15 years and sentenced to a year in jail for a dangerous driving escapade where it was only by good fortune that nobody was killed.

Fri, 15 Jul, 2022

Cork man crashed car during garda pursuit

Blue lights and siren of a pursuing garda car were ignored by the driver of an Audi A4 who took off at high speed in a dangerous driving escapade around Ballincollig after midnight.

Sat, 09 Jul, 2022

Drunk intruder asked Cork homeowner for electric bicycle charger

A Cork householder heard a noise from a downstairs room and went down to find a very intoxicated intruder asking him for a charger for an electric bicycle.

Fri, 08 Jul, 2022

Cork man allegedly caught with knife in city centre denied bail

A man who was allegedly caught with a knife in Cork city applied to be released on bail on the charge — despite getting bail twice before on the same charge and failing to appear in court.

Fri, 03 Jun, 2022

Cork man accused of having €120,000 of cocaine denied bid to take sun holiday

A young man accused of having a €120,000 stash of cocaine in Cork in April applied to get his passport back from gardaí and have his bail conditions relaxed so that he could take a short holiday in Portugal.

Wed, 01 Jun, 2022

Cork man accused of driving against one-way traffic in Jack Lynch tunnel

A book of evidence has been served on a motorist accused of failing to stop for gardaí and driving against one-way traffic in the Jack Lynch tunnel.

Mon, 20 Dec, 2021

Cork man assaulted doctor after being advised to get Covid vaccine

A doctor advised a patient to get a Covid vaccination and the young man reacted by assaulting the doctor. This arose when the patient was attending the GP in East Cork. While the assailant — 34-year-old Jason Butler of St.

Mon, 20 Dec, 2021

Man jailed for stealing ink cartridges from supermarket

A 35-year-old Lithuanian national walked into a supermarket and bought a loaf of bread and paper towels but slipped €600 worth of memory sticks and ink cartridges into a holdall bag and left without paying for them.

Mon, 05 Jul, 2021

Cork man jailed and banned from driving for 10 years

A 19-year-old man said his head was fried from taking prescription tablets and yesterday he was banned from driving for ten years and jailed for nine months.

Mon, 28 Jun, 2021

Cork man told gardaí ex-wife had cocaine in car

A 40-year-old woman who was never in trouble before was convicted of having cocaine for sale or supply after her ex-husband made a complaint about her to gardaí.

Thu, 03 Jun, 2021

Cocaine causing havoc in Cork city, warns judge

A sentencing judge said the violent reaction of an intoxicated young man who repeatedly tried to attack gardaí “just shows to everyone here the havoc cocaine is causing in the city.

Thu, 13 May, 2021

Struggling stores have to be protected from shoplifters, says Cork judge

Cork woman jailed for five months after 'spree' when solicitor said she had particular difficulties

Thu, 22 Apr, 2021

Drunk man told arresting gardaí he had a law degree

A drunken man was asked for his name and address as he kept falling over on the street but he refused to give them saying he had a law degree and the guard was wrong to ask.

Sat, 10 Apr, 2021

Cork man arrested after cocaine worth €50k seized

Over €50,000 worth of cocaine was allegedly seized at a property in Ballincollig and yesterday a 48-year-old man was formally arrested for the purpose of bringing a serious drugs charge against him.

Wed, 07 Apr, 2021

Coercion charge against man, 42, who allegedly approached Cork child

A coercion charge was brought against a 42-year-old man in respect of allegedly approaching an eleven-year-old girl near her home in the Mahon area of Cork last July.

Mon, 22 Mar, 2021

Man told Cork teenagers he was an undercover garda

Young teenagers at the skateboard park in The Mardyke in Cork were approached by a man impersonating a member of An Garda Síochána who asked for their names and addresses, what was in their bags and whether they had phones.

Wed, 17 Mar, 2021

Man charged following major drugs seizure in Cork city

A 19-year-old man has been charged in connection with a near €100,000 drugs seizure by gardaí in Cork city on Thursday.

Sat, 09 Jan, 2021

Cork man who pointed at gardai sergeant in witness box denies he was making a threat

A Cork man who was jailed for 20 months for several crimes pointed across the courtroom at the sergeant in the witness box as he was being brought into custody but denied he was making a threat.

Mon, 22 Jun, 2020

Trespassers in court building were looking for ‘private time’

A woman caught trespassing with her boyfriend at the court building being renovated in Cork claimed they needed “some private time”, writes Liam Heylin.

Tue, 05 Dec, 2017

Ex-HSE official fined €500 for assaulting TV3 cameraman outside court

A former HSE official has been fined for assaulting a TV3 cameraman outside a courthouse and given a suspended jail term for daubing offensive graffiti on cemetery headstones at a Republican plot in Cork.

Wed, 20 Jul, 2016

Four face charges for €600k drug factory

Gardaí arrested four people and brought them to Cork District Court yesterday on various charges arising out of the seizure at the weekend of €600,000 worth of cannabis plants growing at an industrial unit in South Link business park.

Wed, 02 Apr, 2014

Two men charged with serious Cork assault

Two men were today arrested and charged with a serious assault in Cork city which left the victim on a life support machine this January.

Wed, 04 Sep, 2002