A woman who was about to drive away from a filling station at night was dragged from her car and knocked to the ground where she hit her head, it was alleged at Cork District Court.

A 31-year-old man has appeared in court accused of stabbing a taxi driver during an alleged carjacking in Dublin in the early hours of Saturday.

Business leaders in Cork City have called for emergency talks with the city’s transport chiefs after it emerged that two major projects are set to cause traffic chaos for over a month.

Some airlines steered clear of France today, and police clashed with stone-throwing youths, as a new round of nationwide strikes and protests over a bill raising the retirement age to 62 kicked off.

A drug addict who complimented a female garda on the force's 'good work' when he served her and others while pretending to be an Esso shop assistant has been jailed for five years.