A wheelchair-bound woman in her 80s was the victim of an attempted street robbery it Cork city, it was claimed yesterday at Cork District Court.

The trial of a man and woman accused of carrying out an aggravated burglary in the Mallow area while armed with a sledgehammer and an iron bar was about to start yesterday — but the two accused changed their pleas to guilty.

Burglaries in remote rural areas cause huge revulsion and fear and had to be dealt with sternly by the courts, a sentencing judge said yesterday as he added another year to a burglar’s time in jail for his latest crime.

Tommy Barker says there are green shoots in the construction sector.

A man accused of repeatedly punching his wife in the face at a christening has been remanded in custody despite the fact that his victim spoke up on his behalf.

There’s considerable scope at the detached three-bed Mayfield bungalow called Celedene which carries a €150,000 AMV with agent Sean McCarthy of ERA Downey McCarthy.

Gardaí heard screams from a house that “she’s got a knife” and then saw a woman with a red-handled, red-bladed knife in her hand, which she only dropped on being threatened with pepper spray. She later claimed she was helping neighbours to cut pizza.

Hundreds of doctors protested outside the Dáil yesterday over cutbacks that have closed general practices and forced newly qualified GPs to go abroad to work.

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A father and his three sons got suspended jail sentences and 240-hour community service orders yesterday for their part in a violent disorder in Cork where rocks and bottles were thrown.

A father-of-two has been jailed for two years for a savage, unprovoked attack on another man in a pub in which he bit off part of his victim’s nose and spat it out.

Dunmanway, Co Cork €130,000

Three-bed Douglas semi in turnkey condition boasts extra large garden

A CORK man who was seriously involved in the drug trade for profit was jailed for eight years yesterday.

IT was — well a white wedding.

THE last time Tina saw her grandfather was last Thursday. The only odd thing about the encounter was that he had been dead for 15 years.

AN award of €176,000 was made at the High Court in Cork yesterday to a man who was knocked down crossing the road to his home in the city.

The Special Criminal Court has remanded five men in custody today after they were charged with being members of the INLA.

GARDAÍ are preparing a file for the DPP following an attack on a former Republic of Ireland international soccer player who is fighting for his life in hospital.

A THIRD man was in court yesterday facing charges in relation to a volatile confrontation in a housing estate in the early hours of Tuesday morning when slash-hooks, a hatchet and petrol bombs were seized.

A PORSCHE jeep worth €180,000 that was stolen in Kinsale at the weekend was crashed through a security barrier at Cork Airport in an attempt to get away from pursuing gardaí, it was claimed in court yesterday.

A FIVE-WEEK-OLD baby who cried hysterically had to be rescued from the arms of his drunken mother and yesterday the woman was given a suspended jail sentence for being drunk and in charge of a child.