Man charged over possession of pistol

A man is being questioned by gardaí in Cork city after he was stopped and searched at lunchtime yesterday and found to be in possession of €12,000 of cocaine and a weighing scales.

Gardaí believe they have foiled an attempted 'hit' in Cork city following a tip-off from an alert member of the public.

Gardaí have made two arrests after a man was doused in petrol and set on fire at a house in Cork.

Keith Greaney, 23, was with his girlfriend, Nicole O'Leary, when three men broke into his home, dragged him from his bed, beat him with a car exhaust pipe and attacked him with a machete just before 4am.

Gardaí have spoken to two men after a father-of-three was doused in petrol and set alight in Cork.

Gardaí have moved to ease concerns after a spate of violent attacks in Cork City in which one man was doused in petrol and set alight, another suffered a fractured skull in a hammer and baseball attack, and another was beaten by a gang armed with hurleys.

The incident occurred less than 24 hours after the death of Cameron Blair

The incidents occurred in the Blackpool area around midday today.

Gardaí arrested 17 people on drugs, burglary, theft, fraud and robbery charges in an Operation Thor day of action.

More than 30 new gardaí have been temporarily stationed in Cork city to tackle thefts, public order incidents, drugs and traffic issues during the busy Christmas period.

The men in their late teens and early 20s, were both arrested last night.

A man was arrested after an incident at a property in the Farranree area of Cork city this morning.

Gardaí investigating an alleged assault on a child at a creche in Co Cork are preparing a file for the DPP after arresting a woman in her 60s today for questioning.

One man fighting is fighting his life and the first incident which occurred on St Patrick’s St just after 9pm last night.

Two people have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 55-year-old man whose bloodied body was found by his son when he visited his home in Cork city over the weekend.

A man has been arrested in Cork city after a drug seizure in the city railway station.

Gardaí in Cork are investigating an alleged sexual assault that is reported to have taken place in the early hours of yesterday morning.

There were scenes of unbridled joy as a young girl was reunited with her therapy pony.

A Tipperary family is celebrating after its therapy pony stolen at the weekend was recovered by gardaí in Cork last night.

The men in their 40s were arrested following the discovery of cannabis herb in a car on Lower Glanmire Rd and a second drugs find in a house in Togher.

Two men have been arrested in Cork after cannabis was found following the search of a vehicle.

One man is due before court on a cocaine possession charge after passengers on the Dublin to Cork train alerted staff regarding the behaviour of two men on board.

A Mallow woman tried to headbutt a garda, called her a fat bastard, and expressed the hope that she would die roaring.

The Cork man on trial for murdering his mother was freaked out about not being able to talk to women and he drank two bottles of wine before allegedly arguing with his mother and stabbing her in the back of the head with considerable force.

A bizarre plan to get shot dead or sent to a psychiatric hospital saw a man arming himself with a hammer and knives in a Garda station to provoke a response from armed gardaí.

Gardaí have appealed for help tracing the movements of a high-powered car which may be linked to a crime spree across Munster in recent weeks.

The father of a man who it’s feared was murdered in Cork’s notorious ‘House of Horrors’ 24 years ago has issued an emotional plea for information that will lead to the recovery of his son’s remains.

Sentencing of a man who smashed a patrol van with a lump hammer and produced knives in a Garda station, hoping he would be shot dead, was adjourned yesterday for a psychiatric report.

The number of frontline gardaí based in several Cork City Garda stations is still at 2010 levels despite the arrival of 15 probationary gardaí in two districts this week.

Slagging between neighbouring apartment dwellers got so out of hand that one of the young men came out of his home with a large butcher’s knife to threaten two others.

Heroin worth €17,000 was carried “almost nonchalantly” by a man travelling by bus from Dublin to Cork and yesterday he was jailed for his drugs crime.

A drug-dealer facing sentence for transporting €10,000 of cocaine from Dublin had the hearing adjourned, so gardaí could look into the fact that a member of An Garda Síochána provided character evidence for him.

A man accused of smashing a patrol van with a lump hammer and pulling knives in a garda station hoping he would be shot dead claimed in court: “When I am on medication I am the nicest person you will ever meet.”

Two women enjoying the Cork Jazz Festival on MacCurtain St had the upset of having their handbags containing mobile phones and cash stolen from them.

A multi-agency operation which saw the arrest of three men at a traveller site on the N25 Cork to Midleton Road near Little Island resulted in one man being brought before Cork District Court yesterday.

Gardaí are hunting for members of a gang after a violent and unprovoked knife and bat attack on two teenagers on the southside of Cork city.

The burglary last week of the Rooster pizzeria in Cork was described by the accused man’s own solicitor as “not in the rocket science department”.

A book of evidence has been served on a 44-year-old man accused of murdering a mother of three in Cork City last March.