The DPP appealed the leniency of a fully suspended jail term being given to a garda in Cork on corruption charges but the Court of Appeal decided yesterday that it would not alter the two-year sentence.

A member of An Garda Síochána who pleaded guilty to 11 charges related of deception, theft, and receiving corrupt payments has resigned from the force, it was confirmed yesterday.

A date was set yesterday for the trial, by judge and jury, of a member of An Garda Síochána facing 212 charges related to alleged deception, theft, and receiving corrupt payments.

A motorcyclist who agreed to take a new bike out for a test drive for a friend panicked when he was stopped by a garda and took off at a speed of up to 130kmh in Cork City.

The problem of motorists using mobile phones has reached epidemic proportions, a circuit court judge said yesterday.