A teenager appeared at Cork District Court yesterday accused of spraying insulting comments about a garda in graffiti on four different schools in the Blarney area, leaving them with a total bill of €1,200 to remove the paint.

Sq m: 100 (1,070 sq ft)

A TASER gun had to be used by a garda on a man who arrived at the end of a siege situation and ran at gardaí with a slash-hook.