The man facing three charges related to a false imprisonment at a house where it was alleged that a gas cylinder was thrown down stairs at a garda, indicated yesterday that he would be pleading guilty to all counts against him.

A second man was arrested and brought before Cork District Court yesterday arising out of the investigation of a false imprisonment case where it was alleged that the door of a house was barricaded in Cork City in the early hours of Tuesday.

A gas cylinder and a mirror were thrown on top of armed gardaí during a hostage situation at a house in Cork and a threat was made to throw a 25kg dumbbell down a stairs, it was alleged yesterday.

A WELL-KNOWN gangland criminal in his mid-20s was shot dead last night in yet another gangland shooting in the capital.