Five arrested after dramatic chase in Cork

Five people have been arrested following a car chase through east Cork in the early hours of Monday that saw a Garda car rammed and members of the force hospitalised for treatment.

A stand-off in a rural townland followed the chase, before the four men and one woman were arrested.

The drama unfolded shortly after midnight on Monday when a Garda squad car came across a number of people in a car at Drishane More, 20km east of Midleton, acting suspiciously.