Young Corkman charged with ramming three garda cars and setting fire to stolen car

The accused was also charged with driving at and colliding with a garda car as a garda was getting out of the vehicle

The man was charged that on March 3 at Thomas Davis Street, Blackpool, he caused criminal damage to three garda cars and a parked car belonging to a motorist. File picture: Larry Cummins

The investigation into three garda cars being rammed at Thomas Davis Street in Cork on Sunday, March 3, saw a 26-year-old man being arrested, charged and brought before Cork District Court on Tuesday.

Multiple charges against Stephen Coughlan of 67 Maulbaun, Passage West, Cork, were before the court today and Judge Mary Dorgan remanded him in custody until March 12, on the application of Sergeant Gearóid Davis. Eddie Burke, solicitor, said there was no application for bail.