A 45-year-old man accused of assault causing harm to a woman and resisting arrest by a member of An Garda Síochána was remanded in custody until March 25. Stephen Lyons of 21 Cushing Place, Farranree, Cork, appeared by video link from prison at Cork District Court. He is charged with assault causing harm to a … Read more
The DPP has decided that a case against a 24-year-old man should proceed by indictment for assaults, criminal damage, and violent disorder at Sullivan’s Quay three years ago. Sergeant Aisling Murphy said the DPP indicated that the case should go to trial by judge and jury at the Circuit Court or that a signed plea … Read more
A former Fianna Fáil councillor pleaded guilty today to harassing a woman in Cork city back in the summer of 2022. 49-year-old Joseph O’Donovan, formerly known as Gary O’Flynn, of Melvindale House, Coolowen, Blarney, County Cork, indicated through his solicitor Frank Buttimer that he was pleading guilty to the harassment. The charge which he admitted … Read more
The owner of a house that was about to be renovated in Carrigaline found the place ransacked and several intruders present when she returned – including one man coming out of the attic carrying a hacksaw. One of the men on the property – Christopher Judge with an address at Pairc Na Daire, Clonard – … Read more
Michael Flatley’s lawyers have claimed before the High Court that “a deal has been done” to purchase his Cork Castlehyde mansion at the centre of a dispute. Ronnie Hudson BL for Mr Flatley told the High Court it was his instructions that a neighbouring landowner to the Fermoy mansion wishes to purchase it and “the … Read more
A middle-aged Mitchelstown man put his arm around a woman in her early 60s in the town and asked her, “Do you want sex?” Nicknamed Squiggly, the accused man, 51-year-old Anthony Quigley, of Roches Heights, Mitchelstown, County Cork, pleaded guilty to the charge brought against him by Detective Garda Dave Barry – a count of … Read more
A young woman attending a party had a pint glass thrown into her face at a function room leaving her with a permanent mark and now a woman who admitted the attack has had sentencing adjourned until May. Garda Richard O’Donovan outlined the background to the assault at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. Carla O’Driscoll of … Read more
A young man who was caught with €6,000 worth of cocaine and €2,295 in cash after his behaviour raised the suspicions of gardaí at Magazine Road in Cork almost four years ago has turned his life around completely. The case concerns Ryan Sievewright, aged 29, of Lios Cross, Ballygarvan, county Cork, who has now been … Read more
Sentencing of a woman whose passport fraud was described as calling into question “the integrity of both the Irish birth certificate registration system and the Irish passport system” was adjourned until May 8. The case was listed for sentencing today at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. However, defence senior counsel Marjory Farrelly said the defendant had … Read more
Two young men raced each other in a car park, driving a new Mercedes car and a motorcycle, but the man on the bike lost control and his vehicle skidded at speed into three young women, seriously injuring them. This was the scenario described by Garda Ruth Healy at Cork Circuit Criminal Court, where the … Read more