The family of murdered student Cameron Blair have said that violent knife crime "has to stop".

A criminal with a "serious propensity for violence" has been jailed for 12 years for killing a vulnerable homeless man by pushing him down a rubbish chute.

A FITTED furniture maker is appealing for help in tracing up to €5,000 worth of tools stolen in recent days. The power tools were stolen in the early hours of Thursday morning from his van, parked in Clondrohid, near Macroom.

Gardaí in Mallow are appealing for witnesses in relation to a robbery that occurred on the N20 at Quartertown Upper, Mallow at 4. 30pm yesterday.  A man approached a fruit vendor which was situated on the N20 (Mallow to Cork road) at Quartertown Upper.

A book of evidence will be served next Friday on a North Cork man who was allegedly seen by gardaí throwing a packet of cocaine out a car window more than three years when pursued by gardaí near Mitchelstown.

A homeless man who was jailed last month for digging up paving slabs around Cork city centre and leaving cut flowers in the holes has got another prison term for spray-painting graffiti referring to rapists on a hoarding.

A CORK businesswoman has issued a warning after her Instagram page was hacked and held for ransom. Charlene Corkery, owner of Box of Kindness, discovered on Monday that her Instagram page had been hacked.

CORK stalking victim Una Ring has seen draft legislation she helped draw up be brought before the Seanad a year on from when she woke to find graffiti on the window of her home by an unknown stalker.

AN advocate for prison reform says a few nights in prison is not enough to rehabilitate offenders.

A SUSPECTED €140,000 of cocaine has been seized from a bag thrown on to the roadway near Glanmire last night, during an operation conducted as part of Operation Tara.

A young man who was caught in possession of a stolen driver’s licence was jailed for four months.

SOME offenders from Cork who have been sentenced to Limerick’s female prison have not spent one night there because of lack of space.

A man arrested in connection with a cannabis seizure in Cork on Friday night has been charged and is due to appear before the courts.

A B&B owner in Cork has expressed concerns over scam calls that are affecting business. Gardaí recently warned people to be wary of phone fraud following reports of automated scam calls pertaining to be An Garda Siochána.

GARDAÍ are appealing for the help of the public in the fight against smuggling along Cork coasts. “It is so important that people, if they have a sense that something is not right — make the call and we’ll investigate.

An ambulance paramedic was assaulted by the drink driver he was assisting at the scene of a car crash.

AN ORGANISATION working with former prisoners is calling for an overhaul of the spent convictions bill amid claims it is preventing reformed criminals access employment.

Gardaí are advising motorists to secure their vehicles when parking in unattended carparks in coastal and scenic locations, as millions of euro worth of property are stolen from cars each year.

Patrons of premises on Princes Street in Cork who were drinking outside had to contend with a man who got drunk and aggressive and abused gardaí who arrived to deal with the rumpus.

THE campaign for justice for the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier has been dealt a blow by the death of one of its most vocal supporters.

THREE people have been taken to hospital after an assault in Mallow. The incident occurred on the outskirts of the town at around 11pm last night.

GARDAI are urging motorists not to leave their vehicles unlocked following a theft of a car in Belgooly. The car was stolen in the early hours of Saturday morning in an estate in the village.

A man who was caught with the trappings of heroin use in the front seat of his car when parked at a garage on New Year’s Day has been jailed for a total of ten months.

A young man popped three wraps of heroin into his mouth in the hope of avoiding a drugs search. Now he has been sentenced to eight months in prison by Judge Olann Kelleher at Cork District Court.

A book of evidence was served on a man accused of having over €50,000 worth of cocaine at a hotel car park.

A GIRL, aged 15 to 16, was defiled by a man aged 20 to 21, who had sexual intercourse with her on three occasions and has now been jailed. The accused man wiped tears from his eyes as he was sentenced to nine months on three counts of defilement.

A barman at Cape Clear Island who sexually assaulted a customer after he drove her home and brought her on a tour of the island in the early hours was sentenced to two years in jail.

THE Netflix documentary on the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in west Cork has launched today on the streaming service.

Stealing false nails costing just less than €20 resulted in the woman being sentenced to six months in prison. Sergeant John Kelleher said the young woman had 123 shoplifting convictions. Judge Olann Kelleher imposed the latest jail sentence.

A 19-year-old man who said his head was fried from taking prescription tablets was banned from driving for ten years and jailed for nine months.

A man and a woman who stayed the night at a vacant building raised the alarm on their trespass when they found themselves unable to leave and they smashed a window – to get out. Sergeant John Kelleher said that at 8.

A teenager held a knife high above his head and pointed it at party-goers outside a house in Cork city where 20-year-old college student Cameron Blair was murdered, the Central Criminal Court was told yesterday.

Armed gardaí had to be called to a house in Togher where a man brandished knives, broke windows and then came out threatening to kill a member of An Garda Síochána.

A PERSON has been duped out of thousands of euro by a fraudster who claimed to be a garda from Anglesea Street station in Cork city.

A Cork man who sexually assaulted his sleeping younger sister several years after raping her as a child has been jailed for four years.

MEMBERS of a Cork pigeon racing club have been left “disgusted” and “disappointed” after one of their storage containers was destroyed by a fire on Bonfire Night.

DRUG driving in Cork has soared in the year since the start of the pandemic.

A young woman who admitted shoplifting for toys just days before Christmas and stealing clothes on another occasion has been ordered to do community service.

Gardaí have arrested and charged a man in relation to a burglary in Cork city on November 24, 2020.

INCIDENTS of phishing, vishing, and smishing fraud in Cork city have more than doubled in the first five months of this year, while incidents of rape, sexual assault, and drug offences have also increased.

A woman visiting jail with a syringe full of cannabis oil in an envelope for one of the prisoners has been successful in her appeal against a five-month jail term for the crime.

A six-month spell in jail will be avoided by a young man caught with a cocaine stash more than two years ago as it emerged that he has not been in trouble in the two years since and was never in difficulty before.

A YOUNG man who came home drunk and wanted his father to fight him later threatened to cut his father’s throat with a carving knife.

An armed gang broke into a house in Midleton, forced the owner to the floor, put a jacket over his head, barricaded him into a bathroom and snatched €50,000 in cash from a safe.

Gardaí have arrested and charged a man in relation to a hijacking incident in Cork city on June 9. "Shortly before midnight a woman was sitting in her car on [Redforge] Road when she was approached by a man," a Garda spokesperson said.

A community in The Glen area of Cork city are said to be “upset” and “shocked” following a suspected petrol bomb attack on a home in the area.

Two delivery men bringing kegs of beer to The Skibbereen Eagle pub in Tragumna were seen going to a locked cupboard to steal sums of cash and it was later established that this had been going on for two years.51-year-old Paul Morey of 8 Willow ...

A barman at Cape Clear Island was found guilty of sexually assaulting a young woman visiting the island when he drove her home from the Club Chléire pub two years ago.

A CORK man has said that he is refusing to become yet another victim of Cork’s heroin epidemic following a series of prison sentences for minor crimes.

A jury was sworn in for the trial of a man accused of burgling the African Missions property on Blackrock Road in Cork on an afternoon last July and later stepping on the 202 bus into town.