A RESEARCH project to investigate the prevalence of stalking and harassment has been launched at University College Cork.

The accused expressed remorse and said that the attack by himself and others was “a lousy thing to do.”

Judge Helen Boyle imposed sentence of two years with the last eight months suspended. 

The accused had 140 previous convictions, including two for robbery, one for burglary and others for thefts and drug possession.

POLITICAL representatives in Cork have condemned ongoing incidents of criminal damage on the northside of the city.

The man entered the house at Marian Place on The Mardyke in Cork through an unlocked door.

Before gardaí arrived at the house the defendant disarmed himself and went upstairs and barricaded himself into a bedroom.

However, Garda crime prevention officer for Cork City, Brian McSweeney, said gardaí have not received any reports of moneylenders.

FRAUD expert, Detective Chief Superintendent Pat Lordan, has warned the Cork community about an increased threat of business infiltration through staff and company visitors.

“He had an opportunity to take more money but when the victim told him he needed it he did not take it from him." 

"He was caught with blood-stained clothing and there was a blood-stained knife at his home." 

He gardaí he intended to smoke or bake the cannabis.

Gardaí were conducting a routine checkpoint.

The judge said that people should be able to walk safely in Cork city. 

The man who confessed to having the cocaine for sale or supply has been sentenced to two years in jail. 

Increased public confidence in the skills and resources of the Garda specialist sexual violence unit, along with a rise in the reporting of historic cases, has led to a spike in sexual assault cases reported across the three Cork districts, ...

A 31-year-old man has confessed to a charge of assaulting a woman at a church in Mallow on New Year’s Day 2019. William Donohoe of 13 Friar Street, Cork, was arraigned at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

THOUSANDS of euro have been paid in deposits by Cork homeowners to bogus traders for work that has not been carried out. And in at least one case, work carried out by bogus traders was of such poor quality that the work had to be demolished.

A man who was before the court in relation to the incident has been given a suspended sentence. 

An €8,000 stash of cocaine was recovered in a search of a teenager’s home in Cork together with 280 baggies for dealing small quantities of the drug. Garda Shane Halligan testified that at 7.

The judge said she would like to see a 'little more repayment being put in place'. 

GARDAÍ from two Cork-based drugs units seized drugs worth €140,000 and arrested two males in the course of an operation conducted in Cork last night.

GARDAÍ are appealing for witnesses following a serious assault that occurred in Cork city last night.

Gardaí got a recording of one phone call where one of the parties was heard speaking to the head of a Nigerian criminal organisation, in which they discussed the laundering of €1 million.

There is traditionally an increase in property-related crime in the winter months. 

"He said he was doing it under duress to a certain person for a €3,000 drugs debt." 

Since the incident he has abstained from alcohol with the help of a counsellor.

Now at Cork Circuit Criminal Court the accused man has confessed to the crime.

The defence said the failure to appear was because of a breakdown in communications and his mental health difficulties.

The man was convicted of the manslaughter of a French man in the city in 2015. 

The court heard the accused had not been in court previously but had a significant drink and drugs problem.

The judge made the comments during the sentencing hearing for a case involving more than €33k. 

FIREWORKS have been thrown in the letter boxes of two homes in Cork city. The incidents happened in Togher and in Knocknaheeny over the weekend.

GARDAÍ are urging people to look out for their elderly neighbours to prevent them being targeted by bogus traders. In one recent incident in East Cork, a woman was targeted for a second time by rogue traders.

GARDAÍ investigating separate shootings in Cork are examining CCTV in a bid to progress the probes. The shootings occurred just 12 hours apart on Friday in Ballincollig and Blackpool. They are not believed to be related.

REVENUE officers seized 33,000 unstamped cigarettes and over 24 kgs of 'roll your own' tobacco, with a combined retail value of €41,800 in Cork city on Sunday, October 17.

A SHOOTING in Ballincollig is under investigation. The incident occurred in the Mill Range area of the town at 11. 40am on Friday morning – 12 hours before a shooting in Blackpool.

An investigation is underway after a man was seriously injured in an incident in Cork city overnight.  Gardaí say they are investigating a discharge of a firearm that occurred in the Blackpool area at around midnight.

HOUSES under construction or renovation are being targeted by thieves looking for tools. That is according to gardaí in Cork North garda division, following a recent incident in Kanturk.

A REVIEW has been announced into how remission is granted to prisoners. Currently, people serving a definite penalty qualify for a remission of a quarter of their sentence.

37% of all thefts from vehicles occur in residential locations. 

The culprit managed to escape with a sum of cash.

Builders working in the area gave chase and held him until officers arrived. 

ALMOST 160,000 cigarettes have been seized in Cork Port and Cork Airport in the first eight months of this year. That is according to figures provided to Cork North Central Fine Gael TD Colm Burke after he tabled a parliamentary question on the issue.

The dangerous escapade came to an end when he tried to drive the car up on a footpath in order to get on to a pedestrian path.

When the man was approached outside his home by drugs squad gardaí, he reacted by smashing his phone on the ground. 

The incident happened at around 10am.

GARDAÍ investigating a robbery at a shop in Ballinhassig last month say they are following a number of lines of enquiry in their investigation. At approximately 3.

A TEENAGER has been seriously injured in an incident in Cork city in which a hammer is believed to have been used. The incident occurred in Bishopstown just before midnight on Saturday night, according to gardaí.

TWO people are due in court in west Cork this morning following a burglary.The incident occurred in Ballineen on Sunday.Two people questioned by gardaí in Bandon have been charged and are due before Clonakilty district court this morning.