Judge Boyle was told that the injured party in the case was eight years old at the time of the crime. The defendant was 38. The offence occurred almost 20 years ago.

“We need to come up with innovative ways of tackling knife crime,” Cllr Forde said.

Presenting the crime figures for Cork between January and December 2022, Chief Superintendent Vincent O’Sullivan said gardaí dealt with 183,000 incidents in the county during the period.

The 28-year-old woman was found dead in her flat on Liberty Street in Cork city centre on New Year’s day.

The 66-year-old told the court, “I am finished with that life. I can’t do that anymore.”

Meanwhile, a vigil in memory of Ms Fonseca will take place at 10am on Sunday at The Lough. 

There are also plans for a memorial event in her honour in Cork this weekend. 

Gardaí and emergency services were alerted shortly after 8:30am after a man in his 40s was discovered unconscious in the Ballinsheen Court housing estate in Mahon.

The injured man remains in Cork University Hospital in a critical condition.

A man, aged in his late 20s, was found on the roadway with injuries.

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The charity pulled out at all the stops with a spread and live music to celebrate another successful year at the centre.

Ciprian Grozavu (48), a Romanian national with a last address at Bridge House, Sean Hales Place, Bandon, was found guilty of the murder of 42-year-old John Forrester at the same "house of horrors" on November 12, 2011.

Some 550 online shopping frauds were reported to gardaí during the period from January 1 this year to October 31.

“Look what went into it – heart, body and soul.” 

The court heard he arranged to meet the woman at a wooded area but within minutes of her arrival he threw two gallons of petrol into the car and set it on fire. 

It comes after a detailed warning from An Post advising people to be aware of scams requesting payment for customs charges.

A Garda spoke of how criminals were recently able to force their way into five vehicles in one week alone - all of which were imported and lacked immobilisers.

Kevin Herlihy, who co-owns a number of Cork Centra stores, said the local business community is heavily affected by shoplifting incidents at this time of year.

Mr Bailey said the assault took place in Bantry on Wednesday night after he had arranged to meet people by appointment.

Out of the 638 people on probation in Cork in 2018, 215 re-offended within one year.

As part of the operation, 46 people were identified as having allegedly purchased sexual services from an individual involved in prostitution.

Judge Helen Boyle said people should be able to walk about the city and do their shopping without coming across incidents like this.

“A man who I did not know broke into my apartment. I was terrified of this man and did not know what he would do to me or my housemate." 

The first count stated that on June 11 2018 at his home on Grand Parade, Cork, he had child pornography in the form of 3,819 images and 120 movie files.

A publican recently confided customers found records of purchases they never made

The man had originally been charged with murder. 

The pair were both addicted to crack cocaine and heroin and had habits that cost €500 per day between the two of them.

Gardaí said there had been a number of burglaries in Munster in January and an operation was put in place.

Having clicked an online advertisement and invested a couple of hundred euro in Bitcoin years ago, the woman had forgotten about her investment until she received a call from scammers a few months ago.

A man has been arrested in relation to three armed robberies that were carried in Cork city in the last week and is being detained for questioning.

A man, armed with a knife, left the premises with a small amount of cash, said a Garda spokesperson.

The men are due to appear in court today in connection with a robbery which took place on Sunday.

"He held a male customer at knifepoint and threatened the staff."

Vika Fleming discovered that her silver Toyota Vitz was missing when she woke up on Sunday

The man, who cannot be named to protect the woman's anonymity, had a crazy look in his eyes and told the woman he was mad enough to cut off her fingers, the court heard.

Thomas Dooley aged 41 of Bay 10 Halting Site , Carrigrohane Road, Cork is charged that he did murder, Thomas Dooley, at Rathass Cemetery, Rathass Tralee on October 5.

Inspector Gillian Sinnott said the complainant informed her that her ex-partner asked her outside the court if they could be friends and she told him she did not want that.

“Human trafficking is big, big business, and it’s in every village, in every town, every townland. It’s in your face,” detective chief superintendent Colm Noonan said.

Customs officers seized the herbal cannabis which has an estimated value of €700,000.

A book of evidence was served on the lawyer representing a 40-year-old man charged in Cork with alleged cybercrimes following an investigation here and by the FBI in America.

As part of the operation, a 49-year-old male was arrested at the scene

Recorded crime statistics for the second quarter of 2022 show that the number of fraud deception and related offences reported in the Southern Region was up 58.3% in the 12 months to July 2022 compared to the previous year.

Thelma, aged five, and her two-year-old brother Mikey were fatally injured when their vehicle went on fire at around 4pm on September 9.

"We basically had to replace every piece of equipment." 

Cork’s Crime Prevention Officer, Sergeant Brian McSweeney warned of a new scam sweeping Leeside that is seeing criminals, claiming to be employed by AIB, collect credit cards from households across Cork city

The accused man has been jailed for three months in relation to this matter.

The figures show there were 882 arrests for driving while intoxicated in the first eight months of 2022, compared to 584 for the same period last year.

Chief Supt Cadogan said the figures showed that criminal activity had returned after the Covid-19 pandemic

Eileen Foster previously served in a number of roles in Cork including as Detective Inspector for crime in Cork City.