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Couple to go on trial re theft having sent thousands home to Romania in two month period A couple who claimed that they were living on the streets outside a church in Cork but managed to transfer €8,800 in cash to their native Romania in an eight week period are set to go on trial next month. Michele Judele (30) and her husband Gheorghe Marginica (29) appeared at Cork District Court by video link from Limerick and Cork Prison respectively.  They both pleaded not guilty to stealin...

Cork court: Man puts himself at risk of prison after breaching safety order on Christmas Day  Judge Olann Kelleher imposed a four-month prison sentence on the accused, which he suspended on condition that the accused keep the peace for the next two years. Liam Heylin A MAN put himself at risk of prison by delivering presents to his daughter on Christmas Day. The man in his 30s pleaded guilty to a charge of putting his ex-wife in fear by breaching a safety order at her home on December 25, 2020...

Drunk man told arresting gardaí he had a law degree Generic Low Res Liam Heylin  A drunken man was asked for his name and address as he kept falling over on the street but he refused to give them saying he had a law degree and the guard was wrong to ask. Sergeant Pat Lyons said the incident occurred on November 11, 2020 at Mount Farran, The Glen, Cork. Garda Josephine Falvey arrived in the area where a number of people were drinking on the street, one of whom was the defendant, Anthony O’Ke...

Updated / Tuesday, 16 Mar 2021 18:16 The accused was before Cork District Court today A gravedigger in his 60s has appeared at Cork District Court on criminal damage charges following an incident in a graveyard in Ballincollig where 16 graves were vandalised. When the 16 charges of criminal damage of graves were put to him, Pat McSweeney of Marian Terrace in Grange, Douglas, Cork, replied to each of the charges "I cant argue with that." The charges relate to the vandalism of sixteen graves on ...

63-year-old gravedigger charged with causing criminal damage to graves at a Cork cemetery  Pat MacSweeney of Marian Terrace, Douglas Road, Grange, Cork who was arrested and charged with causing criminal damage to 16 graves at a cemetery in Ballincollig. Liam Heylin A 63-year-old gravedigger was arrested and charged with causing criminal damage to 16 graves at a cemetery in Ballincollig. Garda Gary Brennan arrested Pat MacSweeney at his home at Marian Terrace, Douglas Road, Grange, Cork, at 7...

Gravedigger accused of smashing headstones and spraying graffiti replies ‘I can’t argue with that’ when charged Ann Mooney Updated: 16 Mar 2021, 18:28 A GRAVEDIGGER appeared in court today over an incident where several headstones were smashed and spraypainted with graffiti at a cemetery last weekend. Pat McSweeney, 63,  replied: “I can’t argue with that”, when 16 charges of criminal damage  were put to him, Cork District Court heard. 1 Pat MacSweeney of Marian Terrace, Douglas Ro...

Man remanded in custody in connection with seizure of €1.8m cannabis in Ringaskiddy Polish national Kamil Wlizlo, who was arrested in relation to the seizure of €1.8 million worth of cannabis herb in Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork. Liam Heylin Gardaí who seized 90 kilos of cannabis with a €1.8 million street value concealed in the panels of a van at Ringaskiddy on Tuesday charged a 21-year-old Polish man with drugs charges. Detective Garda Dermot Crowley made the arrest at Port of Cork, Ringaski...

Fine for man who refused to leave Cork restaurant after being advised of Covid-19 restrictions Sgt Lyons said staff explained to him that he was required to wear a mask and that patrons were only allowed on the premises wearing a facemask and for the purpose of collecting take-away food. Liam Heylin A 38-YEAR-old man sat at a table in a fast-food restaurant that was only open for takeaway service as part of Covid-19 restrictions and gardaí had to be called. Sergeant Pat Lyons said the incident...

A former crèche worker who admitted distributing child pornography videos she received in a WhatsApp group has been sentenced to nine months in prison.

Thu, 18 Feb, 2021 - 17:09 It is a problem for her every day: Cork man jailed for theft which affected mental health of victim  The man was jailed for eight months for the theft. Liam Heylin A man who snatched a purse from a woman upstairs in a bus had no recollection of the crime but the victim remembers it every day as she continues to use the bus and said it affected her mental health. Judge Olann Kelleher said this theft was a very serious matter with daily consequences for the woman whose ...