A teenage boy who took part in oral sex with a 12-year-old girl has been ordered to complete 180 hours of community service.

When the man's name is placed into the Google search engine the results include links to reports of rape trials, the Central Criminal Court heard.

The child's mother said that on some days her daughter, now aged 12, was fine but on others she was angry or crying or just sat staring into space.

A Polish roofer currently serving a lengthy prison term for random attacks on three women continues to maintain his innocence, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A teenage boy whose own mother took him to gardaí after she learned he had repeatedly raped his eight-year-old nephew has received a deferred sentence.

The judge made his comments while dealing with a case involving a boy who sexually exploited his two younger cousins.

A man who began raping his daughter when she was nine and later claimed she had initiated the sex has been jailed for 11 years.

Lawyers for a convicted child rapist have told a High Court judge that rape victims are subject to criminal prosecution if they publish their own identity.

An alleged sexual assault victim has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court that a man held his hands around her throat throughout a late night attack outside her home.

A man has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with attempting to rape a woman as she tried to get into her city centre apartment.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed a Donegal man's appeal against his conviction for sexually abusing three young girls in his daughter's bed while they were on sleepovers at his house.

WHAT A privilege it was on Sunday to see Irish rugby finally grow up. That’s two big wins over two southern hemisphere sides but what was even more impressive, both wins were recorded as favourites.

A cocaine addict who has been jailed for three years for using stolen laser bank cards to buy cash and goods totalling €6,672 in value may not live to complete the prison sentence.

ONE could be forgiven for thinking there’s a jaded appearance about Sunday’s Mount Sion/Ballygunner showdown in the Waterford SHC decider at Walsh Park, being as they’ve met in six of the last 11 finals.

Dunloy of Antrim face the winners of Athenry and Birr in the All-Ireland club championship final after sensationally knocking out favourites Mount Sion of Waterford at Mullingar.

TONY BROWNE has missed out on the Waterford hurlers’ holiday to Morocco, using the timeto overcome a troublesome leg injury.

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