Peter Maguire, 41, was diagnosed with Barrett's disease, a condition of chronic heartburn and reflux which can make the person more susceptible to oesophageal cancer.

A mother who repeatedly assaulted her children and threatened to kill them while holding a knife has been jailed for two years.

Garda Sean Lucey had pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to one count of assault causing harm to RTÉ cameraman Colm Hand.

Colm Hand has told the trial of a garda charged with assaulting him that he suffered bruising after being struck in the groin with a baton.

A man who continues to deny his part in the armed robbery of a Dublin post office has been jailed for 12 years.

An Iraqi war veteran who developed drug addictions a result of his military service has being jailed for robbery and car jacking.

A mother-of-one who was caught trying to sell €90,000 of stolen gold jewellery to a cash for gold shop has received a fully suspended sentence.

A man who attempted to murder a teenager at a popular Dublin hiking spot and assaulted a psychiatric nurse by attempting to strangle him with a sock has been given permission to move out of his mother's home.

Garret Hevey and David Peile have been jailed for a fraud in which they induced dozens to invest over €5m in a forestry investment scam.

A plumber with Dublin City Council who threatened to put a bullet in the head of two work colleagues has received a fully suspended sentence.

A father-of-three has been jailed for five years for the sexual abuse of a 12-year-old boy over 25 years ago after he made the child believe that he wanted a relationship with him.

A Tallaght man arrested following the looting of a Centra during Storm Emma last year has been sentenced to two years in prison with the final year suspended.

A Dublin man has been convicted of the armed robbery of a post office in January 2016.

A man has been convicted by a jury of sexually abusing the son of his childhood friend while he was staying with the family almost seven years ago.

The mother of a young man who died following a one-punch attack has said she hopes the sentence handed down to his killer will act as a deterrent to others.

A detective garda jailed for harassing a State solicitor by sending abusive letters is to walk free from prison following a successful sentence appeal.

An apprentice carpenter who admitted unlawfully killing his friend in a “one punch” assault has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment with the final two years suspended.

A former barrister who stole €235,000 from a businessman by pretending to buy him a warehouse in Co Kildare will be sentenced later at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A man who wielded a sledgehammer as he took part in the looting of a local supermarket during the blizzards of Storm Emma last year has been jailed for 18 months.

A Cork mother-of-two who went to stab an acquaintance with a 9-inch blade over something she thought the woman had said has walked free from court on a probation bond.

A 22-year-old man who brandished a machete at a garda pursuing him and his uncle from a shop they had just robbed has been sentenced to six years in prison with the final two suspended.

Nicholas Keane said he "wanted to get money together to give my kids a good Christmas".

Two sisters who assaulted a woman in front of her baby son have been ordered to complete community service hours in lieu of prison sentences.

A convicted sex offender who is “something of a menace” was twice caught masturbating in public one week apart, a court has heard.

A man who fired eight shots from a semi-automatic pistol as he raided a Dublin post office has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.

A raider who pointed a BB gun at the head of a taxi driver and demanded money has been jailed for three years.

A father-of-three agreed to store over €320,000 of illegal drugs in his bedroom in exchange for payment of €50, a court has heard.

A man who defrauded six customers out of almost €60,000 by taking payments for minibuses which he never handed over to them has been sentenced to three and half years.

A Dublin man who touched a fellow bus passenger's shoulder with his penis claimed he had been urinating when the vehicle jerked forward and pushed him towards the woman, a court has heard.

A mother-of-two who flung boiling water at a shop worker's face has been jailed for 18 months.

A Dublin credit union employee who stole up to €395,000 over a decade from the lender has been jailed for 18 months.

The judge said that normally such a crime would attract a prison sentence but said that Mooney's “well being” should be preserved and “the risk of infection for cystic fibrosis sufferers is a major concern”.

Paul Connolly has 215 previous convictions including 14 for dangerous driving and three for hit-and-runs. He admitted taking cocaine and tablets the night before his car mounted the footpath in this case.

A 22-year-old man brandished a machete at a garda pursuing him and his uncle from a shop they had just robbed, a court has heard.

A separated father who began viewing child pornography after he was sent a link while watching adult pornography online has been placed on a two-year probation bond.

A 42-year-old Dublin man has been jailed for five years for child pornography offences and for sexually exploiting a young boy.

A South African grandmother who illegally trafficked a nine-year-old child into Ireland was hoping that a romantic relationship might develop with the child's father, a court has heard.

A war veteran impersonated a garda and hijacked a car with “a broken airsoft gun”, a court has heard.

Paul Connolly (37), who has 14 convictions for dangerous driving and three for hit and runs, was driving his young child to school at the time of the collision.

A Dublin man has received 240 hours community service in lieu of three years in jail for a one-punch assault which left an acquaintance with a fractured skull and reduced hearing.

A Croatian man who raided two post offices while armed with an imitation firearm has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.

A young Dublin man who burst his girlfriend's eardrum in a beating which left her vomiting for a whole night has been sentenced to four and a half years.

A man who sent the mother of his children a photo of a knife and of her front door telling her “I'm going to do something bad tonight” has been sentenced to five years for threatening to kill her.

Three young Dublin men filmed themselves laughing and showing their bloodied fists after a “violent rampage” of assaults on bystanders in the city centre, a court has heard.