A taxi driver who bit off a portion of a man's ear in “a vicious and violent assault” must complete 180 hours of community service within 12 months in lieu of a prison term.

A young Dublin man who caused pedestrians to run for cover when he sped through a village while evading gardaí has had his sentence adjourned for one year.

A raider who pointed a BB gun at the head of a taxi driver then claimed to gardaí it was a practical joke and the driver had overreacted, a court has heard.

A woman who gave a detailed account of a rape in what later transpired to be consensual sex, after becoming separated from friends on the night of the 2014 All-Ireland Football final, will be sentenced in January, the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee was told.

A taxi driver has been found not guilty of attempting to assist the suicide of a wheelchair bound friend suffering the final stages of multiple sclerosis.