A boy, who began to harass a former friend’s family and threatened to kill them and their children, has been put on probation for one year.

A 14-year-old schoolboy, who kicked another boy on his head as he lay on the ground, has been remanded on bail pending sentence.

A teenage boy, who spat blood into the face of a Garda then threatened to kill him and rape his wife and children, has been remanded on bail to await sentence.

Proceedings against a recent victim of a gangland fatal shooting have been struck out by Judge Frank O’Donnell at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today.

Two teenagers involved in the sexual assault of two boys, aged seven and eight, have been remanded on bail for sentence on November 7 at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A mother has been fined €100 over her troubled 14-year-old son’s crimes.

A 36-year-old Tipperary man found with pornographic images of children has been remanded on bail for sentence on October 21 by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A woman who used a Spanish national’s American Express credit card to buy clothes from Brown Thomas and holidays in Hawaii has been remanded on bail for sentence on July 21.

IRRESPECTIVE of age or sex, the decision arrived at by Mr Justice Paul Carney this week in the case of a young man who pleaded guilty to the rape of a much older man is perplexing in the extreme.

A woman who defrauded the Department of Social Welfare of nearly £40,000 over a seven-year period has been ordered to do 150 hours community service by Judge Elizabeth Dunne.