A father-of-five who was drunk and banging on a neighbour's door calling them a 'f**king rat' and then told gardaí to 'f**k off, you useless p**cks' has been given a two-month sentence which has been suspended for a year.

A 21-year-old man who claimed he was intoxicated and used explicit language towards gardaí, including telling them to 'go f*** your mothers', has been given community service work in lieu of a prison sentence.

A man who drove off in his car while a woman had her hand in the door, causing the tip of her finger to be cut off, has been fined €1,500.

A Traveller couple have won a case for discrimination against a hotel that refused to serve them on the day of their daughter’s wedding.

An unemployed hairdresser who drove her car with her children in it while she she was under the influence of alcohol claimed she was terrified of her ex-partner and had to leave the house.

A MAN who told a garda she was not seizing his untaxed car and told her to 'stick it up her a**e' has been given a one month's suspended sentence, disqualified from driving and fined €600.

Ryanair has finally bowed to pressure from regulators and agreed to provide an email address for customer complaints and queries.

A woman who stole nearly €18,000 from her elderly mother’s account has been sentenced to nine months in prison after she failed to make realistic efforts to bring compensation to court.

The Circuit Civil Court has been asked to overturn a decision of Swords District Court directing Ryanair to pay €400 compensation to each of two Dutch passengers who were left stranded in Portugal following a flight cancellation.

Two Dublin men have appeared in court charged in connection with the robbery of an off license in the west of the city.

A 22-year-old Dublin man who pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to possession of explosives in his north Dublin home last September was remanded to a District Court to allow the court to consider a suspended sentence handed down for another offence.

A MAN was charged yesterday with the murder of an Estonian national in Dublin about two years ago.

GARDAÍ yesterday objected to an application for bail by a man charged with distributing child pornography.

A 47-YEAR-OLD man at the centre of an international child pornography investigation has been remanded in custody.

A 47-year-old man at the centre of an international child pornography investigation was today remanded in custody.

A Dublin man has been charged with murder following a stabbing incident at the weekend.

The former partner of Latvian woman Baibe Saulite who was shot dead at her home in Swords in November has been jailed for two years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for the abduction of their children.

The former partner of Latvian woman Baibe Saulite who was shot dead at her home in Swords in November will be sentenced next week by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for the abduction of their children.

MURDER accused Joe O’Reilly was remanded on bail for a further period when he appeared at Cloverhill District Court yesterday morning.

The husband of Rachel O’Reilly who was accused of her murder will be today released from jail.

A 30-year-old Dublin man was today charged with harassing two women by sending them ladies' underwear.

Paul Carberry today pleaded not guilty to a charge of breaching the peace on board a flight from Spain.

A public order case against jockey Paul Carberry has been further adjourned.

Gardaí tonight seized cocaine worth around €2.5m at a suspected cocaine factory in north Dublin.

A MAN is due to appear in court today in connection with the fatal stabbing of another man over the weekend.

THERE were calls yesterday for steps to be taken to reinforce garda patrol cars following the latest joyriding incident, which left two officers injured.

A man in his late twenties will appear before Swords District Court in Dublin this morning, charged in connection with the murder of a woman in Balbriggan last month.