A man followed a garda around a court room shouting that he hoped she would “get run over by a bus”, a court has heard.

Over €20,000 in deposits was paid to a scammer who pretended to be the landlord of a Dublin property he was about to vacate.

Demand for the garda text alert scheme to prevent crime in local communities more than doubled in the past three years.

A circuit court judge has strongly criticised the juvenile justice system as being incapable of dealing with violent young men who "prowl the streets taking their opportunities as they arrive".

Three men who took part in a vicious attack in Dublin city centre on two US tourists who had tried to stop a robbery will be sentenced on Monday.