A rapist who was described as a “serious threat to the women of Cork” has been granted bail pending an appeal against the reactivation of the suspended portion of his 18-year sentence.

A 27-year old Dublin woman has been given a three year suspended sentence after she pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a fourteen-year-old female relative.

A man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison, with the final three years suspended, after he left an acquaintance with life threatening injuries after stabbing him with a large kitchen knife.

A man has been sentenced to 18 years for the repeated rape and sexual assault of two very young girls in Kildare almost 10 years ago.

A convicted rapist who is at high risk of re-offending has been sent back to jail for five years for not complying with the conditions of his release.

A man who was one of a gang that smashed a car with bats while a two-year-old girl was sitting in it has been sentenced to four years with the final two and half suspended.

A drug dealer who stabbed his wife in the throat during a “three-day bender” has been sentenced to three years in prison.

A mentally ill Corkman has today failed in an appeal against his three-year sentence for sexually abusing his eight-year-old niece nearly 20 years ago.

A father of three who claimed to suffer from a condition known as “sexsomnia” has been convicted of the sexual assault of his female cousin.

A man who bought a stolen shotgun for his “family's safety” and hid it under his bed along with ammunition has today been given a three-year suspended sentence.

A mentally ill Cork man who sexually assaulted his eight-year-old niece and told a doctor he needed sexual experience to make him better has been jailed for three years.

A mentally ill Cork man who sexually assaulted his eight-year-old niece had told a doctor he needed sexual experience to make him better, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A Louth man accused of staging a robbery on his employers has been given a three-year suspended sentence.

A Dublin drug addict has been sentenced to two years for selling drugs to pay back his drugs debt.

A Louth man who attacked a stranger outside a pub and left him bleeding on the ground has been ordered to carry out 175 hours of community service in lieu of 18 months jail time.

A young man who rammed a pursuing garda patrol car in a stolen jeep after colliding with a van while driving through Baldoyle at high speed has received a six year sentence with three years suspended.

A Somali native who is due €5,000 compensation for being a gun crime victim will also spend 11 months in jail for glassing a Dublin man in the face during a nightclub fight.

A drug addict who shot a bouncer in the face before assaulting two arresting gardaí has been jailed for 13 years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

A Dublin man has denied in evidence at the Central Criminal Court that he raped a woman as she lay in her bed while her husband slept downstairs.

A drug addict who shot a bouncer in the face before assaulting two arresting gardaí faces up to life imprisonment when he is sentenced later this month at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

An actor and a ex-courier who had sex with a 14-year-old boy after they first met him through a gay website have been remanded on bail pending sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A former professional football player has denied in evidence at the Central Criminal Court that he raped a woman as she lay in her bed while her husband slept downstairs.

THE Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed an application by the DPP to increase the three and a half year sentence imposed on a man who had sex with his teenage daughter on a regular basis.

Three Coolock brothers, whose mother reported them to gardaí after she saw them rob a Chinese food delivery man, have been sentenced to a total of 13 years for various crimes, including robberies.

A pair of drug addicts who robbed two friends at knife point while posing as undercover gardai have been jailed by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A young Dublin man accused of murder approached Gardaí and told them that he was “responsible” for stabbing his friend, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A Nigerian man who told his estranged wife "I'll kill you and get two years in prison" while strangling her has been jailed for three years by Judge Martin Nolan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A man who is serving a life sentence for attempted murder, has been jailed for four years after he was caught driving a stolen car and head-butting a garda a week after shooting the 49-year-old man.

The judge in the murder trial of Joe O'Reilly today told the jury to ignore media reports of the case, as they are to reach their verdict only on the evidence they hear in court.

A Lithuanian man who had no recollection of mugging former television presenter, Anna Nolan, has received a three year suspended sentence from Judge Frank O'Donnell at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Lithuanian man has denied in evidence that he raped a Russian woman in Waterford and said that after they had consensual sex he rescued her from a sexual assault by another man.

The trial of a Lithuanian man charged with raping a Russian woman in Waterford has heard that swabs taken from the alleged victim matched his DNA profile.

A mother of one who defrauded almost €99,000 has had her sentence adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to allow the State to consider psychiatric reports presented by the defence.

The Special Criminal Court today fixed a date in December for the trial of a Co Cork chef arrested last year as part of a garda investigation into IRA money-laundering.

The trial of a Co Cork chef arrested as part of a garda investigation into IRA money-laundering was adjourned at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

A Co Cork chef arrested as part of a garda investigation into IRA money laundering had his bail conditions varied by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today to allow him to visit his parents.

A Kildare man who was arrested as part of a Garda Special Branch investigation into the activities of dissident republicans was granted bail by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

A detective garda who took part in a raid on a house in Limerick where a suspected Continuity IRA was taking place, made a number of errors in his witness statement, the Special Criminal Court heard today.