A man has been sentenced to three years in prison for the downloading of about 8,000 child pornography files and images.

An 84-year-old man who pleaded guilty to 10 sexually related charges has had his sentence adjourned until May 15.

Former Miss Ireland Nuala Holloway, who injured her left ankle in a trip and fall at Superquinn Shopping Centre, Blackrock, five years ago, has been awar-ded €12,000 damages.

A man spared jailed on the condition he stay off alcohol and attend AA meetings has been remanded in custody after pictures of him drinking were posted on Facebook.

A former Dublin taxi driver has been given a four year sentence for sexually assaulting a female passenger on her way home from a Christmas party.

A young Dublin mother has been given a two-year suspended sentence and 240 hours of community service for storing €39,000 of cocaine for another woman, who stands trial for murder.

A young Dublin man has been sentenced to a total of eight years for a number of offences including the stabbing of his aunt’s partner, threatening a neighbour and assaulting a former school pal with a broken bottle.

A man “of good standing within the community” who sexually assaulted his young step-daughter over a three year period lost an appeal against the severity of his sentence today.

A Longford resident accused of having sex with his wife’s niece told gardai that he considered the girl a daughter after she was given to him on his wedding day to raise as his own child.

A Longford resident has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of having sex with his 12-year-old niece at least four times a week for 17 months.

A Kildare man has been jailed for 10 years today by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court for the rape of his two younger sisters more than 40 years ago, which left one of the women suicidal.

A Kildare man has been remanded in custody pending sentence for the rape of his two younger sisters over 40 years ago which left one of the women suicidal.

A west Dublin man has been jailed for three and a half years for indecently assaulting his niece over 30 years ago.

Two brothers who left their victim brain-damaged after jumping on his head and kicking it have been jailed by Judge Patrick McCartan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Wicklow man has been jailed for 11 years by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court for raping a young female neighbour over a long period of time.

A Wicklow woman has told the Central Criminal Court that she "can remember absolutely nothing" about a fatal stabbing of a man in a Bray pub six years ago even though she gave two statements to gardaí in 1999.

A Bray man accused of fatally stabbing a man six years ago told gardaí he didn't "intend to stab" the deceased, saying "It was him or me", the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A mother who was celebrating the christening of her baby son in a Bray pub has claimed the accused used abusive language towards the deceased man, hours before he was fatally stabbed, the Central Criminal Court has heard.