A Lucan man who held up three shops within an hour and a half, during which he put a gun to one shop assistant's head, has been given a five-year sentence.

A 59-year-old father-of-three with no previous convictions was told by Judge Patrick McCartan, "going to prison at this late stage in your life will be difficult", when he gave him a 15-year-sentence for drug dealing.

A Wicklow actor has to present himself in January to begin a four-year sentence for an assault on a victim who developed a blood clot on his brain after hitting his head and subsequently died.

Two Chinese "bandits" have been given seven-year sentences for their "brutal and vicious" armed robbery on female fellow nationals in which they stabbed a garda who had helped foil their criminal escapade.

Two Chinese "bandits" have been given seven years sentences for their "brutal and vicious" armed robbery on female fellow-nationals in which they stabbed a garda who had helped foil their criminal escapade.

A Mayo man whose companion used a garrote on a taxi driver when they robbed him at a halting site has been jailed for three years by Judge Rory Maccabe at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A man has been convicted by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of threatening to kill a garda.

A man accused of threatening to kill a garda he had a "beef" with has claimed the garda misheard him.

A father of one whose getaway car was pushed into a ditch by a garda after a foiled Enniskerry robbery has been given a seven-year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

A man who repeatedly raped a married Polish woman in the grounds of a west Dublin church and school has been jailed for 12 years by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.

A Clondalkin man who sold "dynamite cocaine" to an undercover garda three times during an operation specifically designed to catch street dealers has been given a two years suspended sentence.

A trusted inmate who smuggled mobile phones and drugs into Mountjoy Prison has been given a three-year suspended sentence by Judge Martin Nolan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Shankill man has been jailed for two years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for threatening to kill a garda after being given a six months sentence for assaulting him.

A father of three who hid almost €470,000 worth of heroin in a wardrobe in his home has been sentenced to eight years in prison by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

An alcoholic courier drug addict who tried to slit his throat after being arrested for importing cocaine valued over €200,000 has been given a six and a half year sentence.

A "functioning alcoholic and drug user" who boasted in a pub that he had a semiautomatic pistol has been given a 15-years prison sentence by Judge Frank O’Donnell who described him as "a danger to society"

A Dublin man who absconded before his trial in England for possession of child pornography in 2002 has received a two year sentence for possession of over 3,000 similar images at the "upper end of the spectrum".

A teenager who hid a semi-automatic pistol for people "more sinister than himself" to pay off a drug debt has been ordered to perform 150 hours community service in lieu of a two year jail term by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Nigerian national who arrived in Ireland with cocaine valued €315,000 has been jailed for five years by Judge Michael White at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A teenager who beat a schoolboy with a metal bar described as an "appalling instrument" has been sentenced to six months detention for possession of the weapon.

A man who committed robberies which his own defence counsel described as "chilling" will be sentenced on June 20, 2005 at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 17-year-old passenger in a stolen car that rammed two garda vehicles has been jailed for two and a half years by Judge Elizabeth Dunne at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.