A man accused of raping a woman with Down syndrome was spotted by gardaí jogging behind two 15-year- old girls two days after the alleged rape, a trial has heard.

A man whose neighbour allowed him to rape her five-year-old daughter repeatedly over a three-year period has been sentenced to 14 years in prison today.

The Court of Appeal has found that an eight-year prison sentence imposed on a man for raping his neighbours' daughter was too lenient.

A man has been convicted of killing an acquaintance by knocking him under a Dublin Bus in Dublin city centre a year and a half ago.

A wealthy businessman jailed for six months for a violent sex attack is to go back behind bars.

A man who agreed to transport €500,000 worth of drugs from Dublin to Cork has today been jailed for three and half years.

A serial sex attacker who raped one woman and sexually assaulted another within hours of each other has today been jailed for six years.

A Drogheda man who raped one woman and sexually assaulted another within hours of each other has a previous conviction for attacking another female, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A Louth man accused of sexually attacking two women after offering them lifts home said he wanted to apologise to them for “a drunken mistake”, his trial has heard.

Two women have today told a trial that they were sexually assaulted in separate incidents by a Louth man who offered them lifts home.

Two men caught transporting €3.3m worth of heroin have succeeded in having their 10-year sentences reduced by two years on appeal.

A teenager who threw a sawn-off shotgun and a cartridge over a wall into a garden when he saw a member of An Garda Siochana is to be sentenced later at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 73-year-old grandfather who sexually abused a number of young girls in his neighbourhood over an almost 20-year period has been jailed for four years by Judge Patricia Ryan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A chronic heroin addict whose baby son was found with burns, cuts and bruises while lying in a bedroom that had “evidence of drug use” has had a State application to reactivate her suspended sentence adjourned.