A catering manager at Croke Park has avoided jail today after he stole €15,000 worth of food and drink from his employers.

A Dublin man who falsely claimed over €23,000 in Jobseekers Allowance has been given a suspended sentence after the court heard he was trying to repay the money with his legitimate social welfare payments.

A Dublin man who falsely claimed more than €23,000 in jobseekers allowance is trying to pay back the stolen cash with his legitimate social welfare payments, a court has heard.

A compulsive gambler who stole €35,000 from the investment institution he worked for has been given a suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Dublin man who raped 14-year-old girl at knife point after meeting her on the internet has been sentenced to 10 years with the final two suspended.

Three young men broke into an innocent man’s house and accused him of being a paedophile after a girl made false allegations that someone had exposed themselves to her.

A man who was caught transporting cannabis valued at almost €500,000 after a garda spotted him driving without a seatbelt and talking on his mobile phone has been jailed for six years.

A home help nurse who stole almost €10,000 from a 92-year-old man she was caring for has been given a further week to come up with compensation.

Two Balbriggan cousins who launched a violent attack on their uncle and his partner in front of the couple’s young children have been sentenced to three years in jail, with 18 months suspended.

Nigerian national who was paid €4,000 to carry €65,000 worth of cocaine capsules internally has been jailed for six years for transporting the drugs into Ireland.

A Swords woman who hit an old classmate with "an object" leaving her with a 5cm wound on her face has been given a two-year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A former soldier from Swords whose drug dealing plans were foiled by an eagle eyed garda has been given an 18-month suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 67-year-old man who sexually abused his granddaughter around 20 times has had his sentence adjourned to assess his risk of re-offending.

A Kinsealy teenager who took part in a drunken unprovoked attack on a man who attempted to break up a group of youths fighting on their debs night has been given a two-and-a-half-year sentence.

A Swords man who attempted to rob his local video store armed with a butter knife shortly after he had been granted bail on two charges of burglary has been given a four-year sentence by Judge Tony Hunt.

A Polish national who was selling stolen cars as a member of an organised criminal gang has been jailed for four years by Judge Katherine Delahunt 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 71-year-old retired carpenter who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy at a swimming pool has had his sentence adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.