One of six inmates who held five Mountjoy Prison officers hostage during a siege in the Dublin jail almost 10 years ago was today sentenced to eight years imprisonment.

A 42-year-old insurance agent who defrauded three insurance companies of €2.5m was today sentenced to four years in jail.

A 20-year-old Limerick man who crashed a car while trying to evade Gardaí was today sentenced to 18 months imprisonment.

The 16-year-old passenger in a stolen sports car that killed two gardai last April wouldn't have been at liberty at the time had there been a residential place available for him.