A judge has ordered that a man is unfit to stand trial for an alleged sexual assault on a child because of a mental disorder.

A father-of-one who was caught with over 4,000 images and videos of child pornography almost seven years ago has walked free from court with a fully suspended sentence.

A 65-year-old man has received a partially-suspended sentence for sexually abusing his partner’s granddaughter over several years.

A woman who transferred more than €100,000 from her employer to a man who made “implied threats” has received an 18-month suspended sentence.

A serving garda has gone on trial accused of dangerous driving causing the death of a woman four years ago.

A father-of-four who was sent a child pornography clip on his phone which showed a child being raped, has received a one-year suspended sentence.

A judge has discharged the jury in the second retrial of a Cavan child-minder accused of causing serious harm to a baby because of a legal issue.

A jury has been sworn in for the second retrial of a Cavan child-minder accused of causing serious harm to a baby.

"The cocaine use may have diminished his intellectual powers and made him vulnerable."

Statements such as “What are you doing in my country?” and “What have you done to my fucking family?” were shouted at the three males.

A homeless man has been sentenced to five years in prison for robbing an elderly Dublin couple of cash that they had just withdrawn to pay for a family holiday.

The retired surgeon has been jailed for 20 months for sexual attacks on two teenage boys in the mid-70s.

A jury has convicted a man of sexually assaulting a woman during a date arranged through Tinder.

The trial of a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman he met on Tinder has heard that he told gardaí the woman became hysterical after he tried to kiss her.

A woman who alleges she was attacked by a man she met on Tinder did not tell gardaí about eight minutes spent with the man before the alleged attack, a court has heard.

A dog walker has described coming to the assistance of a student who alleges she was attacked by a man she met on Tinder.

Updated: A student has told the trial of a man accused of attacking her on a date after they met on Tinder that she never told him she would have sex with him.

The judge in the trial of a retired surgeon accused of groping young male patients has told the jury that it would be dangerous to convict on the “uncorroborated evidence” of any of the complainants.

An alleged victim of a retired surgeon who denies groping teenage boys has said that he told himself for years that there was nothing improper about what the doctor allegedly did.

A retired surgeon has gone on trial accused of indecently assaulting six teenage boys while he was treating them as patients.

A woman went on a “massive spending spree” after a bank accidentally deposited €51,000 into her bank account.

A single mother went on a “massive spending spree” after a bank accidentally deposited €51,000 into her bank account, writes Declan Brennan.

A businessman who sells edible insects has been jailed for a professional shoplifting scheme where he stole high-value household goods to order.

Mian Mujahid Ali Shahid, the Pakistani national who was taken off a plane for Dubai at Dublin Airport on Monday night, has been remanded in custody until today to appear before an extradition court at the Criminal Courts of Justice.

A Laois resident who used a false PPS number to claim over €15,000 in unemployment benefits has received a two-year suspended sentence.

A former deputy head of security at Croke Park who stole seven booklets of premium GAA season tickets in an effort to pay off his son’s debt has avoided jail.

The man charged with the murder of archaeologist Emmett Connolly initially told gardaí in an interview he panicked and stabbed the deceased after a fight but later told them he had stabbed Mr Connolly in a “rage”, a jury has heard.

A robber who raided two shops in five minutes in order to get cash to bring his girlfriend out for Valentine’s night has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

An out-of-work butcher caught with over €137,000 of heroin in his van has been spared jail after a judge accepted he was acting under duress.

A man punched and stamped on a terminally ill cancer sufferer in a city centre alley way, a court has heard.

A man has been jailed for six years after he tied a 14-year-old boy to a radiator, threw boiling water down his trousers and removed skin from his knees, knuckles and fingertips with a cheese grater.

An expectant mother has been spared jail for an unprovoked attack on a young couple in Dublin city centre.

A former priest whose abuse of children in the 1970s and 1980s was featured in the Murphy Report will walk free this weekend despite receiving an 18-month jail term.

A man who sexually abused his step-daughter over 100 times has been sentenced to eight years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Dublin woman who attacked her ex-boyfriend leaving him with injuries to his scrotal area has been given a suspended sentence today.

A JUDGE has described as “an absolute disgrace”, the €3,800 cost of a psychiatric report for a prisoner who scammed a man of €380.

A librarian has told a jury in the trial of a man accused of sending two hoax bomb threat emails to Heathrow Airport that he recognised a man captured on CCTV using a public computer at his library on the relevant dates as the accused.

A Dublin man who punched a garda’s teeth loose while they were playing on rival football teams has been jailed for 18 months.

A man who called in a bomb scare to a Dublin nightclub causing it to be evacuated because some of his friends had gone there instead of attending his 21st birthday celebrations has to perform 150 hours community service.

A young Finglas man who armed himself with a sawn-off shotgun to protect his family after an arson attack near his home has been given a four-year sentence with the last two years suspended.

A man who caused a bomb scare at Dublin nightclub leading to its evacuation because some of his friends had gone there instead of attending his 21st birthday celebrations is to perform community service.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has today reduced the sentence imposed on an actor convicted of having ten stun guns without a firearms certificate.

Leaders St Mary's College will give a debut to scrum-half Cormac Quinn in a first versus second encounter with Blackrock College, who have been decimated by Magner's League and Ireland U19 commitments, at Templeville Road.

GARRYOWEN ended a run of three defeats with victory over an understrength St Mary’s College in Saturday’s AIB All-Ireland Cup at Dooradoyle.