A young Dublin man has been sentenced to a total of eight years for a number of offences including the stabbing of his aunt’s partner, threatening a neighbour and assaulting a former school pal with a broken bottle.

A south inner city man who falsely alleged he was buggered by a priest giving him prayer tuition for his First Holy Communion has been remanded in custody for sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The closing stages have been reached in the trial of a man for falsely claiming a priest buggered him when allegedly helping with prayers for his First Holy Communion almost 30 years ago.