A Dublin garda is being investigated for not following up on complaints made by a woman who was allegedly raped, assaulted, and threatened by her husband, a court has heard.

The Irish Times and Littlewoods Ireland have avoided court convictions for breaking privacy regulations by sending customers unsolicited emails.

The Irish Times and Littlewoods Ireland have been given chances to avoid criminal convictions for breaking e-privacy regulations by sending customers unsolicited emails.

A drama teacher who raped a student when she was around seven years old has been jailed for 10 years.

A mother in the UK who admitted killing her baby girl while suffering from postnatal depression has been jailed for three years pending successful psychiatric treatment.

A jury has heard how a 42-year-old Louth woman accused of murdering her partner in Louth last year allegedly stabbed the deceased four times with a large kitchen knife.

A homeless, deaf man has been jailed for seven years for killing an acquaintance by knocking him under a bus in Dublin.

A pervert doctor in England who used a network of hidden cameras to record patients, friends and colleagues on the toilet has been jailed for eight years – as footage of him fixing a covert device into place was released by police.

A rapist sexually abused his daughters while they were visiting him in prison.

A murder trial has heard that text messages between the deceased and a man accused of her murder were of good nature in the hours before her body was found.

A Limerick man who repeatedly sexually abused a child 21 years ago has avoided a prison sentence.

A Wicklow man has avoided jail after he lost an arm in an attempt to

A farmer protesting at Fermoy Mart about cattle with horns allegedly being sold to him caught a detective garda, pulled him in through the window of his truck and stabbed his hand with a metal object, it was claimed on the opening day of a trial yesterday.

Social media site Facebook was used to groom a 13-year-old girl before she was sexually assaulted at a derelict house by a man eight years older than her, a court heard.

A man who claims he has “a stupid, infantile interest in guns” has avoided a jail term after he was caught with three blank firing pistols and 400 rounds of ammunition in his Dublin home.

A robber, whose accomplice smashed the windscreen of an off-duty garda car’s with a samurai sword, has avoided a jail term at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A maths teacher has been sentenced to three years for sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy he was giving grinds to.

A man with "a stupid, infantile interest in guns" had three blank firing pistols and 400 rounds of ammunition in his house, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

A Longford youth has been sentenced to eight years in jail, with the final four suspended, for raping his former babysitter as she slept in her bed.

A man has been given a two-and-half-year suspended sentence for kicking his opponent in the face and breaking his jaw after a hurling match.

Bank of Scotland Ireland viewed Thomas Byrne as “an astute and prudent operator” when lending him more than €13m, the former solicitor’s trial has heard.

A man who raped his victim for five hours after breaking into her house armed with a hatchet will likely receive less than 12 years in prison, it has been indicated at the Central Criminal Court.

A 27-year old Dublin woman has been given a three year suspended sentence after she pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a fourteen-year-old female relative.

A cash-strapped Garda has been found guilty of stealing a tax disc from his superior's office and fraudulently using it on his own car.

A “recluse” convicted of sexually abusing a young boy in County Donegal in the 1960s and 70s has been jailed for two years.

A judge has ordered that a teen with intellectual disabilities who defiled a young child should remain in the care of the HSE.

A garda in charge of photographing the scene of the alleged rape of an elderly woman accidently deleted the pictures, a court has heard.

The publication of pictures of the body of Michaela McAreavey “was done for sensationalism”, a prosecution solicitor told a Mauritius court yesterday.

A woman accused of murdering her husband had stabbed him three years earlier after he had a lap dance in Stringfellows nightclub, a court has heard.

A woman accused of murdering her husband by stabbing him to death had a background of schizoaffective disorder, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Michaela McAreavey's bridesmaid was assaulted by a handbag thief one month after Mrs McAreavery's murder, a court has heard.

A father-of-three who punched and kicked his partner to the point of unconsciousness after the Swedish House Mafia concert in the Phoenix Park last summer has been sentenced to three years.

An internet and call shop owner has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a customer, whom he kicked to death after he refused to pay in full for a 70c phonecall.

The trial of a Kildare man accused of murdering his ex-partner by stabbing her six times in the chest has reached its closing stages at the Central Criminal Court.

A car dealer who sexually assaulted two of his adult nieces has avoided a jail term after the judge said publication of his name will be punishment in itself.

A convicted killer who raped his 66-year-old mother has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

A convicted killer has been sentenced to an extra five years in jail for co-ordinating a botched cash van raid during which gardaí shot dead his co-accused.

A recovering alcoholic tried to force his partner to drink vodka from a bottle then raped and assaulted her at a house they shared in Donegal, a court heard today.

The jury in a trial of a man accused of attempted murder has been told there are “too many coincidences” to leave any doubt as to his guilt.

A man who had one of the largest collections of child pornography ever found by gardaí will be sentenced later after he undergoes psychiatric evaluation.

A motorcyclist has been given a suspended sentence for leaving a pedestrian severely brain damaged after a judge noted “we all make mistakes.”

A heroin addict has been jailed for attempting to have sex with a drunken 14-year-old girl in Dublin city centre.

A Monaghan truck driver has today been jailed for five years for importing more than €600,000 worth of cannabis into the State.

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.