A father-of-five who was drunk and banging on a neighbour's door calling them a 'f**king rat' and then told gardaí to 'f**k off, you useless p**cks' has been given a two-month sentence which has been suspended for a year.

A 21-year-old man who claimed he was intoxicated and used explicit language towards gardaí, including telling them to 'go f*** your mothers', has been given community service work in lieu of a prison sentence.

A man who drove off in his car while a woman had her hand in the door, causing the tip of her finger to be cut off, has been fined €1,500.

A Traveller couple have won a case for discrimination against a hotel that refused to serve them on the day of their daughter’s wedding.

An unemployed hairdresser who drove her car with her children in it while she she was under the influence of alcohol claimed she was terrified of her ex-partner and had to leave the house.

A MAN who told a garda she was not seizing his untaxed car and told her to 'stick it up her a**e' has been given a one month's suspended sentence, disqualified from driving and fined €600.

A judge has warned a 13-year-old boy who persistently skips school — attending just four days in three years — that both his parents will be sent to prison if he does not attend school in September.

A woman who stole nearly €18,000 from her elderly mother’s account has been sentenced to nine months in prison after she failed to make realistic efforts to bring compensation to court.

An unemployed dance teacher who falsely accused 'X Factor' judge Louis Walsh of groping him in a nightclub has suffered from post-traumatic stress for more than a decade, a court has heard.

The appeal brought by a former dance teacher against his six-month jail sentence for making false allegations that he was sexually assaulted by 'X Factor' judge Louis Walsh, has been adjourned.

A man described as a “Walter Mitty” has launched an appeal against his jail sentence for concocting allegations that he was sexually assaulted by X Factor judge Louis Walsh.

A man described as a “Walter Mitty” type has launched an appeal against his jail sentence for concocting allegations that he was sexually assaulted by 'X Factor' judge Louis Walsh.

X Factor judge Louis Walsh is pleased and relieved after a man who falsely accused him of sexual assault was sentenced to six months in jail, his spokeswoman said.

An unemployed dance teacher has been sentenced to six months in jail for falsely accusing 'X Factor' judge Louis Walsh of groping him in a nightclub.

A MAN described as a “Walter Mitty type” has apologised in court after admitting he concocting bogus allegations that he was sexually assaulted by X Factor judge Louis Walsh.

The man who pleaded guilty to making false statements to gardaí that Louis Walsh sexually assaulted him in a Dublin nightclub is set to be sentenced next January.

A woman has been granted bail after she was charged with attacking a garda who was doused with boiling oil in Dublin on Sunday morning.

A man who was extradited from Australia to face charges in connection with a seizure of almost €50,000 worth of cannabis in Dublin in 2005, has been remanded in custody pending trial.

A Chinese woman has gone on trial for running a brothel in Dublin city centre.

A man found guilty of refusing to be tested for drink driving following a car crash, was jailed for four months and given a four-year road ban, by Judge Dermot Dempsey, at the Dublin District Court today.

A 31-year-old man charged in connection with a fatal assault on a woman outside the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin city-centre last month has been remanded on continuing bail pending directions from the DPP.