A 61-year-old Scottish man has been convicted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of sending two hoax bomb threat emails to Heathrow Airport from a city centre library.

A jury in the trial of a man accused of sending emails to Heathrow Airport claiming there were bombs on flights which were in the air at the time, has heard the threats were assessed not to be a credible risk by the authoritie

The trial has opened of a man accused of sending hoax emails to Heathrow airport from a Dublin City Library computer claiming there were bombs on two flights to New York .

A man who was caught with €25,000 worth of heroin days after he was shot in the neck during a gangland murder has been given a seven and a half year sentence.

Two Romanian men have been jailed for 16 months for their roles in duplicating credit cards as part of an international fraud operation.

A father-of-one has received a two-year suspended sentence and a €4,000 fine for possessing 450 kegs of beer stolen from Diageo Ireland.

A Mongolian mature student has escaped deportation and has received a two-year suspended sentence for smuggling €12,400 of cigarettes into Ireland.

A Belfast man who was involved in two robberies, one where a security guard was stabbed and another where a knife was held to the throat of a cashier, has received a six-year sentence with two suspended.

A Clondalkin painter and decorator been given an 11-year sentence by Judge Patricia Ryan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after he was caught with heroin that had an estimated street value of almost €200,000.

A married father-of-six who delivered nearly €1m of heroin to a Dublin criminal has been sentenced to eight years after his case had been adjourned to allow him attend his twins’ Christening.

A Co Monaghan man has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court charged with stealing €7,200 from his local GAA club in an alleged lotto scam more than four years ago.

A Dublin man has received a nine-year sentence with two years suspended for possessing drugs totalling more than €250,000 in separate incidents.

Three men convicted of carrying out a €2.28m “tiger kidnapping” robbery four years ago face up to life in prison when their sentence is finalised next week.

A 2005 "tiger kidnapping" victim today identified an ex-colleague accused of the robbery on Securicor CCTV the morning of the crime.

A detective garda has revealed he found a Burberry scarf, several mobile phones and a large amount of cash after raiding the home of an accused man in a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" trial.

A crime scene expert has said he uncovered evidence of tactics commonly used by subversives when investigating a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" four years ago.

The trial of five men accused of robbing €2.28m in a "tiger kidnapping" four years ago has been adjourned till next week due to unforseen circumstances.

A garda fingerprint expert has said he couldn’t identify some marks found at the house where armed raiders took a family hostage in the €2.28 million "tiger kidnapping" four years ago.

A Mongolian woman who was caught three times trying to smuggle cigarettes into the State has brought her baby son to prison with her while she serves a six-month sentence.

The Securicor driver in a "tiger kidnapping" four years ago has confirmed there had been a rumour in his company that someone was followed home before the €2.28m robbery.

The Securicor driver used in a €2.28m robbery four years ago has revealed his armed captors knew the company’s security features and call codes.

Two Cork brothers who bought forged documents to help them get a €650,000 mortgage have escaped with a suspended sentence and fine at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Chinese man who bribed a former Department of Justice employee to issue visa extensions to immigrant students in a "highly lucrative scam" has been jailed for two and a half years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The CCA has rejected an appeal brought by a father of six against the 15-year prison sentence he received for possessing heroin valued €5.75m, one of the largest-ever seizures of heroin in the State.

A former Department of Justice employee has been jailed for 18 months for his role in a scam where visa extensions were issued to immigrant students in return for bribes.

THE trial of a Galway man accused of murdering Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo has heard that calls made from his mobile phone bounced off a mast in the Lough Atalia area, where her body was found, on the night of her murder.

A building contractor who evaded €500,000 tax over over eight years has been jailed for 20 months by Judge Martin Nolan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

An Australian national who had to undergo emergency surgery after he swallowed 80 pellets of vacuum-packed cocaine has been jailed for seven years by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Tipperary man accused of murdering his 30-year-old neighbour and “best mate” told investigating gardaí he was expecting they had found blood or fingerprints when they re-arrested him.

A woman on trial for allegedly trying to collect €10,000 worth of stolen cosmetics has walked free after a judge ruled the property wasn’t stolen as it had already been found by gardaí.

The elderly wife of a deceased Dublin businessman has had €20,000 seized by the State because it was the proceeds of tax evasion involving undeclared jewellery imported into the country.

A man serving a 10-year sentence for his role in a €2.8m drugs transfer has been given a concurrent sentence for transporting a smaller cache some days earlier near Dublin Port.

A former Department of Justice employee and a Chinese national will be sentenced in March for their role in a scam where visa extensions were issued to immigrant students in return for bribes.

A Waterford subcontracting company has been fined almost €1 million after being convicted of a VAT fraud involving over €800,000.

A Waterford subcontracting company accused of a massive VAT fraud involving over €800,000 has failed to appear in court for trial.

A taxi driver who helped criminals distribute "vast amounts" of cocaine around the city had been remanded in custody pending sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A north-inner-city Dublin man has been given 16 years in consecutive sentences by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his role in an attempted Securicor cash van heist while he was on bail for having cocaine for sale or supply.

Two men involved in a fraud in which front companies and false identities were used to scam almost €1m from leading businesses have been given suspended sentences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A chronic drug addict who allowed dealers store heroin in his home in return for getting drugs for personal use has been given a five-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Two men involved in a €800,000 fraud in which fake front companies and false identities were used will be sentenced later by Judge Tony Hunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Dublin man has admitted to dangerous driving causing the death of a woman almost two years ago.

Documents sought from the Belgian justice authorities by a Meath aviation broker accused of attempting to import heroin valued at €10m have been received, a court has been told.

A chronic alcoholic who fraudulently used a genuine bank account while posing as the account owner has been sentenced to three years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court by Judge Patricia Ryan.

Judge Tony Hunt is to write to Belgium authorities requesting information concerning an attempt to import €10m worth of heroin into Weston Airport in Kildare.