A judge has refused to give a convicted killer a discounted sentence for time served in the North on a different crime.

A Trinity College lecturer has been given a suspended sentence for throwing a man down a 15ft drop causing him severe head injuries.

A south Dublin man caught with more than 100,000 child pornography images has been jailed for three years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

An English man who drove a truck into Ireland carrying duvets stuffed with blocks of cocaine has been jailed for four years.

A prison officer has avoided a jail term for assaulting a garda in a north Dublin nightclub.

A teenager has been jailed for carrying a revolver which fired when he threw it during a garda chase.

A Dublin man who chased a nurse, grabbed a patient’s drip and spat blood at gardaí during a violent hospital outburst has been given a four-year sentence.

A man who was caught transporting cannabis valued at almost €500,000 after a garda spotted him driving without a seatbelt and talking on his mobile phone has been jailed for six years.

A father-of-two who threatened to cut his neighbour's throat, slice him up and burn his house down following a dispute has been given a four-year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Two men caught transporting handguns across the city will be sentenced next month at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A crack cocaine addict who ambushed a foreign national on the street and sexually assaulted her after telling her she should not be in the country has been given a three-year sentenc

A Cameroon national who used a false name to obtain a €15,000 loan from the Credit Union has been given a two-year suspended sentence and ordered to repay the remanining balance of €3,300 by next March.

An alcoholic burglar has been jailed for seven years by Mr Justice Paul Carney for sexually assaulting two children while their mother spoke with neighbours a short distance from their Dublin home.

A "withdrawn and vulnerable" alcoholic who agreed to hold over €1m of cocaine and heroin in return for €500 has been jailed for six years by Judge Martin Nolan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.