A man who repeatedly stabbed a Polish national leaving him with life-threatening injuries has received a three-year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A mechanic who fatally injured a student in a hit and run accident and later claimed someone else had been driving his car has been jailed for seven years and disqualified from driving for life.

A 49-year-old father who took possession of ecstasy worth almost €500,000 so that he could pay off his daughter’s so-called "drug debt" has been given a seven-year sentence by Judge Frank O’Donnell.

A Polish man who was caught looking at child pornography in an internet cafe, leading to the discovery of more than 1,000 images in his home, has had his sentence adjourned for six months to allow further interaction with the Probation Services.

A 48-year-old man who sexually abused his daughter and two other girls from infancy to teenage years has been jailed for four years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.