A man who was one of a group of three that slashed 128 tyres because of “some sort of complaint they had about capitalism” has been give a chance to avoid prison by coming up with compensation and getting into a college course..

A man who repeatedly stabbed his ex-wife in the stomach with a bread knife he had originally been planning to kill himself with has been jailed for six years by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

A Kildare mother-of-two will be sentenced later for defrauding €103,000 from Bank of Ireland over a five-year period.

A man who repeatedly stabbed a Polish national leaving him with life-threatening injuries has had his sentence adjourned by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A young father who stored €97,000 of cocaine in a secret floor compartment in his bedroom has received a six-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Blood found on a murder accused’s clothes had the same DNA profile as his alleged victim, the Central Criminal Court heard.

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 man who left a young journalist fighting for her life after he stabbed her through the neck during an attempted robbery has had his prison sentence increased from seven to ten years by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

A teenager who was shot three times and whose family home was petrol-bombed after gardaí arrested him for possession of firearms has been given a two years sentence by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Bosnian man who stored a pistol and cocaine valued at over €150,000 in the ESB box of his family home because he feared "a bullet in the head" has been jailed for ten years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A man who was 17 when he buggered his then 13-year-old brother and forced him to perform oral sex on him, has had his sentence adjourned to July 12 by Judge Desmond Hogan.