A man who defrauded six customers out of almost €60,000 by taking payments for minibuses which he never handed over to them has been sentenced to three and half years.

A crack cocaine addict who robbed a taxi driver after threatening him with a pointed weapon while an accomplice wrapped a rope around the victim's neck has been sentenced to seven and half years.

A chronic Dublin drug addict described as “the black sheep of his family” who carried out a string of robberies of bookies shops has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison.

A Galway man has been sentenced to seven and half years in prison for the weekly rape of his foster sister more than 10 years ago.

The mother of a child who was raped by her uncle over a seven-year period has described how the abuse has caused a crack in her family “that no time will ever heal”.

Former “singing” priest Tony Walsh has been jailed for seven and half years for raping a boy three times, once with a crucifix.

Former “singing” priest Tony Walsh has been convicted of sexually abusing a young boy.

A man who sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl while her mother was away has been jailed for one year.

A Meath resident who stars in a TV programme about prisoners and their families has avoided a jail term for a raid and an attempted raid over two years ago.

A care assistant who stole almost €1,000 from his intellectually disabled clients has received a two year suspended sentence.

A man who says he was too drunk to remember knocking a woman unconscious before sexually assaulting her has been jailed for four years.

A man is to be sentenced later after he threatened to rape and kill a garda, shoot her colleague and blow them both up.

A man who had gone to a cheap drinks promotion at a night club claims he was too drunk to remember knocking a woman unconscious and sexually assaulting her.

A full-time carer is to be sentenced later after he was caught carrying just under €37,000 of heroin in a 10-litre mayonnaise bucket.

Sentencing of a man for possession of one of the largest collections of child pornography ever uncovered has been adjourned for a third time.

An army sergeant who was found with child pornography images “buried” in the memory of his computer has being acquitted by direction of a judge.

A man who had one of the largest collections of child pornography ever found by gardaí will be sentenced later after he undergoes psychiatric evaluation.

A man who had one of the largest collections of child pornography ever found by gardaí will be sentenced later after he undergoes psychiatric evaluation.

A young man accused of running over and killing a man told gardaí he was wrong when he thought the deceased man was threatening him, a trial has heard.

A 22-year-old Dublin man has been given a five-year suspended sentence for the assault of his father which left him brain damaged and wheelchair-bound.

A sports co-ordinator who defrauded over €6,000 from unemployed people that took his course and from South Dublin County Council has been remanded on bail pending sentence.

A Polish national has escaped a jail term after he spat blood into the mouth of a garda while he was being taken into custody for being drunk and disorderly.

A man has been jailed for three years for sneaking into his estranged wife’s bedroom and threatening to slit her throat before assaulting her.

A Laois man who torched his ex-girlfriend’s car when he saw another man in her house has received a two-year suspended sentence and 200 hours' community service.

A 21-year-old who assaulted another man on a night out leaving him with a permanent scar on his face has been given a three-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court with the final two years suspended.

A Laois man torched his ex-girlfriend's car when he saw another man in her house, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

A robber who used a taxi from a nearby rank as his getaway car has been given a three-year suspended sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A robber has asked a judge in Dublin Circuit Criminal to jail him as he couldn’t give up heroin on the outside.