Former “singing priest” Tony Walsh, aged 62, faces a maximum sentence of two years in prison for raping a boy with a crucifix, a court has heard.

A woman who burgled an elderly man’s home with an accomplice posing as a garda has been jailed for three and a half years.

A man who was caught cycling the wrong way down a city centre street with a stolen phone box under his jacket has been jailed for three years.

A man who sexually assaulted his half-sister having offered her a lift home from a house party has been given a suspended sentence.

A man who carried out a sustained violent attack on his ex-girlfriend during which he bit her ear has been sentenced to four years.

A Kildare man who carried out a violent burglary which left a man blinded in one eye has received a ten year sentence.

A Mayo man has been sentenced to 10 years for distributing and possessing one of the largest collections of child pornography ever uncovered.

A man who agreed to transport €500,000 worth of drugs from Dublin to Cork has today been jailed for three and half years.

An expectant father has been jailed for nine months for possession of a samurai sword which he claimed he had just "yanked" from a group of youths after they threatened him with it.

A man who carried out an attempted armed raid on a bookmakers, days after being released from jail with a newly-acquired heroin addiction, has been sentenced to three years in prison.