A brothel-keeper’s prostitution operation was taking in up to €4m a year, a court has heard.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgement in the case of a Dublin man appealing against his 18-year sentence for having €6.4 million worth of heroin in his van.

A man with a history of “incredibly sadistic and violent behaviour” has been jailed after gardaí caught him attacking his own mother as she was trying to escort him home.

The State has indicated an intention to make an application to confiscate the assets of a convicted brothel-keeper.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has quashed the conviction and ordered the retrial of a Clondalkin man accused of dealing heroin and cocaine.

A man who took part in a violent attack on a college student which led to the victim being thrown from a window on the top floor of a Dublin bus has had his suspended sentence re-activated.

A father convicted 11 years ago of sexually abusing his children has been given permission to go before an appeals court after the children made statements that their mother put them up to the allegations.

A caretaker who stole more than €28,000 from the school he worked in to pay for his wife’s hospital fees after she miscarried has been given a two-year suspended sentence.

A former Dublin priest who was previously jailed for sexually abusing six boys has been sentenced to 16 years for abusing a further three victims.

A woman escaped the grasp of a man who committed a rape two weeks later, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard today.

A 24-year-old Dublin man who caused the death of a young friend through his “reprehensible” dangerous driving has avoided a custodial sentence.

A former Dublin priest has today admitted in court to indecently assaulting two victims in the 70s and 80s.

A BRIDE’S action for damages over her wedding dress has been dismissed after the judge said he could find no evidence she lost the required inch in size to fit into the dress.

A Dublin priest has been convicted of buggering and sexually abusing a boy almost 30 years ago.

The State has failed in an attempt to review the nine-year suspended sentence handed down to a brother of Brian Meehan, the man serving life imprisonment for the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin.

The former Dublin priest accused of sexually abusing a boy 30 years ago has been found not guilty by direction of the trial judge of one count each of sexual assault and buggery in the Phoenix Park.

A man accusing a former Dublin priest of sexual assault and buggery almost 30 years ago has revealed he “clammed up” when gardaí questioned him initially about the allegations.

A former Dublin priest has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of the sexual assault and buggery of a young boy almost 30 years ago.

A young man who rammed a pursuing garda patrol car in a stolen jeep after colliding with a van while driving through Baldoyle at high speed has received a six year sentence with three years suspended.

A Scottish man who told the mother of his children that he would slice her “from ear to ear” and scar her for life during a brutal four-hour assault has been given an eight-year sentence.

A man who stabbed a 14-year-old boy following a domestic dispute has been jailed for three years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A woman with 22 grandchildren who distracted an 80-year-old home owner while her accomplice stole handbags and cash from the premises has received a two year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Scottish man who told the mother of his children that he would slice her “from ear to ear” and scar her for life during a brutal four hour assault has had his sentencing adjourned until Thursday.

A JUDGE has described as “an absolute disgrace”, the €3,800 cost of a psychiatric report for a prisoner who scammed a man of €380.

A Drogheda man has been given sentences totaling eight years for trying to rob a 72-year-old man in his home, three years after he was jailed for robbing the same man.

A teenager who threw a sawn-off shotgun and a cartridge over a wall into a garden when he saw a member of An Garda Siochana is to be sentenced later at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A former Bray Wanderers footballer who was found in possession of almost half a million euro worth of cocaine and heroin at his family home has had his sentencing adjourned until next week.

A teenager who stashed over €14,000 worth of cocaine in his bedroom has had his sentencing adjourned for two weeks at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A troubled youth who committed a series of burglaries at his family home and their neighbour’s houses after being asked to leave by his adoptive parents has been given a five-year sentence.

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.

A drugs mule who attempted to smuggle over €50,000 worth of herbal cannabis into Ireland from Brussels is to be sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court next month.

A post office manager who stole €22,000 from his employer in order to fund his gambling addiction was jailed for four years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court with the final two years suspended.

An elderly Dublin man with no previous convictions has received a four-year suspended sentence for sexually assaulting a five-year-old boy.

The brother of a man who hanged himself in garda custody will be sentenced later for possessing weapons in an overcrowded car in Dublin city centre.

A man who petrol bombed a hostel so his girlfriend would be kicked out of it has been sentenced to three years.

The “waterboy” for a highly sophisticated cannabis growing operation has been given a suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Drogheda man is to be jailed for trying to rob a 72-year-old man in his home, three years after he was jailed for robbing the same man.

A Dublin man who stowed over €6,000 worth of cocaine in a lawnmower in his garden shed has been given a suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A man who pulled a computer wire around his former wife’s neck as she pleaded with him not to kill her has been given an three-and-a-half year sentence by Judge Frank O’Donnell at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A post office manager stole €22,000 from his employer in order to fund his gambling addiction, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

A Dublin “drug baron” has been jailed for 18 years for transporting €6.2m worth of heroin in his van.

A “vulnerable” Dublin man who was been described as leading a “sheltered life” with his parents has been sentenced to seven years in prison with the last two suspended for possessing €1.3m of cannabis in a disused warehouse.

A drunken young man who set several fires inside a parish hall with which he had “negative associations” is to be sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A convicted arsonist who viciously assaulted his ex-girlfriend while on bail for causing €15,000 worth of damage by setting fires at a car dealership has been given a three-year sentence.