The State has withdrawn charges against a man accused of holding a small amount of ecstasy in light of Tuesday’s Court of Appeal ruling which temporarily legalised possession of the drug.

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A Finglas drug addict who used a Stanley knife blade to rob three school children of their smartphones has received a five-year prison sentence.

A man who handed his friend in to a police station while dressed as Batman has been charged with burglary in England.

A man who was handed in to a British police station by a figure dressed as Batman will be sentenced today for trying to cash a stolen cheque he said he found in the street.

A man who was brought into a police station by a figure dressed as Batman is due before magistrates in the UK today.

A Chinese takeaway delivery man has admitted he is the mystery figure dressed as Batman who handed an alleged criminal into a police station in the middle of the night.

A mystery man who walked into a British police station dressed as Batman to hand over an alleged criminal has revealed himself as a Chinese takeaway delivery man.

KENNY EGAN kept his Olympic dream alive with an emphatic victory over fellow Dubliner Michael Frayne (St. Mary’s) in the Elite Boxing Championship quarter-finals at the National Stadium on Saturday night.

A 19-year-old father-of-one, whose unprovoked assault on a passer-by on New Years Day left him unconscious in a pool of blood, has had his sentence adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A man who spat, pushed and kicked at four gardai after they arrested him for a biting a stranger’s ear has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A talented soccer player who was rejected by a major English club because of his role in a serious assault on a DART passenger has been jailed for six months at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A man who crashed a stolen car into a taxi and also rammed garda vehicles during high-speed chases has been sentenced to four years detention by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A teenager who beat a schoolboy with a metal bar described as an "appalling instrument" has been sentenced to six months detention for possession of the weapon.

A criminal couple who worked together to rob a man at syringe-point, after he accepted a lift from the woman outside a Leeson Street disco, have been ordered to carry out 240 hours community service by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.