A drug addict who took part in a violent raid on a post office which left staff and customers terrified has today been sentenced to eight years for robbery and possession of firearms.

A man who attacked a 13-year-old boy at a family christening - punching, kicking and banging the child’s head off the ground - has been given a two-year suspended sentence and ordered to pay €3,000 compensation by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A man who attacked a 13 year-old boy at a family christening punching, kicking and banging the child's head off the ground may be ordered to pay compensation by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.