One man was imprisoned for life while another will be sentenced next Monday for their part in killing a man during an argument over a pedigree chihuahua.

Two teenagers charged with taking part in a mugging of a woman in Dublin after they were allegedly identified on Facebook will be tried separately in January.

A convicted drug dealer who overturned a stolen car after loosing control of it during a high speed garda chase has been given a five year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Dublin man who slashed his wife’s neck with a knife has been ordered to do 240 hours community service in lieu of a three year jail term.

A two-year jail sentence was imposed today on an out-of-control phone sex pest who made thousands of lewd and disturbing phone calls despite repeated warnings to stop.