A garda, who entered a low-rise block of flats after seeing a partly-open window, had committed “a significant trespass” into a one-room studio where a man and his partner were asleep in bed, a judge ruled yesterday.

Gardaí followed a trail of blood to the spot where a man was viciously attacked and stabbed by a gang of youths, a court has heard.

A man has received a six-and-a-half year prison sentence for the one punch manslaughter of another man in the city last year.

A Dublin man has received a six and a half year prison sentence for the one punch manslaughter of another male in the city last year.

A Dublin youth has been sent forward for trial over a gang robbery in which a Brazilian man was allegedly chased before he was dragged to the ground and beaten.