A Brazilian student accused of making a false report to gardaí claiming she had been raped in Dublin is to be tried in the district court if she pleads guilty.

A Wicklow man and his south Dublin accomplice who terrorised a man during a drug fuelled robbery of his home two years ago have each been given a five year prison sentence.

Two homosexuals who committed an armed robbery on a small shop with a double barrel shotgun to raise money to move away together have had their sentences adjourned.