A Tallaght man will be sentenced tomorrow at Dublin Circuit Court for causing the death of two French tourists in a car accident last year.

A man who recieved a suspended sentence for concealing information from gardaí about the violent death of one of his friends has had two years of that sentence reactivated after he was convicted of new offences.

A prosecution against a young woman, who was arrested for allegedly engaging in prostitution while her mother and six-year-old sister were present, was today struck out by a judge, who described the case as "one of the saddest I have dealt with".

A heroin addict who told a 12-year-old girl he would "stab her to death" if she did not hand over her mobile phone, has been jailed for two years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A teenage girl charged with prostitution has been released from Mountjoy Prison after a court heard that she was bullied by other inmates and constantly offered heroin there.

A 17-year-old girl charged with prostitution was remanded back into custody yesterday after a court heard that she had tested positive for heroin use and had gone missing for nearly a week.

A 17-year-old girl charged with prostitution absconded from care and has gone missing with her mother, a court heard today.

A former soldier who slit his brother's throat and tried to strangle him in an unprovoked, drunken assault has been given a two-year suspended sentence by Judge Michael White.