“Fat” Freddie Thompson has been jailed for 20 months for his part in a pub brawl “sparked by slagging” at a funeral during which a beer bottle was thrown at the victim.

A man roaring "God Save the Queen" in Cork told a garda, "Ye arrest me because I am gay and Protestant and from Tipperary."

A six-month suspended jail sentence was imposed on a former solicitor and politician for carrying a penknife which was found in his possession after a row in a nightclub.

A psychiatric report is to be prepared on a former Fianna Fáil councillor before he is sentenced for being drunk and a danger; being threatening abusive or insulting; and carrying a knife.

A former Fianna Fáil councillor — described by a retired garda as “the most arrogant man I ever encountered” — was yesterday convicted of being drunk and a danger, being threatening, abusive, or insulting, and carrying a knife.

A PSV (Public Service Vehicles) inspector who has served 26 years in the gardaí told an inquest there were a number of factors which could have led to the deaths of two young male passengers when the car they were travelling in spun out of control and crashed.

A Somalia national resident in Wicklow who attacked the arthritic father of his ex-partner after kicking-in his front door has been given a two year suspended sentence by Judge Desmond Hogan.

A 16-year-old boy charged with possessing a stolen laptop computer and credit card has been released on bail by the Dublin Children’s Court.

A TEENAGER who set fire to the clothes of a mentally handicapped pensioner was yesterday given a two-month suspended sentence.