A taxi driver who attacked a passenger with a meat cleaver after refusing to give the victim his change has been jailed for three years.

A repeat teen offender, who violently resisted arrest when was caught driving a stolen car, has been remanded on bail pending sentence by the Dublin Children’s Court.

Two mothers of young children have been remanded in custody for sentence for kidnapping of a businessmen arising out of "a genuine but misguided belief" that he was "a conman".