A promising boxer who joined the Irish army after an injury to his hand put an end to his sporting career has been jailed for four years after he was caught in possession of a 9mm calibre revolver.

A 14-year-old boy who was caught holding over €25,000 worth of cocaine has been remanded on bail pending sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A drug dealer who told gardai he sold drugs to "Bin Laden, John Gotti, Elvis and Michael Jackson" has been sentenced to six years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Wicklow resident, who twice shot at an empty parked car outside a house because he had "a grudge" against the homeowner for killing his friend, has been jailed for four years.

A teenager who along with others violently attacked a college student which led to the victim being thrown from a window on the top floor of a Dublin bus has been given a suspended sentence.

A Dublin man accused of raping a 13-year-old boy twice in a container in an industrial estate has told a jury that he never "went near him".

A Central Criminal Court jury has heard that a Dublin man denied in a garda interview that he had "plied a 13-year-old boy with drink" before allegedly raping him.

A group of teenagers whose violent attack on a college student led to the man being thrown from a window on the top floor of a Dublin bus have been remanded for sentence next month.

A drug addict who told gardaí he was "sick of jabbing myself to death" has been jailed for 10 years by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for possession of heroin valued €153,000.

A man who attacked a new acquaintance with a machete over a dispute about money after being asked by the victim to bring cocaine to a party has been remanded on bail pending sentence.

A Kildare man who told gardaí he was "living in fear" but would be "in even more trouble" if he revealed who he was scared of has had been given a three years sentence for possession of guns.

A Dublin man has been ordered to carry out 90 hours community service for his role in a staged robbery of diamonds valued at almost €300,000.

Two Dublin men involved in a staged robbery of diamonds valued at almost €300,000 have been jailed and a third conspirator may be directed to carry out community service.

A former Irish Army soldier who discovered he tried to rob his local garage when his friends called him to say he was on TV programme Crimeline may have the option of community service in lieu of a prison sentence.