A man who defrauded six customers out of almost €60,000 by taking payments for minibuses which he never handed over to them has been sentenced to three and half years.

A woman was conned into buying a stolen car for €4,300 cash after she saw it advertised on DoneDeal.ie, a court has heard.

A 19-year-old has today avoided jail for hijacking a car so he could get to his court hearing less than a mile away.

A youth with 62 previous convictions who hijacked a car so he could get to court has been jailed for 18 months today.