A Croatian man who raided two post offices while armed with an imitation firearm has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.

A man who assaulted his wife was later attacked by the victim’s relative who cut his throat using a Stanley knife blade.

A gunman who blasted a garda sergeant with a shotgun in a cocaine-crazed incident arising from a feud between members of two west Dublin families has been given a 12-year sentence.

A man who agreed to hold €38,000 worth of cannabis resin because he wanted money for his godchild’s christening has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by Judge Katherine Delahunt.