A former fireman who cut a carpenter's left hand off with a samurai sword in a crowded Dublin pub has been sentenced to nine years in prison by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A "very dangerous" teenager has been given a 13-year prison sentence by Judge Michael White for a litany of violent crimes including robbery, hijacking, assault and threatening to kill gardaí.

Two teenagers have been remanded in custody after being charged today in connection with robberies at St Stephens’ Green in Dublin, during which a person was allegedly stabbed.