A Brazilian student has been given a three-month suspended sentence and a €600 fine for an “elaborate hoax” in which she claimed she had been raped by two men in Dublin.

A young man who turned to drugs following the suicide of three of his friends in a short period of time faces a possible ten year sentence after being caught transporting almost half a million euro of cocaine to repay a debt.

Two young mothers who voluntarily got into a stolen car which was later involved in a high speed garda chase resulting in the death of a 16-year-old passenger may be given community service orders.

Two young mothers who voluntarily got into a stolen car which was later involved in a high speed garda chase resulting in the death of a 16-year-old passenger have been remanded on bail pending sentence.