A south Dublin man who slashed four neighbours with a knife told gardaí he had smoked cannabis beforehand and had been smoking it every night for about 20 years.

A jury has disagreed in the trial of a young Dublin man accused of stabbing a local acquaintance in the back.

An "exhibitionist" who sent naked pictures of himself by text to a 12-year-old girl, and was also in contact with several of her friends, has had his sentence adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.