A father-of-three who crashed his car into a bollard following a chase and was later found hiding in an attic has been jailed for 18 months.

A Dublin man who touched a fellow bus passenger's shoulder with his penis claimed he had been urinating when the vehicle jerked forward and pushed him towards the woman, a court has heard.

A Garda has been sentenced to 200 hours community service for attacking a drunk man in a Santa hat during an arrest in Dublin city-centre.

A reformed drug addict who agreed to transport €1.6m worth of heroin for €400 because he "needed a few quid" has been remanded in custody pending sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

"I went away to a nice place in my head with my friends to play with 'Cindy' dolls," was how a Waterford woman dealt with being raped by her brother who has been jailed for six years by Mr Justice Paul Carney.