A man has avoided jail after he stole mor ethan €10,000 from the organisation which runs the annual Gay Pride Parade while he worked there as financial director.

A young woman has avoided a jail term after she fraudulently claimed more than €35,000 in social welfare payments which she handed over to her father, extended family and drug addict boyfriend.

A Dublin criminal who was jailed recently for a conspiracy to steal €855,000 from a cash-in-transit van has received another five-year sentence with one suspended for threatening to kill a garda.