A man who threatened to rape and kill a garda, shoot her colleague and blow them both up has been jailed for two years.

A man is to be sentenced later after he threatened to rape and kill a garda, shoot her colleague and blow them both up.

A Wicklow resident, who twice shot at an empty parked car outside a house because he had "a grudge" against the homeowner for killing his friend, has been jailed for four years.

A love Ulster rioter who threw blocks at gardaí and helped to cause nearly €40,000 of damage to parked cars has been given a three year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.