A middle-aged man accused of sexually exploiting a 16-year-old boy at a shopping centre toilet was found guilty of the crime, in spite of the man’s claims the boy lied and gardaí stitched him up.

Former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm has been granted free legal aid for his upcoming conspiracy to defraud trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The mother of a child who was raped by her uncle over a seven-year period has described how the abuse has caused a crack in her family “that no time will ever heal”.

A man has been jailed for 10 years for threatening, assaulting and raping his wife as their marriage was breaking down in 2014.

A man has gone on trial accused of raping, assaulting, and threatening to kill his wife as their marriage was breaking down.

A Norwegian man who was given a wholly suspended sentence for raping his girlfriend multiple times while she slept must wait to hear whether he will be sent to jail following an appeal by prosecutors.

A Dublin media company has been awarded €1,500 after suing a non-profit community theatre group in Scotland for unauthorised use of photographs of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.

An inquiry into the fatal shooting by gardaí of a Real IRA member during the course of an armed robbery almost 20 years ago is to begin in Dublin this week.

A then 14-year-old boy armed with a broken bottle threatened to slit a young man’s throat during a false imprisonment and robbery incident on a Dublin street, a court has heard.

A teenager charged over a house raid where a mother allegedly escaped by jumping out an upstairs window clutching her baby will not be tried at circuit court level, a judge has ruled.

Abusive father gets 9 years in jail, after appeal on lenient sentence

The prison sentence imposed on the father of abuse victim Fiona Doyle was "unduly lenient", the Court of Appeal has found.

A Dublin man with a previous drugs conviction has been sent back to jail for 10 years after he was found with almost €28,000 of cannabis herb, cocaine and heroin in his home and car.

A man has gone on trial accused of abducting his sister-in-law and raping her several times before bringing her to a pub for a pint.

A man who sexually assaulted his half-sister having offered her a lift home from a house party has been given a suspended sentence.

A Dublin man with a previous drugs conviction could face going back to jail for possessing almost €28,000 of cannabis herb, cocaine, and heroin in his home and car.

A Dublin man has gone on trial accused of the manslaughter of 12-year-old Stephen Hayes who died when the hut he was sleeping in was allegedly set on fire.

A Wexford man has been sentenced to ten years in prison with the final three suspended for raping a Kildare woman while she slept.

A Wexford man will be sentenced next week at the Central Criminal Court for raping a Kildare woman while she slept.

A Carlow man accused of sexually abusing his two nieces and their neighbour as children has dismissed the allegations as lies.

A Cavan man has today begun his appeal against his conviction for raping and sexually assaulting his teenage niece.

A Longford woman who previously pleaded admitted to the possession of child pornography is seeking to withdraw her guilty plea today.

A woman who was raped as a child by her father for 10 years told gardaí that the abuse became as frequent as having dinner, a court has heard.

A Limerick man who murdered a Ukrainian-born teenager by stabbing him through the chest has failed in an appeal against his conviction.

A man has gone on trial today accused of sexually assaulting six sisters over a 10-year period.

The trial of a man accused of the manslaughter of an Offaly publican two years ago has heard how a witness walked into a garda station and told gardaí he knew who the killer was.

The man accused of the manslaughter of a well known Offaly publican two years ago confessed to the killing to a “jailhouse informant”, a court has heard.

A 22-year-old Dublin man has been given a five-year suspended sentence for the assault of his father which left him brain damaged and wheelchair-bound.

A former Marist brother and primary school teacher has begun an appeal against his conviction for sexually abusing four young boys at a Sligo school over 40 years ago.

A former soccer player raped his daughter on an almost daily basis, it has been alleged at the Central Criminal Court today.

A Cork man accused of raping and sexually assaulting a teenage girl has claimed the girl’s mother “put her up to the accusations.”

A Cork man has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court accused of raping and sexually assaulting a teenage girl.

A Wicklow businessman has been convicted at the Central Criminal Court of raping and indecently assaulting a schoolgirl 30 years ago.

A retired garda sergeant has revealed the Wicklow businessman accused of raping and indecently assaulting a schoolgirl over 30 years ago told him he couldn’t deny the allegations when arrested.

A Dublin priest has been convicted of buggering and sexually abusing a boy almost 30 years ago.

A former Dublin priest has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of the sexual assault and buggery of a young boy almost 30 years ago.

A Dutch national who was caught carrying €200,000 worth of cannabis in Spiderman and Hannah Montana wrapping paper at Dublin airport has been given a six year sentence.

A former Marist brother and primary school teacher has been convicted by a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury of 35 charges of sexually abusing four young boys at a Sligo school over 40 years ago.

A jury has heard that a former Marist brother denied all allegations of sexual abuse that had been laid against him by five past pupils when gardaí questioned him about the incidents over ten years ago.

A man has told a jury that he suffered physical and sexual abuse at the hands of his primary school teacher almost forty years ago.

A man has told a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury that his national school teacher would call him up to the top of class, rub his legs, place his hand inside his shorts and fondle his “private parts”.

Three boys who allege that they were sexually assaulted by a Co Clare teacher have denied during cross-examination at his trial that they "misinterpreted" tactile or friendly gestures made to them by the accused.

A Co Clare teacher has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of sexually assaulting three boys aged between 10 and 12 years old at a primary school and in his home.

A man who drove a stolen car at high speed crashing several times, ramming a garda car and causing serious injury to a taxi driver has been given a five-year sentence.