A mechanic who fatally injured a student in a hit and run accident and later claimed someone else had been driving his car has been jailed for seven years and disqualified from driving for life.

A Dublin man was tonight sentenced to nine years in jail for trying to force a young woman to have sex with her flatmate and then cutting her with a knife.

A Dublin man tried to force a young woman to have sex with her flatmate and then cut her with a knife, a court heard today.

A 21-year-old man who raped and threatened to kill two Australian women in their Dublin flat has been jailed for 17 years by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.

One of the women charged with falsely imprisoning a baby-sitter for three days after they accused her of stealing £1,200 cash told gardai the alleged victim had admitted taking money previously.

A Co Limerick youth told gardai that a tragic teenager stumbled and hit his head on the ground after he struck him on the side of the head, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.