Ana Kriegel’s murder trial has been hearing evidence about the discovery of the schoolgirl’s body in a derelict farmhouse last May.

A man who sent the mother of his children a photo of a knife and of her front door telling her “I'm going to do something bad tonight” has been sentenced to five years for threatening to kill her.

Michael Shine (86) of Ballsbridge, Dublin has pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to 13 charges of indecent assault allegedly committed during medical examinations at Our Lady of Lourdes hospital in Drogheda.

Michael Shine (86) of Ballsbridge, Dublin, has pleaded not guilty to 13 charges of indecently assaulting seven boys allegedly committed during medical examinations at Our Lady of Lourdes hospital in Drogheda, Co Louth and at two private clinics in Drogheda.

A chronic Dublin drug addict described as “the black sheep of his family” who carried out a string of robberies of bookies shops has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison.

The accused man said: “I'm fed up with this. I've said I know nothing about it.”

CCTV footage played in court showed Mr Tansey slumping to the ground. He lay there in a pool of blood while McKeon stepped over him to try to open up the cash register.

A Dublin man given a wholly suspended sentence for his third offence under the firearms act, has been sent to jail following an undue leniency appeal by prosecutors.

A man who sexually assaulted his four young daughters in a “horror of a home” has been jailed for four and a half years.

A woman with “an astronomical” amount of previous convictions will not face extra jail time for trying to stab a garda with a syringe despite a prosecution appeal.

A Dublin teenager who launched an horrific and unprovoked attack on a young man he'd never met has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison.

A Kildare man who had sex with a 13-year-old girl believing her to be her 16-year-old sister has avoided a jail term at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A man who sexually assaulted a stranger at a bus stop by “slapping her ass” after he had taken a cocktail of drugs huras been sentenced to two and a half years in prison.

A Meath taxi driver has been jailed for twenty months at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for sexually assaulting a drunk passager in south Dublin.

A maths teacher has been sentenced to three years for sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy he was giving grinds to.

A former drug addict who attacked an elderly taxi driver, stole his car and then crashed it has managed to avoid jail.

The second week of the trial of former solicitor Thomas Byrne has heard further allegations of him defrauding clients, including an 91-year-old woman, out of their homes.

A Dublin man who attacked a garda with a golf club will serve two months in jail for the assault and six burglaries.

A Polish man who sexually assaulted six women on various Dublin buses has been sentenced to three years with the final 16 months suspended.

A Polish man who sexually assaulted six women on various Dublin buses as a means of sexual release is to be sentenced in June.

A former Christian Brother who sexually abused three teenage students in the deaf school he worked in has been sentenced to 12 years with the last three suspended.

A reformed alcoholic who carried out regular, “depraved and outrageous” sexual assaults on two brothers who had “adopted him as their father” has been jailed for four and half years.

A Polish man who sexually assaulted four different women on various Dublin buses has had his sentence adjourned because he has a prosecution pending for a similar matter.

An uninvited guest stabbed a man twice in the stomach after been thrown out of a party, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

A man accused of sexually abusing three teenagers over 40 years ago told gardaí that he and one of the complainants had been friends and the allegations only came out when his business was splitting up.

A Kildare trucker whose business failed when it lost a lucrative contract with the Irish Times has been given a suspended sentence for transporting almost €250,000 of drugs.

A Wicklow woman who embezzled over €34,000 from her employer to sustain an alcohol addiction she developed following a period of post natal depression has escaped a jail term.

A TEACHER has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court charged with having child pornography on his computer.

A Tipperary school teacher has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court charged with having child pornography on his computer.

An eastern European man caught attempting to bring ATM skimming equipment into the country through Dublin Airport has been given a 15-month prison sentence.

A Cavan man has been sentenced to two years in prison for sexually assaulting random women on the street while on his way home from counselling at a sexual offenders treatment centre.

A Lucan man who handed himself into a garda station two days after robbing a shop because the offence had “bothered” him so much will be sentenced later at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Cavan man will be sentenced later for sexually assaulting random women on the street while on his way home from counselling at a sexual offenders treatment centre.

A youth who was at the centre of a recent high profile trial faces possible reactivation of a partially suspended sentence for dangerous driving after he failed to abide by the terms of the suspension.

A Louth man accused of staging a robbery on his employers has been given a three-year suspended sentence.

A Swords father-of-three who hid cocaine under stones outside his house for a friend is to be sentenced later at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A young Dublin man who stabbed a first year college student’s arm with a broken bottle leaving him with a permanent disability has been jailed for five years.

Three men have been jailed at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for an unprovoked assault on a a couple celebrating their engagement.

A young Palestinian man who led pursuing gardaí and the garda helicopter on a high speed chase through the city centre, driving on the pavement and the wrong way up one-way streets, has received a two-year suspended sentence.

A teenager who stashed over €14,000 worth of cocaine in his bedroom has had his sentencing adjourned for two weeks at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A post office manager who stole €22,000 from his employer in order to fund his gambling addiction was jailed for four years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court with the final two years suspended.

An elderly Dublin man with no previous convictions has received a four-year suspended sentence for sexually assaulting a five-year-old boy.

A young Dublin man who stabbed a first year college student’s arm with a broken bottle leaving him with a permanent disability will be sentenced later with three other youths.

A Dublin man who stowed over €6,000 worth of cocaine in a lawnmower in his garden shed has been given a suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.