Man, 30, told gardaí he would harm local schoolchildren and wanted to commit ‘suicide by cop’

A grandmother who stole a 92-year-old woman’s life savings of €41,000, has been given three months to repay €10,000 or else go to prison for two years.

A 36-year-old employee with a serious gambling addiction has been given a suspended two-year sentence for stealing almost €50,000 from a Brown Thomas store in Galway.

A Limerick farmer was fined €3,000 and ordered to pay €2,000 in costs after he pleaded guilty to six breaches of Department of Agriculture regulations designed to prevent the spread of bovine TB.

A Congolese man who beat his heavily pregnant wife with a cooking pot, a pan, plates, glasses and knives in front of their four children was given a three-year sentence yesterday.