A circuit court judge has strongly criticised the juvenile justice system as being incapable of dealing with violent young men who "prowl the streets taking their opportunities as they arrive".

Three men who took part in a vicious attack in Dublin city centre on two US tourists who had tried to stop a robbery will be sentenced on Monday.

Two men have been jailed at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today for attacking a group in Temple Bar almost four years ago.

An “informal” mechanic who was caught with vehicles and property stolen from around the country will be sentenced later.

The bishop wanted his computer returned.

One of London’s best-known Irish pubs has set a new record for the largest number of Christmas trees and lights on the premises.

A cluster of emerging Cork-based firms have been succeeding against the economic odds in recent years.

A mother was one of two people killed after a rally car crashed and ploughed into spectators.

A female rally co-driver and a sports photographer were killed today when a car ploughed into the crowd at a road race.

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.

NO external power supply was available to run a heart machine after its battery failed during the transfer of a critically ill woman between two Dublin hospitals, an inquest at Dublin City Coroner’s Court heard yesterday.

A Dublin man has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for possessing a pipe bomb at a filling station in Co Waterford last year.

The Special Criminal Court has reserved judgement in the trial of Dublin man charged with possessing a pipe bomb at a filling station in Co Waterford last year.

A Dublin man has been jailed for two years after he planted two hoax bombs in the city centre causing residents to be evacuated and roads to be cordoned off for a total of five and half hours.

THEY were nigh-on unbackable favourites beforehand, but Kerry got the fright of their lives from a superbly drilled Wicklow in this Christy Ring Cup semi-final in Nenagh on Saturday.

A Dublin father-of-three who violently raped a woman he had just met that night at a house party has been remanded in custody pending sentence at the Central Criminal Court.

Nigerian national who was paid €4,000 to carry €65,000 worth of cocaine capsules internally has been jailed for six years for transporting the drugs into Ireland.

A father-of-one who picked up two shotguns and ammunition from a derelict house after a man threatened to put a hand grenade through his window has been given a six-year suspended sentence.

A mechanic who used his employer’s car to pick up heroin valued at nearly €350,000 because of his illegal "drug debt" with a ruthless west Dublin criminal has been given a seven-year sentence.

CHEAPER cuts of meat are back on the menu because of the credit crunch, industry observers have noticed.

A north county Dublin man who sexually assaulted two of his daughters over a period of ten years has been jailed for three years by the Central Criminal Court.

A father of three who hid almost €470,000 worth of heroin in a wardrobe in his home has been sentenced to eight years in prison by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Laois father-of-one has received a three year suspended sentence along with a fine and driving ban for dangerous driving causing the death of a nursing home care worker.

A west Dublin woman whose father said "she was bad from the day she was born" has been jailed for falsely claiming he raped and sexually abused her.

Two Kildare men who had heroin valued almost €160,000 at the Lucan Spa Hotel have been jailed by Judge Anthony Hunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A leading American rock climber was feared dead tonight after falling into the sea while climbing on the south west coast of Ireland.

A former Dublin minor hurler who left his social security card in a holdall bag containing €44,000 worth of cannabis resin has been sentenced to eight years in prison by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

The partner of a man beaten to death with a pick axe in West Dublin has told the Central Criminal Court that her four-year-old daughter asks her every day "when is daddy coming back?".

A Limerick man who transported cocaine and ecstasy worth an estimated €2.4m has been jailed for 10 years by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Carrigaline 1-12 Milford 1-6

Limerick 3-12 Tipperary 0-5

A 42-year-old Louth man has been found guilty of the murder of a young German woman in Co Meath in 2001 at the Central Criminal court today.

The trial of a Louth man charged with the murder of a young German woman in 2001 concluded at the Central Criminal court today with closing speeches heard from both prosecution and defence counsels.

A Drogheda Garda Inspector today defended the circumstances surrounding the alleged confession of a man accused of murder that he had returned to the body of a young German woman days after her disappearance to remove and hide her clothes.

A man accused of murder admitted to a garda inspector that he went back to the victim’s body days after her death, removed some of her clothing and hid them in a graveyard skip, it was alleged at the Central Criminal court today.

A CORONER’S court ruling yesterday may force the Government to accelerate new laws forcing all truck drivers to wear seat belts.

An Ghaeltacht 0-12 Laune Rangers 2-4

GARDAÍ investigating a major fire in Rathkeale, Co Limerick, which caused an estimated €100,000 worth of damage, say there is no indication the blaze was started maliciously.

Cork 3-10 Limerick 1-11

TWO players from one of the country’s leading soccer clubs were hospitalised in the early hours of yesterday morning after they were set upon and robbed by a gang of youths, including two girls.

NO new safety barriers have been fitted on existing motorways and dual carriageways in the past 18 months even though experts say they can save lives.