A Polish man has appeared at Dublin District Court charged with the murder of his partner, at their flat in Dublin's north inner city.

A murder trial has heard that the victim, who died while an inmate in Mountjoy Prison, had a poor disciplinary record at a number of prisons throughout the state.

A crack cocaine addict who pointed a gun at a gardaí who arrived at the scene of a robbery and who later spat blood at a garda has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for four armed raids and other offences.