A man who pointed a bolt action rifle at gardaí in “a threatening and aggressive manner” has been jailed for seven years for this, a burglary and a “mini riot” in a detention centre.

A convicted rapist who repeatedly violated his release conditions has been freed after a court heard he is now receiving psychiatric treatment.

A convicted rapist who has been remanded in custody after breaching the conditions of his release will be psychiatrically assessed after a court heard he “wants help.”

A Tallaght woman who has been charged with assisting the suicide of another woman appeared before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court yesterday.

A Tallaght woman who has been charged with assisting the suicide of another woman appeared before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today.

A man who took a fraudulent personal injury action claiming he suffered a debilitating back injury in a car crash has avoided a jail term.

A student who caused a taxi driver to crash his car by choking him from the back seat has avoided jail after agreeing to pay €8,000 in compensation.

A garda in charge of photographing the scene of the alleged rape of an elderly woman accidently deleted the pictures, a court has heard.

A father-of-two who was caught with child pornography, including cartoon images, has been sentenced to two years with 12 months suspended

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

Two Dublin men have been sentenced for their part in an incident where a Romanian man was shot in the neck.

A man has been sentenced to eight years for a post office robbery during which a customer had a knife held to her neck while the raiders demanded cash.

A man has been sentenced to 12 years for carrying out a €1.2m jewellery theft at Dundrum shopping centre.

A CONVICTED rapist who attempted to rob a 24-year-old woman 14 hours after being released from prison has had his sentence adjourned until July at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Six men have been sentenced over a “violent protest” in Mountjoy Prison in which five prison officers were injured.

A WOMAN who left her victim with permanent scarring after she slashed her face and breast with a broken bottle has been sentenced to six years with two suspended.

A CONVICTED rapist who attempted to rob a 24-year-old woman 14 hours after being released from prison is to be sentenced later at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A convicted rapist who attempted to rob a 24-year-old woman 14 hours after being released from prison is to be sentenced later at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Nigerian national who acted as a courier to transport nearly €500,000 worth of cocaine concealed in a child’s seat and cereal boxes from Dublin to England has been jailed for six years.

A Dublin man who got into bed on top of an elderly widow and tried to pull up her night dress after dropping her home from a local party has received a three year suspended sentence.

A “recreational drug user” caught with heroin at Tallaght District Court is to be sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court next month.

A drug addict who traumatised shop staff with a bloody syringe during a robbery has received a six year sentence with two suspended at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A young man who went on a crime spree because he felt he was being pressured into an arranged marriage has been given a three-year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A reformed drug addict who agreed to transport €1.6m worth of heroin for €400 because he "needed a few quid" has been remanded in custody pending sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

A drug addict who robbed the same building society twice and then headbutted a garda when he escaped from court will not spend any extra time in prison because of his current 20-year sentence for other offences.

A motorcycle courier who was selling cut-price ecstasy at €250 for 100 tablets to raise extra money for his family has had his sentence adjourned by Judge Tony Hunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Two young mothers who voluntarily got into a stolen car which was later involved in a high speed garda chase resulting in the death of a 16-year-old passenger may be given community service orders.

A former Tipperary factory manager turned homeless alcoholic has been given a seven years sentence for importing cocaine worth over €460,000 from Chile.

Two young mothers who voluntarily got into a stolen car which was later involved in a high speed garda chase resulting in the death of a 16-year-old passenger have been remanded on bail pending sentence.

A father of four who twice sold cocaine to undercover gardaí has been sentenced to two years in prison by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.