A man who was due to be sentenced for being a passenger in a stolen car jumped out of the dock and tried to throw a glass of water at Judge Patrick McCartan (pictured).

A serial garda impersonator who stopped Dublin motorists for speeding and having no lights has been given an 18-month suspended sentence for possessing unlicensed firearms and child porn.

A 44 year-old Sligo man has been found not guilty of the murder of 14 year-old Melissa Mahon, but guilty of her manslaughter.

A man who threatened to kill a woman, a child and gardaí during what was described as a six-hour siege where a garda crisis negotiator had to intervene has had his sentence adjourned by Judge Patricia Ryan.