A Dublin teenager who knocked a woman off her bike, beat her up and stole her groceries said he was "so drunk and stoned he had no idea” what he was doing.

A jury in the trial of a Meath man accused of robbery and false imprisonment was sent home for a second night today after failing to reach a verdict.

A Meath resident accused of robbery and false imprisonment has admitted he lied to gardaí, but not "purposely", when questioned over whether he knew a van was travelling in convoy behind him.

A Meath resident accused of robbing more than €300,000 worth of tobacco products was told by gardaí that mobile phone traffic would link him to the armed robbery, a trial has heard.

A jury in the trial of a Meath resident accused of robbing more than €300,000 worth of tobacco products has heard he was arrested on suspicion of being in possession of a firearm.