A "very dangerous" teenager has been given a 13-year prison sentence by Judge Michael White for a litany of violent crimes including robbery, hijacking, assault and threatening to kill gardaí.

Three former pupils of one of Ireland’s most prestigious schools were jailed today after a teenager was beaten to death in a drunken brawl.

A butcher who imported heroin worth €1.5 million as part of a massive cross-channel drugs operation has been jailed for eight years by Judge Michael White at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

An 18-year-old who burgled a house with a number of other youths on the morning that two gardai were killed when their patrol car was rammed by joyriders has been given three years detention by Judge Michael White.