A mechanic has been sentenced to nine years in prison for killing his girlfriend.

A former shop security man who ambushed a young Polish woman and dragged her to where he had prepared a special “rape-kit” has today received a 12-year sentence with the last three years suspended.

A man has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for sexually assaulting and raping his young stepdaughter in Leitrim and Mayo over a four-year period.

A serial sex offender who anally raped a woman in the ladies toilet of a Nenagh fast food shop two years ago has been jailed for life by Mr Justice Paul Carney.

A convicted sex offender who raped a woman in the ladies toilet of a Nenagh fast food restaurant two years ago has been remanded in custody for sentence by Mr Justice Paul Carney.

A father who carried out 'gratuitous and sadistic cruelty' on two of his daughters as he sexually abused them throughout their childhood and raped one of them was jailed for ten years today.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering Gary Douche in Mountjoy Prison two years ago has been discharged after it emerged that a jury member may have been from the same area as the victim.

THE most senior criminal judge in the country has sparked controversy over his comments on knife crime and the immigrant community.

A 20-year-old South Dublin man who killed his friend with a single stab wound has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment by the Central Criminal Court.

A LENGTHY sentence handed down yesterday to a vicious rapist may encourage more victims to report sexual attacks.

AN APPLICATION should have been made for the immediate release of Wayne O’Donoghue after the mother of Robert Holohan made her victim impact statement, a senior counsel has said.

An application should have been made for the release of Wayne O’Donoghue immediately after Majella Holohan’s victim impact statement, according to the barrister who represented O’Donoghue during his trial for the murder of 11-year-old Robert Holohan.

A convicted Carlow rapist who was extradited from the USA in August has today been jailed for seven years by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.

SADLY in recent years, there have been a number of high-profile criminal and civil court cases where certain sectors of the media and public have self-appointed themselves as judge and jury.

EVEN though I wasn’t identified by name, Mr Justice Paul Carney clearly referred to me and my victim impact statement in Ennis in January 2006 at the sentence of Wayne O’Donoghue for the unlawful killing of my son, Robert.

It is not fair to criticise me for saying how the killing of my son impacted on me, Majella Holohan, mother of murdered school boy Robert said today.

THE public can be forgiven for comparing judicial sentencing for rape in this country to a lottery.

A Tipperary man has been jailed for 15 years for raping a 75-year-old widow after he broke into her house.

A 75-year-old Donegal grandfather who paid his three granddaughters "significant sums of money" to have sex with him on a regular basis has been jailed for five years by Mr Justice Paul Carney.

A judge has, for the first time, offered “restorative justice” at the Central Criminal Court to the

A Roscommon man who sexually abused his sister has been given a five year sentence by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court today.

A man who subjected a female student to more than hour of horrific sexual and physical assault near her south Dublin home in the early hours of the morning has been jailed for nine years by Mr Justice Paul Carney.

CompiledJanuary 2005: Paul Buckley, aged 32, of Baker’s Road, Gurranabraher, was given a four-year sentence by Mr Justice Paul Butler for the rape and assault causing harm of a 25-year-old woman in the garden of a house in April 2002.

A Cork man who orally raped an American student and then claimed he was a commanding officer in the IRA has been given a six-year sentence by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.

A Kerry man who attempted to rape a teenage girl he on a quiet road has been jailed for eight years by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.

A Limerick man who participated in a savage gang-rape of a woman in a wood last year has been jailed for 21 years by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.

A married Corkman who wrongly labelled his then 14-year-old victim as "a rent boy" has been jailed for seven years by Mr Justice Paul Carney for anally raping the boy.

People who commit acts of extreme violence after consuming drink and drugs will be made accountable for their actions in the courts, a High Court judge warned today.

The jury in the trial of five Limerick men accused of murdering Kieran Keane has been offered free flu vaccinations to protect them from illness in the event of a flu epidemic during the high profile trial.

The indictment against a Cork father who allegedly raped and sexually assaulted his daughter for a number of years has been quashed by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court on grounds of delay in bringing the complaint.

A 30-year-old Dublin man who sexually abused his young niece while babysitting her has been jailed for four years by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.