A 27-year-old married man from Cameroon who is living in Dublin has withdrawn a €60,000 damages claim against the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland who had appeared on behalf of an uninsured driver following an alleged rear-ending accident.

Multi-billion euro fraudster David Drumm is working as a cleaner in the basement of Mountjoy Prison, the Irish Examiner understands.

Multi-billion euro fraudster David Drumm is working as a cleaner in the basement of Mountjoy Prison, the Irish Examiner understands.

The two-and-a-half year jail term given to child abuser Tom Humphries last week is not unduly lenient, a sentencing expert has said.

The ultimate sentence may have been lenient, but was not outlandishly so, writes Michael Clifford

THE two-and-a-half-year sentence imposed on Tom Humphries has drawn widespread criticism, some of it hysterical but most of it measured and appropriate, with many commentators attacking not just its leniency but comments made by the judge during sentencing. 

The ISPCC has said the Tom Humphries case was an example of how a new cyber safety strategy was needed, and believes that it should be implemented by the Taoiseach’s department.

More consideration was given by the judge to sex abuser Tom Humphries than to his victim, according to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC).

Former sports journalist Tom Humphries has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for grooming and sexually abusing a teenage girl.

A judge has granted legal aid to an Aer Lingus worker accused of helping illegal immigrants enter the country.

A Palestinian man who repeatedly stabbed his ex-wife in front of their four-year-old daughter has been sentenced to three and half years with the final nine months suspended.

A former PC World worker who stole €27,000 worth of Apple products from his workplace and sold it to another store in a “stupid” attempt to make money has been ordered to perform community service.

LATEST: The sentencing hearing date on the case has been fixed for July 26.

Two teenagers involved in what a judge said was “wanton destruction” of a factory, resulting in millions of euro in damage and the loss of 24 jobs, yesterday got custodial detention sentences.

A former official with the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) who is facing jail for leaking potentially commercially sensitive information told investigators he thought he was advancing the interests of the agency.

A 39-year-old mother has been sentenced to four-and-a half years in prison with the final six months suspended for beating, starving and neglecting seven of her children over five years, often leaving them for days in the care of strange men, one of whom was a paedophile.

A woman has been jailed for four years for the neglect and cruelty of seven of her children in the west of Ireland between 2006 and 2011.

Mother who beat and neglected seven children to be sentenced next week as court hears of their anger

A woman has been found guilty of 29 counts of neglect and cruelty to her children in the west of Ireland between 2006 and 2011.

The jury in the trial of a woman accused of neglect and cruelty to eight of her children has retired to consider a verdict.

A bread man yesterday pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a schoolgirl working in a shop last summer.

The trial of a 39-year-old mother, who faces charges of cruelty and neglect towards eight of her children over a six-year period, collapsed yesterday due to technical difficulties at Galway courthouse.

There has been a late surge in the number of complaints about the conduct of garda investigations, which is being examined by an expert panel of barristers.

A review of more than 200 complaints about garda misconduct and malpractice has been described as "inadequate" after it emerged that those who made the complaints will not be interviewed.

The HSE was asked to investigate a man who was accused of sexually abusing his stepdaughter — he was given the all-clear and deemed to be at a low risk to children.

A former chief executive of a suicide awareness charity will be sentenced next month for stealing over €36,000 from the organisation.

Top performances at the London Olympics, a Rolex FEI Show Jumping World Cup win, and Ireland reclaiming first place in world studbook eventing rankings, were reflected at the presentation of the Horse Sport Ireland 2012 Breeders’ Awards.

Equestrian facilities are to be developed at the National Sports Campus in Abbotstown, Dublin, Horse Sport Ireland has confirmed.

A secondary school class received a first-hand lesson on the dangers of drugs yesterday as they watched two men jailed for transporting €1.5m worth of heroin.

A man is to be sentenced next Tuesday for threatening a barrister at the Four Courts complex in Dublin last year.

A jury in the trial of a Dublin man accused of a double murder in the city two years ago has heard evidence that his fingerprints were found at the scene.

A convicted sex offender who told a seven-year-old girl he would kill her with a knife if she told anyone he had abused her has been jailed for seven years.

A father-of-three who repeatedly raped a 10-year-old girl was arrested after he was traced to London by Interpol.

A Dublin man has been given a seven-year sentence for his involvement in a €2m drug seizure.

A self-confessed gambler who was caught transporting cannabis resin in his car and had a €45,000 stash of the drug in a drawer in his bedroom has been sentenced to five years with the last three suspended.

A man who acted as a courier to deliver drugs is to be sentenced in January at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Ballymun man who led gardai on a high speed chase around Dublin city centre before being flung from his motorbike has received a four year sentence with one suspended.

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 Kildare man who was caught with €2m worth of heroin following a Garda surveillance operation after a suspicious pallet was intercepted by custom officers has been remanded in custody pending sentence.

A woman who collected her deceased mother pension for 12 years in a social welfare fraud amounting to over €90,000 has been given a suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A "naive young woman" who was storing pipe bombs, a shotgun, ammunition and drugs at her Finglas home for criminals has been sentenced to five years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Playing Mozart to children with autism can rapidly boost their progress, a therapist claimed today.

A heroin addict who wore a high-visibility jacket while he carried out hotel burglaries after stealing room keys from a cleaning lady’s trolley has been given a four-year suspended sentence today.