A religious teacher jailed for molesting a young student at a Dublin mosque has had his 14-month jail term increased to four-and-a-half years by the Court of Appeal.

A pregnant woman, her partner and two young children awoke to find an intruder screaming and banging on their bed with a plank during a “profoundly frightening” burglary, a court has heard.

A man who suffered “unfathomable tragedy” in his personal life has avoided jail after being caught with €30,000 of a cutting agent sometimes used with cocaine.

A French national has been fined €4,000 for careless driving causing the death of a mother-of-one in a “tragic” incident involving a Luas.

The DPP has withdrawn a charge against a man caught with over €17,000 worth of ecstasy in light of Tuesday’s Court of Appeal judgment.

A drug dealer has raised with a circuit court judge the issue of yesterday’s Court of Appeal ruling that the illegality of certain drugs is now unconstitutional.

A drug dealer has raised with a Circuit Court judge the issue of today’s Court of Appeal ruling that the illegality of certain drugs is now unconstitutional.

A student stole computers from his university because he wanted to design a computer game called Angry Pigs to rival the popular Angry Birds, a court has heard.

A university student - who jumped out of a window and broke his leg in an attempt to escape security guards - was stealing computers because he wanted to design a computer game called “Angry Pigs” to rival the popular “Angry Birds“, a court has heard.

A 22-year-old with 140 previous convictions has been sentenced to eight years after being stopped at a garda checkpoint with a petrol bomb.

A sex offender has died while awaiting sentence for molesting two sisters 25 years ago.

A man who was one of a gang that smashed a car with bats while a two-year-old girl was sitting in it has been sentenced to four years with the final two and half suspended.

A Dublin teenager who raped his six-year-old cousin in the bathroom of his home has been given a two and a half year community sanction allowing him to stay in his community and attend school.

A young man serving a sentence for armed robbery will not serve any additional time for a “sickening” assault in a fast-food restaurant.

A 58-year-old Dublin man who was jailed for 10 years for possessing cannabis and ecstasy valued at over €200,000 has had his sentence reduced by four years on appeal.

A former car dealership owner who viciously assaulted his partner and her female friend after a night out has been sentenced to four years.

A DUBLIN man who robbed a bookies around the corner from where he lived all his life has been jailed for one year.

A Dublin man who robbed a bookies around the corner from where he lived all his life has been jailed for one year.

A former car dealership owner who viciously assaulted his then partner and her female friend after a night out will be sentenced later this year at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Dublin man who chased a nurse, grabbed a patient’s drip and spat blood at gardaí during a violent hospital outburst has been given a four-year sentence.

The prosecution in a murder trial has described as "a slaughter pen" the car in which the victim was shot dead and his two friends wounded.

A Cavan man has been sentenced to two years in prison for sexually assaulting random women on the street while on his way home from counselling at a sexual offenders treatment centre.

Two young married men who beat up a staff nurse at Beaumont Hospital during a dispute with one of their relatives have each received 18 months in jail with the last six months suspended.

A man who harassed his ex-partner and her boyfriend as he was unwilling to accept the demise of his relationship with her is to be sentenced later at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A man set fire to a woman’s flat because he was asked to leave a party there, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

A Cavan man will be sentenced later for sexually assaulting random women on the street while on his way home from counselling at a sexual offenders treatment centre.

A chronic drug addict who walked into a Dublin chapel and robbed the collection money at syringe point from a priest has received a seven-year sentence for this and other crimes.

A young father who threatened to kill himself and his ex-partner when he suspected she was seeing someone else after they had broken up has had his sentencing adjourned for six months.

A serial rapist who told a woman that he was going to drown her baby and cut it in to little pieces after he raped her has been jailed for 12 years at the Central Criminal Court.

A Congolese national with Belgian citizenship has received a five-year sentence with three suspended for importing €17,800 of cannabis herb to Ireland.

A young man who went on a crime spree because he felt he was being pressured into an arranged marriage has been given a three-year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

An arsonist who assaulted three prison officers with a kettle after he was reprimanded is to be sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Swords plumber who stabbed a Howth publican in the leg causing him serious injuries after being ejected from his pub has been sentenced to four years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A motorcycle courier who became a heroin addict after an accident when aged 36 and then turned dealer to feed his habit has been given a four-year sentence for possession of the drug.

A heavily pregnant woman has been given a suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for robbing a young woman as she walked home from a night out last year.

An actor and a ex-courier who had sex with a 14-year-old boy after they first met him through a gay website have been remanded on bail pending sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A drug addicted robber who held up a chip shop after "MUG" was written across his forehead while he was asleep at a party has today been given a suspended sentence and work to do in the community.

A convicted murderer and drug dealer has been jailed for two years by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after he was found in possession of €1,980 worth of cocaine.

A Pakistani national who received oral sex from a 15-year-old boy on a city bus has been given a two-year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A drug-addicted robber who held up a chipper after "MUG" was written across his forehead while he was asleep at a party has had his sentence adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Dublin man accused of murdering an Arklow 21-year-old by driving his car into him had ample chance to leave the town before a fight escalated, ending in the victim’s death, a court has heard.

The school friend of a Kildare man, accused of sexually assaulting and threatening to kill a woman, has denied that he hid a knife for the accused or provided him with him a change of clothing on the day of the attack.

A chronic alcoholic who was drinking four bottles of vodka daily, has received a six-year prison sentence for throwing scaffolding poles at gardaí during the 2006 Dublin city centre 'Love Ulster' riot.

A man who robbed a Co Laois bank four years ago has been given an eight-year suspended sentence after repaying the €10,000 taken in the raid.