A bouncer who assaulted a man he had turned away at the door of Angel’s lap-dancing club for being drunk, has been fined €5,000 and given a three year suspended sentence.

A bouncer who admitted assaulting a customer he had turned away at the door of Angel’s lap-dancing club for being drunk, has had his sentence adjourned again at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A convicted drug dealer and robber who was operating "a heroin mixing factory" in west Dublin has been jailed for 10 years by Judge Thomas Teehan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A man accused of murdering a mother of two by striking her at least 14 times in the head with a lump hammer told gardaí he “saw red” and was in agony after she bit his penis, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The driver of a container with stolen cigarettes valued almost €2.5m is to carry out 120 hours community service in lieu of an 18-month prison sentence.

A drug addict who broke into the home of a 96-year-old man and "savagely" attacked him has been given an eight-year sentence by Judge Donagh McDonagh at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Dublin teenager who stabbed and slashed a father-of-two fourteen times in the head, neck, stomach and chest has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for manslaughter, with the final four suspended at the Central Criminal Court today.

A Nigerian national who claimed he escaped to Ireland after finding five members of his family murdered in their home has been remanded for sentence for assaulting his estranged girlfriend and mother of their child.

A former leas-chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann who failed to declare a donation of IR£2,500 will be given community service to perform by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, subject to a report regarding his suitability for such work.

A former leas-chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann who failed to declare donations exceeding IR£500 will be sentenced at 2pm by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The Dublin born former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations has told a jury that he holds the UN responsible for killing many thousands of people, including children, in Iraq through the imposition of sanctions.

A cocaine addict who committed a string of robberies across Dublin’s Southside has been jailed for 11 years by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A man who was being pursued by 20 Garda patrol cars and a Garda helicopter in a "high-speed car chase", because he was driving a stolen Mercedes for a promised eighth of heroin, has been jailed for two years.

An orthopaedic surgeon told a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury that a Sligo man was very lucky to survive an alleged assault on him with the few side effects he experienced.

Two men involved in possession of more than €4m worth of drugs found in a farmyard in Clonee, Co Meath have been jailed for eight years each by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A High Court judge has said during a manslaughter sentencing that he has been "haunted by the conditions of the cruelly-named Fatima Mansions" during the course of the trial which was heard at the Central Criminal Court last February.

One of the five protestors charged with damaging a US aircraft at Shannon Airport has told the jury that "acting on the philosophies of Isaiah rather than pissing off George Bush" was the motivation behind their actions.

One of five anti-war protestors charged with damaging a United States of America aircraft at Shannon Airport in February 2003 described their actions as "disarmament in a non-violent and legal way", a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

Five antiwar protesters charged with damaging a United States of America aircraft at Shannon Airport in February 2003 were carrying a large pickaxe and several hammers with antiwar slogans inscribed on them, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

Five anti-war protesters charged with damaging a United States aircraft in a hanger at Shannon Airport in February 2003 "did what they did" with every intention of causing damage to property, a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury has heard.

A criminal couple who worked together to rob a man at syringe-point, after he accepted a lift from the woman outside a Leeson Street disco, have been ordered to carry out 240 hours community service by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Two men defrauded Eagle Star Insurance of almost €30,000 by falsely claiming a BMW car was stolen and obtained another €25,000 for the same car by selling it on, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

A 21-year-old man whose heavily-intoxicated and cocaine-fuelled dangerous driving caused the death of three young men has been jailed for eight years by Judge Miriam Reynolds at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A man who downloaded child pornography from the internet out of what he claimed was curiosity, has been remanded on bail for sentence early next year.

Two members of An Garda Siochana have been found not guilty by a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury of assaulting a "Reclaim the Streets" protestor in May 2002.

A garda inspector has told the trial of three gardaí charged with beating a ‘Reclaim the Streets’ protestor on the head with their batons in May 2002 that, as far as he knew, no order was given that day for the use of batons.

Three gardaí have gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of beating a 2002 Reclaim the Streets protestor on the head with their batons.

A paranoid schizophrenic Australian who attacked two Welsh tourists in Dublin will spend 18 months in the Central Mental Hospital as part of a two-and-a-half-year sentence.

A man who was extradited from Spain last week to face a charge of murdering his wife will go on trial in November at Central Criminal Court in Dublin.

A drug addict who committed over 40 crimes in less than a year, including dousing a service station assistant with petrol and threatening to burn him, has been jailed for 13 years.

A lecturer who stabbed a love rival in the face and neck with a broken wine glass has to do 240 hours of community service or serve a two year sentence.

A media lecturer who stabbed a love rival in the face and neck with a wine glass has what Judge Desmond Hogan called the dark cloud of a custodial sentence looming over her.

A COURIER who delivered and stored a massive quantity of cannabis worth approximately €12 million has been jailed for eight years by Judge Desmond Hogan.

A courier who delivered and stored €12m worth of cannabis has been jailed for eight years by Judge Desmond Hogan.

A Ukrainian man has been remanded for sentence next week at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after admitting to his role in what became known as 'the body in the suitcase' crime.

A Trinity College student who dropped out and operated a 'rickshaw' has been jailed for two years by Judge Des Hogan for having cocaine and 'ecstasy' in his flat three days after gardai seized quantities of the drugs from him.

A rapist who previously served seven years of a 10-year term has been remanded in custody for sentence for sexually assaulting a young woman in the early hours of Millenium Eve.