The mother of a juvenile sentenced to six years for a violent burglary screamed at a judge that he had earlier handed down a lighter sentence to a child abuser

A man who sexually abused his two young nieces after asking them to play games of “nerves” or “tickles” has been sentenced to eight years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Rescuers have plucked nearly 240 survivors from the sea off Papua New Guinea’s east coast after a ferry sank with as many as 350 people on board, officials said.

The political infighting and policy inertia that have dominated the country’s waste policy have resulted in taxpayers being left with a multimillion-euro bill, writes Claire O’Sullivan

A Dublin man, who was apprehended with a loaded pistol while on bail for his involvement with a motorcycle theft ring, has been sentenced to 10 years with two suspended at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

IRISH trainer Adrian McGuinness is hoping the decision to drop Toufan Express in distance continues to pay dividends in the Coral Sprint Trophy at York this afternoon.

STEPHEN HARVEY was the hero for Villiers School in yesterday’s titanic tussle with St Mary’s CBS (Tralee) in the Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Senior Cup round one tie at Tralee RFC.

A Dublin man has today admitted his participation in an attempted armed raid of a post office where two of his fellow gangmembers were shot dead by gardaí.