A convicted paedophile has been jailed for seven years for raping and sexually assaulting his niece.

A woman with 234 convictions who stole a handbag from an elderly woman using a walking frame has been jailed for three years.

A Dublin man who made a bogus insurance claim by staging a crash with his wife and pretending they didn’t know each other has been jailed for a year.

A man who dragged a woman to the ground and repeatedly kicked her in the face and head has been given a three-and-a-half year sentence with the final two years suspended.

A Wexford man on trial for the murder of his friend claims he would not have let the 37-year-old man die, even if the man wanted to, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

A Dublin man has been jailed for one year for indecently assaulting his 11-year-old niece at her grandparents’ house in the 1970s.

A man who made his escape from gardaí in a horse and carriage after slashing his victim’s cheek with a blade has been sentenced to three and half years with the final two years suspended.

The jury in a double Limerick murder trial were shown CCTV footage of the movements of two people through O'Malley Park prior to the shootings in which two people were killed.

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

A man who broke “a huge number of bones” after he “leaped” from a third floor apartment when gardaí arrived at his home to conduct a drugs search has been given a three-year suspended sentence.

A WOMAN has been acquitted of threatening to kill members of her family after a judge directed that there was insufficient evidence to show the threats would be carried out.

A COUNTY council was served with a book of evidence yesterday ahead of the trial into the deaths of two firemen in a blaze at a disused factory four years ago.

A COURT has heard an apology from a 79-year-old former priest to a woman for the “torture” of sexual abuse he subjected her to from the age of 11.

A mother-of-two has received a three year sentence with the final 12 months suspended for her role in burgling an elderly widow’s home.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgement in the case of two men who claim they were “stitched up” by gardaí for the possession of heroin worth €43,000 in a wooded area in Co Cork over two years ago.

A Dublin alcoholic who suspected a member of his AA group to be a paedophile will be sentenced later for possessing a knife with intent to intimidate.

A Dublin man has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court for raping his sister regularly in their family home 40 years ago.

A drug addict who violently shook his 11-week-old son leaving him permanently blind and brain damaged has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

An armed robber who was "roared" off a premises by a "feisty" postmistress has received a six-year sentence with three suspended for this and related crimes.

A young Dublin man who kicked a Lithuanian cyclist in the face and fractured his jaw has been jailed for 18 months.

A Louth resident with no previous convictions has been jailed for one year for stealing over €20,000 cash in transit from a Brinks Allied Irish van.

A Fingal man facing a firearm and a drugs charge that carries possible life imprisonment has been refused permission to visit Amsterdam to celebrate his birthday.

A young man who viciously assaulted an 85-year-old lady and removed her underwear after breaking into her home has been sentenced to 14 years in prison by Judge Tony Hunt.

A mechanic who used his employer’s car to pick up heroin valued at nearly €350,000 because of his illegal "drug debt" with a ruthless west Dublin criminal has been given a seven-year sentence.

A former drug addict who punched his former girlfriend "30 to 40 times" in the face because he believed she was texting another man has been given a five-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A father of one who robbed the shop across the road from his own home in "one of the silliest" crimes to watch on CCTV footage has been sentenced to four years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A budding Venezuelan sculptress has been jailed for seven years for transporting nearly 2kg of cocaine packed in hairspray cans into Ireland.

A homeless English alcoholic - who scavenged for food in supermarket bins - has been jailed for 12 years by Mr Justice Paul Carney for savage attacks on two north Dublin women.

A heroin-addict father of two who told gardaí he hijacked a woman's car with her infant child in it and then tried to rob a pharmacy because he wanted to be returned to prison has been jailed for three years.

A heroin addicted father of two told gardaí he hijacked a woman's car just after she put her infant child in the vehicle and then tried to rob a pharmacy because he wanted to be put back in prison.

A teenage passenger in a stolen car that twice rammed a patrol car during a high speed chase putting gardaí "in fear of their lives" and caused €25,000 in damage has been sentenced to nine months detention.

An octogenarian Dubliner who sexually abused his niece more than 30 years ago has been jailed for nine months by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.

A 74 year-old Laois "devout Christian" who told a young female relative that if she revealed he was raping her the "shock would kill" her mother has been jailed for six years by Mr Justice Paul Carney.

A Dublin man will be sentenced later for throwing missiles at gardaí during the Love Ulster Parade riots in the city centre two years ago.

A Co Mayo teenage girl has claimed she was attacked three years ago by her school friend's former boyfriend in his family home.

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

A convicted rapist who attacked a woman in the street just 36 hours after his release from a 15-year prison sentence has been jailed for a further five years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Two members of a three-strong gang who lurked outside a bank until it closed and then tried to push and kick their way in have been jailed by Judge Yvonne Murphy at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The co-owner of "Miss Fantasia", an adult shop in Dublin city centre, has been remanded for sentence in October this year after being found in possession of almost €4,000 worth of cocaine.

A Limerick man who transported cocaine and ecstasy worth an estimated €2.4m has been jailed for 10 years by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A psychology graduate who set fire to two cars in a Tallaght car park "out of sheer stupidity" has been sentenced to 240 hours of work in the community by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A security guard who sexually assaulted a teenage woman after she got off a Nitelink Bus has had his sentence adjourned by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.