A personal assistant who stole more than €1m from her employers over a 14-year period has been jailed for four years.

An amateur antiques dealer has been jailed after he was caught with 57 stolen antique books, including an extremely rare King James Bible.

A maths “genius” who failed to pay over €100,000 in taxes has avoided jail after a judge said the crimes were not motivated by greed but due to “a very unusual personality”.

A 42-year-old Louth woman accused of murder told gardaí that she got a knife and "stuck it in" her partner during a physical fight, a jury has heard.

A jury has heard how a 42-year-old Louth woman accused of murdering her partner in Louth last year allegedly stabbed the deceased four times with a large kitchen knife.

A Kildare businessman who stole his elderly mother’s credit card to buy hotel breaks and holidays abroad has been spared jail and ordered to pay money back over the next three years.

A mother of three, jailed yesterday for smuggling cocaine hidden in the soles of her shoes, claimed in court that her lover gave her the footwear.

A Limerick man who repeatedly sexually abused a child 21 years ago has avoided a prison sentence.

A Dubliner who continued to claim his father's pension years after elderly man died has avoided a jail sentence today.

A man has been acquitted of a taxi driver’s manslaughter over two years ago.

A Dublin man has been acquitted of a taxi driver’s manslaughter in the city over two years ago.

A man accused of a taxi driver’s manslaughter told gardaí he threw a punch to avoid being hit over a dispute about a fare.

A Dublin man has gone on trial for the manslaughter of a taxi driver in the city two years ago.

A man has gone on trial accused of fatally punching a taxi driver in Dublin city centre, more than two years ago.

A Limerick man accused of murdering an elderly neighbour with a sweeping brush said that the deceased was “like a granddad” to him, a murder trial has heard.

A trial date has been set for former Junior Minister Ivor Callely in relation to allegations of making bogus mobile phone expense claims.

Entertainer Adele King, better known as Twink, spent her 62nd birthday in court being fined €1,000 for driving without insurance.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a mother of four who assaulted her close friend outside the Rotunda Hospital in an incident that led to the victim’s death.

A customer has beensentenced for falsely imprisoning a cable TV salesman and threatening to kill him after waiting at home for two days for an engineer from the company to show up.

A man who viciously assaulted a public health nurse while she was visiting his three-month old son has been given a 40 month sentence.

A national martial arts champion who hopes to represent Ireland in the Olympics has avoided jail after being caught with over €22,000 of drugs.

A retired garda working as a private investigator for Quinn Insurance has admitted asking his daughter-in-law, a former Revenue Commissioners employee, to look up files of people who had claims against the insurer.

THE jury in the trial of a dentist accused of sexually assaulting a young dental nurse days after she began working for him was sent home by the trial judge yesterday evening and told to resume their deliberations today.

A security guard for a fast food outlet lost his job in a dispute over sick leave after he was attacked by a gang of youths, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

A mother-of-four who was acquitted of her close friend’s manslaughter but found guilty of assault causing harm outside the Rotunda Hospital, is to be sentenced in July.

A woman has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for the manslaughter of another female in the city two years ago.

A judge has ordered that a garda be found not guilty of assaulting a suspect despite comparing the incident to the Rodney King beating in Los Angeles.

A garda accused of beating a suspect following a high-speed chase used justified force according to colleagues who gave evidence at his trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A burglar who terrorised an elderly woman before telling her his life story and asking for a cup of tea has been given a seven-year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A heroin-addicted mother of six who terrified a woman with a syringe during a "prank" in a Temple Bar pub toilet has been jailed for two years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Two young mothers who voluntarily got into a stolen car which was later involved in a high speed garda chase resulting in the death of a 16-year-old passenger may be given community service orders.

Two “talented footballers” who assaulted three men and left one with a serious head injury have been jailed by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Two “talented footballers” who assaulted three men and left one with a serious head injury after he was knocked to the ground from a punch have had their sentences adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The closing stages have been reached in the trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of a taxi driver charged with sexually assaulting a female passenger on her way home from a company Christmas Party.

A man serving a 13-year sentence for a violent sexual assault has been given another three years consecutively for severely injuring a prison officer who wouldn't let him use the phone.

A drug addict who slashed a man eight times with a knife after breaking into his house in Swords has been jailed for seven years by Judge Michael White at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A former Shelbourne and Irish international youth soccer player has been jailed for three years for stabbing his neighbour in the neck.

A 17-year-old passenger in a stolen car that rammed two garda vehicles has been jailed for two and a half years by Judge Elizabeth Dunne at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.