A 15-year-old drug dealer who carries a knife and associates with prostitutes has been taken off the streets for his own safety by a concerned judge.

A Garda inspector was brought into an investigation to stamp out the problem of egg-throwing youths in Cabra, a court heard today.

A 15-year-old boy was yesterday given a bed in a detention centre after a court heard that he was found sleeping in a filthy caravan described as unfit for a dog.

A teenager attacked his neighbours' home believing that a house party they had held was responsible for his father's heart attack, a court heard today.

ONE of Dublin’s top lap-dance clubs is facing closure after a district court judge ruled that an illegal sexual act had taken place on its premises.

Greg Fox, the man charged with murdering his wife and two children in Castledaly, Co Westmeath last weekend, failed to show up at Athlone District Court today.

The judge who provoked a storm of controversy by accusing women of "getting drunk, acting like alleycats and fighting like savages" has moved to clarify his remarks.