A Dutch man who falsely claimed over €200,000 in social welfare while living outside of Ireland has received a four-year prison sentence.

A woman accused of trafficking a Nigerian woman into the country and forcing her to work as a prostitute claimed the alleged victim was having an affair with her husband.

Gardaí stopped an armed man minutes before he was to rob €60,000 from a home in the Phoenix Park, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

A teenage drug addict who was arrested after a garda followed him over a wall on a cliff at Howth Head at 4am has been given a six -year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A teenage drug addict who was arrested after a garda followed him over a wall on a cliff at Howth Head at 4am has been given a six-years sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.