Gardaí used the tracking software on a stolen iPhone to find house burglars driving a stolen car, a court has heard.

The sister of an armed post office raider recognised her brother during the robbery and identified him to gardaí, a court has heard.

A drug addict who took part in a violent raid on a post office which left staff and customers terrified has today been sentenced to eight years for robbery and possession of firearms.

A young man has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of repeatedly flashing a green laser at a garda helicopter in a manner which could have caused the pilot to crash.

A man with “notoriety attached to his name”, has been given a four-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for attempting to rob a female doctor in the city centre two years ago.

An "absolute menace" who stole from the hospital room of an elderly cancer patient has been given a suspended sentence on strict conditions by Judge Patrick McCartan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A man who was involved in a dangerous high speed chase through Dublin city centre and less than a week later pointed a gun at gardaí while resisting arrest in a residential area has been given a 12-year sentence.

A driver who left his dying friend in a car which he crashed after consuming up to eight drinks has been jailed for four years by Judge Frank O'Donnell in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Tallaght teenager who has accumulated 98 convictions in a short criminal career has been given a four-year sentence for burglaries in Kildare and south Dublin in 2007.

A burglar who fell through the ceiling of a house after hiding from gardaí under the insulation in an attic has been remanded on bail pending sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A drug-addicted robber who has turned her life around since becoming a mother is to perform 200 hours of community service in lieu of two years' imprisonment for her role in a St Stephen's Green robbery.

A man serving a three-year sentence for attempting to rob a woman at an ATM machine has been given a consecutive four-year sentence for an almost identical series of robberies at ATMs in DART stations.

A Cork man who raped the two teenage sisters of his former girlfriend has been given a 14-years sentence in consecutive terms by Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy at the Central Criminal Court.

A Cork woman has alleged she was raped by her sister's boyfriend while she slept beside one of her siblings the night before she sat for her Junior Certificate.

A Cork man has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court today, charged with raping two teenage girls.

A Cork man has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with raping two teenage girls.

A 29-year-old father of three who lost his job as a security man due to his involvement in the riot at last year's "Love Ulster Parade" has been sentenced to two years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 29-year-old father of three who lost his job as a security man due to his involvement in the riot at last year's Love Ulster Parade will be sentenced on July 12 at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A former Moldovan trainee police officer has been given a one-year sentence for burglary of two Dublin city centre shops during the "Love Ulster" riot last year.

A convicted robber who snatched a handbag from a 75-year-old woman going to mass has been given a four year prison sentence.

TWO former live-in lovers yesterday gave each other undertakings not to interfere with a 7,000-strong collection of antiques stored at their home at Boroimhe Poplars, Forest Road, Swords, Co Dublin, until ownership is decided by the High Court.