A Swords man who faced 12 charges arising out of "an unbelievable night of mayhem" but who made "great progress" in a drug treatment centre has been given a four year suspended sentence.

A Swords man who faced 12 charges arising out of "an unbelievable night of mayhem" has been remanded on bail pending sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Kildare man has been jailed for eight years by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court for raping a then teenage woman, his sister’s best friend, in a GAA grounds two years ago.

A 35-year-old man has been found guilty but insane at the Central Criminal Court of the murder of another man in a Dublin bar last year whom he believed raped him.

A heroin addict who stole €9,000 from his then 81-year-old grandmother to buy drugs and his accomplice have been given five-year suspended sentences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A heroin addict who stole €9,000 from his then 81-year-old grandmother to buy drugs has been remanded on bail for sentence by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.