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 Dublin man who was found guilty of the double murder of two Polish mechanics has begun an attempt to have his conviction overturned at the Court of Criminal Appeal.

A mother of two who was found dead in the boot of a burning car died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head, a jury at the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A Westmeath man and former Irish solider who raped a 12-year-old girl twice a week for four years has been jailed for 10 years by Mr Justice Paul Carney.

A convicted drug dealer who worked in an organisation that tried to keep children in the area away from drugs has been sentenced to ten years in prison after he was caught with over €43,000 worth of cocaine.