A bookkeeper who admitted to being in possession of 1,200 child pornographic texts and videos has been given a three years suspended sentence by Judge Frank O'Donnell at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

"This is a stick-up" is what the first man in a queue told a postmistress as soon as she opened for business - but within minutes, he was arrested and held by a local pensioner and a Ukrainian national.

Two women who tore out another woman’s hair and set it on fire when they were behaving "like mad dogs", have been remanded on continuing bail for sentence by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

One of two Dublin men accused of murder told gardaí he “doesn’t know” how his fingerprint ended up on the double-barrelled shotgun that killed a 65-year-old grandmother, the Central Criminal Court today.

One of two men accused of murdering a 65-year-old grandmother told gardaí he “played no role in the death of that poor woman”, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A south Dublin man has been cleared by a jury after 39 minutes deliberations of raping a woman who claimed she thought she was having sex with a man she fancied in a luxury Clare hotel.

A south Dublin man has denied in evidence to a Central Criminal Court jury that he raped a woman who claimed she thought she was having sexual intercourse in a Clare hotel with a man she fancied.

A woman has denied falsely accusing a man of raping her in a Clare hotel to save her pride and dignity after having sexual intercourse with him while under the impression he was someone else.

Two teenagers involved in the sexual assault of two boys, aged seven and eight, have been remanded on bail for sentence on November 7 at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Ballyfermot man who was in financial difficulty, and wanted to move away from what he thought was a bad area in which to raise children, has been jailed for six years for possession of more than €700,000 worth of drugs for sale or supply.

A Bus Atha Cliath driver who fatally knocked down a mother of three after his vision was impaired by strong sunlight has been given a six months suspended sentence.

A man accused of the murder of his navy comrade sat with his face in his hands staring at the deck when the captain of the LE Eithne informed the entire crew that a young sailor had drowned in the River Liffey.

A Chinese national has been jailed for five years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his role in kidnapping two compatriots and demanding money from them.

Two bouncers have pleaded guilty in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assaulting and causing harm to two men at a Leeson Street club.