One man was jailed for five years while two men walked free yesterday after receiving suspended jail terms for the robbery of a 68-year-old, who abandoned his home in terror two years ago.

A court has heard that two cousins turned up to a funeral armed with machetes and wearing bullet-proof vests.

A mother of five was cleared by a jury for her role in an internet scam relating to counterfeit cheques totalling €27,000.

A court case relating to a land dispute between a mother and her eldest son is set to continue.

A judge has ordered a bouncy castle operator to pay a teenage girl €13,130 in damages after she broke her wrist when she came off an inflatable slide.

A mother has pleaded guilty to the neglect and ill-treatment of her seven children over a number of years.

A judge has congratulated all sides in resolving a legal row over an alleged “dud” €14,400 pony.

A father has said that a pony he was told would take his eight-year-old daughter to compete in the RDS instead nearly killed her.

A JUDGE has granted an emergency injunction to a publican preventing her neighbour carrying out any further work on a boundary that separates the properties.

THE role played by a seven-year- old black labrador in a drugs swoop at Shannon Airport last August was yesterday praised by a circuit court judge.

A BRIDE’S action for damages over her wedding dress has been dismissed after the judge said he could find no evidence she lost the required inch in size to fit into the dress.