A judge has given a former shop manager five years to pay the €54,000 he stole from his employer or else he goes to jail.

A young father who stored €97,000 of cocaine in a secret floor compartment in his bedroom has received a six-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The "only reasonable" verdict to be reached in the trial of a teenager accused of murdering Alan Higgins "is one of murder", a jury has heard at the Central Criminal Court.

A Glen Of the Downs protestor who thrust a knife into a Somalian’s mouth after insulting him racially at a Dublin night club has been jailed for three years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.