A former garda who stole thousands of euro from colleagues and an elderly woman will be sentenced tomorrow for theft and fraud charges.

A former garda who stole thousands of euros from colleagues and an elderly woman will be sentenced on Thursday for theft and fraud charges.

A LOUTH woman has been given a suspended sentence in lieu of a fine for evading tax on cigarettes and tobacco products which she said were for her family.

A HIGH Court judge has reserved judgment on whether to extradite Ian Bailey to France, where he’s wanted in connection with the killing of a French filmmaker here 14 years ago.

A High Court judge has reserved judgement on whether to extradite Ian Bailey to France, where he is wanted in connection with the killing of a French film-maker here 14 years ago.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has imposed a six-month suspended sentence on a former garda who assaulted a young student while on duty, after it upheld a bid by the State to have the leniency of his punishment reviewed.

A Westmeath man has been acquitted at the Central Criminal Court of 10 counts of raping and sexually abusing his two daughters and raping his younger brother-in-law over an eight-year period.

The Special Criminal Court has remanded five men in custody today after they were charged with being members of the INLA.

A 26-year-old man who raped a Waterford student while she walked home alone from a disco last November has been jailed for 10 years by Mr Justice Barry White at the Central Criminal Court.

A Cork man who raped a teenage girl after he and his brother spent €300 on cocaine and alcohol has been jailed for four years by Ms Justice Maureen Clark at the Central Criminal Court.

A Cork man accused of rape has claimed in evidence that he had consensual sex with the teenage complainant and agreed he at first told a lie to gardaí about where he was on the night of the alleged crime.

The appeal by the DPP against the leniency of the four year jail sentence imposed on Wayne O' Donoghue for killing his 11-year-old neighbour Robert Holohan was adjourned until the end of this month today.