A man has been sentenced to eight years for a post office robbery during which a customer had a knife held to her neck while the raiders demanded cash.

A woman who had been accused of handling stolen paintings from the Beit Collection at Russborough House has been found not guilty by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A woman who denies handling stolen paintings from the Beit Collection attended hospital on the day of the theft, a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury has heard.

The trial of a woman in relation to stolen paintings valued at €2.6m from the Beit Collection at Russborough House has continued in legal argument in the absence of the jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A woman has denied at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that she handled two paintings worth an estimated €2.6m that were stolen from Rossborough House in Co Wicklow in 2001.