A Wicklow resident who hit a garda over the head with a glass bottle while another garda was trying to arrest his younger sister has today been given community service instead of a jail term.

A man who was one of a group of men who kicked and punched a neighbour while he was waiting at a bus stop with his father has been given an 18-month sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

A teenage lifeguard who was locked in a cold-room by pub staff who thought his robbery attempt while armed with a "sword-like instrument" was a joke has to carry out 200 hours community service.