A Sligo man, who called his 15-year-old daughter a whore after he raped her, has been jailed for ten years by Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne at the Central Criminal Court.

Four men who pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to acting as couriers in a multi-million euro heroin operation are to be sentenced in May.

A carpenter who was caught with nearly €33,000 worth of heroin after he became an “errand boy” to repay a “sinister individual” who had loaned him €25,000 has been given an eight-year sentence.

A former security worker who staged a 'tiger kidnapping' which involved his housemates being bound with cable ties and threatened at gunpoint has been given a eight-year sentence with two suspended.

A experienced criminal has been jailed for six years for his role in attempting to steal €855,000 from a cash van.

A experienced criminal has been jailed for six years for his role in attempting to steal €855,000 from a cash van.

A Vietnamese man who converted a rented house into a cannabis growing factory has been given a suspended sentence on condition that he leave the country immediately.

A Kildare man with a gambling debt who in "a moment of weakness" stole €9,500 from his employer has been given a one year suspended sentence by Judge Patricia Ryan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Dublin man who aimed a sawn-off rifle at unmarked gardaí has been jailed for seven years for possessing the gun which he claimed he had to give his neighbours "a fright".

Two Cork brothers who bought forged documents to help them get a €650,000 mortgage have escaped with a suspended sentence and fine at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A building contractor who evaded €500,000 tax over over eight years has been jailed for 20 months by Judge Martin Nolan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A budding Venezuelan sculptress has been jailed for seven years for transporting nearly 2kg of cocaine packed in hairspray cans into Ireland.

The "front man" of a complex fraud in which front companies and false identities were used to scam almost €1m from leading businesses has been given a four-year sentence by Judge Tony Hunt.

A security company worker who admitted providing information to criminals who planned to steal €1m from a cash-in-transit van will be sentenced later at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A chronic drug addict who fell back into re-offending after being released from a five-year sentence for fatally stabbing his brother has been sentenced to six years' imprisonment for a series of robberies.

A Meath man has been jailed for six years for threatening to kill someone who “owed money” for drugs.

A judge has found the facts proven but imposed no sentence in the "tragic and sad case" of a young mother with a "massive inability to cope" who neglected her sick five-year-old son to such an extent that he was malnourished and unable to walk when taken into care by gardaí.

A man whose family have had to leave their home due to threats from drug dealers who claim he owes them €1,500 has been given a four-year sentence for storing €700,000 cannabis resin in his bedroom.

A separated mother who stole €18,000 from her employer when she ran into financial difficulties after her marriage ended has been given a suspended sentence and ordered to perform 200 hours community service.

A separated mother who stole €18,000 from her employer when she ran into financial difficulties after her marriage ended is to be considered for community service after repaying the money.

A former building society manager who was cleared of fraudulently laundering €1.1m for builders has had his application for the costs of his trial rejected by Judge Martin Nolan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Dublin man accused of attempting to murder a Jordanian man by shooting him in the head at a Leisureplex in Dublin's Blanchardstown, told gardai he was with his girlfriend on the night of the attack at the Central Criminal Court today/ Thursday.

A SEPARATE and more urgent constitutional referendum to the one proposed last week by the Taoiseach is going to be necessary to fully implement new legislation on child protection.

AFTER Shane Murphy SC had outlined the prosecution case against O’Donoghue, the first witness to take the stand was Garda Laura Bulger.

A 36-year-old man who had pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his father 10 years ago was today sentenced to 4 and a half years at the Central Criminal Court.

Evidence of a number of blood stains found at the home of a man accused of stabbing another man to death was heard today at the Central Criminal Court.

The woman who claims a sergeant raped her in their local garda station has denied during cross-examination at the Central Criminal Court that she told lies concerning the alleged incident.

A garda sergeant has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court for allegedly raping a woman in a Donegal garda station four years ago after they had been drinking in a local pub.