A garda car carrying a man to prison was ambushed by a group of friends in a bid to free the prisoner, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

A drug addict who targeted and robbed a man with the mental age of a 12-year-old has been jailed for four years.

A man accused of raping his ex-girlfriend has told a jury that the complainant attacked him two days before the alleged assault and said she was going "to get me charged with rape and threatening to kill my child".

A woman who alleges her former boyfriend broke into her home and raped her on two occasions last year has agreed that she had earlier sent him a text message saying she could have him charged with rape.

Two south county Sublin teenagers who robbed a pizza delivery man after placing a false order with a fast-food shop have been sentenced to a total of five and a half years by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

A 19-year-old father-of-one, whose unprovoked assault on a passer-by on New Years Day left him unconscious in a pool of blood, has had his sentence adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A separated father who bit off part of an ex-colleague’s right ear has escaped jail after he handed over €10,000 compensation to the victim and despite not fulfilling Judge Donagh McDonagh’s order to get himself a job.

A man who crashed a stolen car into a taxi and also rammed garda vehicles during high-speed chases has been sentenced to four years detention by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A teenager who beat a schoolboy with a metal bar described as an "appalling instrument" has been sentenced to six months detention for possession of the weapon.

A criminal couple who worked together to rob a man at syringe-point, after he accepted a lift from the woman outside a Leeson Street disco, have been ordered to carry out 240 hours community service by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.