Disturbing images of child pornography were watched by a man high on cocaine, who was today given a suspended 18-month jail sentence.

A two-year jail sentence was imposed today on an out-of-control phone sex pest who made thousands of lewd and disturbing phone calls despite repeated warnings to stop.

A five-year jail sentence was imposed today on a man who lay in wait for women using toilets at a bar and a fast food restaurant in Cork.

A trade route is beginning to develop in the supply of illegal drugs from South Africa to Ireland, a Circuit Court judge said today.

A three-year jail sentence was imposed today on a 52-year-old man who sexually assaulted his own daughter from the age of eight.

A six-year jail sentence was imposed today on a former nightclub bouncer who imprisoned three women in a bedroom, wounded them with a stun gun and warned that it was 'D-day' and they were about to die.