A bank official who confessed to gardai that she had handled a large amount of cocaine that belonged to her boyfriend has been sentenced to four years in prison by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

Former Government Press Secretary and lobbyist Frank Dunlop will be sentenced next week after detailed accounts of his bribes to county councillors were given at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering 14-year-old Melissa Mahon has heard from another Sligo man who denies that he had a relationship with the girl.

The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering 14-year-old Melissa Mahon has heard that a hypodermic syringe and a bottle marked 'caustic soda' were found in his house following his arrest.

The jury in the trial of the Sligo man accused of murdering 14 year-old Melissa Mahon has heard that she took a pregnancy test which was positive before she went missing.

A 24-year-old man who admitted to having a 9mm semi-automatic pistol and later assaulting an arresting garda is to be sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Dublin alcoholic heroin addict has been jailed for his part in a gang attack on a Polish couple on Dublin's Millennium Bridge which left them both unconscious and seriously injured.

A daughter of the Sligo man accused of killing 14 year-old Melissa Mahon has told the Central Criminal Court that her sister told her that their father killed the girl.

The jury in the trial of a Sligo man accused of murdering 14-year-old Melissa Mahon has heard that a picture of the accused was found under the schoolgirl’s pillow at the care home she had been placed in.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering a 14-year-old girl in Sligo has heard her described by a social worker as very vulnerable and fragile.

A brother and sister who were part of a gang of four caught in possession of €200,000 worth of heroin have been sentenced to seven years in prison, but with five of those suspended.

A 32-year-old Dublin man who was described by a judge as "vulnerable" has been jailed for six years for possessing €64,000 of cocaine in his car.

A convicted robber who returned a wedding ring to his neighbour after he had stolen it from his house some weeks previously has been sentenced to four years in prison for the burglary.

A former chief executive of Ryanair who sexually assaulted a young woman and flashed to gardaí has been given a two-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A teenager who had heroin worth €43,000 in a car outside his mother’s home has been sentenced to seven years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The former RDS carpark attendant accused of people trafficking told gardaí he was "unaware" the six Egyptian men he arranged to meet from Dublin Airport were illegal immigrants.

A young man has gone on trial for alleged people trafficking and holding a false document at Dublin Airport two years ago.

A drug addict who was involved in three high-speed Garda chases in the space of a year, two while he was disqualified from driving, has been given a suspended sentence and ordered to perform community service.

A reformed drug addict who agreed to transport €1.6m worth of heroin for €400 because he "needed a few quid" has been remanded in custody pending sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

A convicted murderer and drug dealer has been jailed for two years by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after he was found in possession of €1,980 worth of cocaine.

Former Government press secretary and lobbyist Frank Dunlop has pleaded guilty to bribing Dublin County Councillors to vote in favour of a land deal in the 90s.

Former boxing world champion Steve Collins is to face a retrial later this year at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on a charge of assaulting a bouncer at the National Stadium two years ago.

An imprisoned teenager who threatened to kill a garda has been given a four years sentence by Judge Tony Hunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

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.

An alcoholic schizophrenic Westmeath resident who threw missiles at gardaí during the 2006 "Love Ulster" parade riot has been given a three year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Somali refugee who brought an African drug called 'khat' from London, where it is legal, to Ireland, where it is illegal, has had his sentence adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A talented sportsman with a promising future who turned to drink and drugs after dropping out of school has been given a two-year sentence for throwing a petrol bomb at a Garda patrol car two years ago.

Three Kilbarrick men who got involved in a New Year's Eve melee in their neighbourhood after they went to assist a friend in getting back his stolen mobile phone back have had their sentence adjourned.

A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has failed to reach a verdict in the trial of former boxing world champion Steve Collins on a charge of assaulting a bouncer at the National Stadium two years ago.

Former boxing world champion Steve Collins has claimed in evidence at his trial for assaulting a National Stadium bouncer that he acted totally in self-defence.

An ambulance crew member has claimed he heard former boxing world champion Steve Collins tell a national stadium bouncer: "If you don't know who I am, you will in a few minutes" before he allegedly punched him.

A SECURITY supervisor has claimed former world boxing champion Steve Collins was “like a caged animal” shouting obscenities at an Albanian bouncer moments after he allegedly punched him in the face.

A security supervisor has claimed former world boxing champion Steve Collins was "like a caged animal" shouting obscenities at an Albanian bouncer moments after he allegedly punched him in the face.

An Albanian bouncer has claimed that former world boxing champion Steve Collins challenged him to a private boxing match the night he allegedly punched him in the face.

Former world boxing champion Steve Collins allegedly threatened to put an Albanian bouncer's teeth "on the floor" before assaulting him, a jury has been told at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

A disqualified driver who twice drove a car onto a crowded footpath and then crashed into a garda patrol vehicle to avoid arrest has been jailed for four years by Judge Patricia Ryan.

A north-inner-city Dublin man has been given 16 years in consecutive sentences by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his role in an attempted Securicor cash van heist while he was on bail for having cocaine for sale or supply.

A drunken father of three who crashed his car into two French tourists who had arrived in Ireland hours before causing them catastrophic injuries which killed them instantly has been given an eight-year sentence.

A Tallaght man will be sentenced tomorrow at Dublin Circuit Court for causing the death of two French tourists in a car accident last year.

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 Donegal man has been convicted of both raping and sexually assaulting his wife's niece over a three-year period 15 years ago.

A Donegal man who told gardaí that he had "touched and rubbed" his wife's niece has claimed at his rape trial at the Central Criminal Court that he had "only kissed, hugged and cuddled" the then schoolgirl.

A Kilbarrack man has been given a suspended five-year sentence by Judge Tony Hunt for his part in an arson attack on lorries which caused almost €100,000 worth of damage.

A Donegal woman has told a Central Criminal Court jury that her uncle-in-law regularly "forced himself on me" when she was 12 years old and staying in his home for the weekend.