A woman who was sexually abused by her teenage cousin 15 years ago has told the man that she was handing the burden of his attack on her back to him.

A Galway man has been sentenced to seven and half years in prison for the weekly rape of his foster sister more than 10 years ago.

A man who was pressurised by a prisoner to fire gunshots at a family home because of a grudge with a previous occupant of the house has been jailed for three and a half years.

A man who raped and sexually abused an 11-year-old boy after “working his way” into the child's family home will be sentenced next month.

Bayly said in garda interview that he agreed to transport the drugs so that a gambling debt of €6,500 would be reduced. He said he was in fear for his life and that of his daughter and girlfriend.

A school cleaner who stole over €100,000 in social welfare fraud over a 17-year period by pretending to be her sister has avoided a jail term.

A Dublin man has said that he was left with multiple fractures to his jaw following an attack by a group of men.

Gda Reddy told the court that he was satisfied that Connors could not have done more than two hours of work on the roof

Counsel said that Freer should have had been linked in with social services but this didn't happen until gardaí raided his home.

The 33-year-old man had pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court.

A Wexford man who had sex with his ex-girlfriend’s 13-year-old sister has been sentenced to three years with the final two suspended, writes Sonya McLean