A man who sexually assaulted his granddaughter at least three times over the course of four years has been given a suspended prison sentence.

A heroin addict has been jailed for attempting to have sex with a drunken 14-year-old girl in Dublin city centre.

The Special Criminal Court has ordered the forfeiture of €20,000 offered as an independent surety for the bail of a man charged with IRA membership and firearms offences.

A man who was shot and beaten as part of a deadly Dublin inner city feud has been jailed for four years for his part in a robbery six years ago.

A man has been convicted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of holding a woman prisoner while her Kildare home was ransacked for money.

A woman was held prisoner as four masked men raided her Kildare home looking for money, it has been alleged at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The step-daughter of a man jailed for six years for having sex with her when she was 12 today said that she “hopes he rots in hell”.

Convicted child rapist and gangland criminal Stephen ‘Rossi’ Walsh has been jailed for 10 years for the sexual assault and defilement of a child.

The jury in the trial of a Dublin man accused of the sexual assault and defilement of a child has heard DNA evidence linking the accused and the alleged victim to a blood stained bed sheet.

An avid and talented footballer who smashed a vodka glass in a man’s face after the victim mistook a girl in a nightclub for someone he knew has been given a suspended sentence.

Dublin criminal Stephen 'Rossi' Walsh who is currently serving a ten-year sentence for rape has received a further three years in prison for simulating sex on a seven-year-old girl over twenty years ago.

A Louth woman who defrauded her employer of €475,000 over a three-year period has been given a six-year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Convicted rapist Stephen 'Rossi' Walsh has been found guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of simulating sex on a seven-year-old girl more than 20 years ago.

A 63-year-old man has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal accused of simulating sex on a seven -year-old girl more than 20 years ago.

A Scottish man who told the mother of his children that he would slice her “from ear to ear” and scar her for life during a brutal four-hour assault has been given an eight-year sentence.

A Scottish man who told the mother of his children that he would slice her “from ear to ear” and scar her for life during a brutal four hour assault has had his sentencing adjourned until Thursday.

Nigerian national who was paid €4,000 to carry €65,000 worth of cocaine capsules internally has been jailed for six years for transporting the drugs into Ireland.

A drug addict who boxed for Ireland before a relapse led him to carry out a number of robberies to feed his habit has been given a nine-year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A young mother who drove her ex-boyfriend - armed with her son’s toy gun - to rob two shops so that he could repay his so-called "drug debts" has had her sentence adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Swords woman who hit an old classmate with "an object" leaving her with a 5cm wound on her face has been given a two-year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A young Ballymun resident has been given three years' detention for an unprovoked attack on a neighbouring family after a night of "binge-drinking and tablet taking" last year.

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 bookmaker employee who claimed he was locked in a toilet while robbers made off with a safe but was seen on CCTV helping them carry it has being jailed for 18 months.

A Lithuanian man has been acquitted by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of killing a compatriot by stabbing him after they spent the day drinking and playing chess.

A Lithuanian who was allegedly stabbed by a fellow countryman after they spent the day drinking and playing chess might have sustained the wound while "charging forward" , Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

A fraudster who is having €40 a week deducted from her widow’s pension to refund €21,000 in rent allowances she got through false pretences has received a two-year suspended sentence.

A woman has admitted in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court obtaining over £210,000 from several businessmen by pretending to be a supplier of Guinness goods.