A Kerry man who raped his former girlfriend and threatened to kill her during a prolonged attack involving “violence of the most gratuitous nature” has failed in an appeal against his 10-year sentence.

A Dublin man who raped two women after breaking into their homes has been sentenced to twenty years by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.

A Dublin man who raped two women after breaking into their homes has been sentenced to a total of 20 years' imprisonment by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.

A Dublin mother-of-two has told the Central Criminal Court that she tried to kill herself seven months after a teenager broke into her home and raped her.

A west Dublin man has been jailed for three and a half years for indecently assaulting his niece over 30 years ago.

A forensic scientist has told a Central Criminal Court jury that DNA extracted from semen found in an alleged rape victim matched that of the Wexford man accused of the crime.

A Wexford man, who was threatened he would be knee-capped unless he pleaded guilty to rape, has been jailed for 18 months by Mr Justice Paul Carney for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old baby-sitter.

Two men accused of murdering a Cork man after a drink-fuelled argument acted in common design to kill or seriously injure the victim, a murder trial jury heard today.