The high cost of locking up low-level criminals for long periods began to bite, writes Michael Clifford.

The Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a law requiring that a mandatory five-year minimum sentence be imposed on some persons convicted under a section of the Firearms Act.

A Dublin man given a wholly suspended sentence for his third offence under the firearms act, has been sent to jail following an undue leniency appeal by prosecutors.

Three men have today appeared at Dublin District Court charged in connection with an attempted robbery on Thursday in the city.

A chronic drug addict has been sentenced to seven years in jail after being caught robbing the same Dublin pub with a sawn-off shotgun for the second time in six years.