BOXING: Johnny Joyce and Wayne Kelly will be aiming to get Ireland back to winning ways at the 105-nation AIBA World Youth Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria today.

A sex offender who has previously been jailed for hoarding child pornography has appeared before the courts again after a garda caught him looking at an image of child porn in an Internet café.

John Duddy will head straight back to the gym on Monday morning after scoring a first-round knockout that earned him a fight on the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey undercard on March 13.

A Dublin man who broke into his neighbour’s home and attacked the family living there with a knife has been found not guilty by reason of insanity at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A south Dublin man who slashed four neighbours with a knife told gardaí he had smoked cannabis beforehand and had been smoking it every night for about 20 years.

Two men who stole over €27,500 of runners from a Docklands trailer last year will be sentenced later at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Two Dublin men whose assault on a Norwegian tourist has left him with severe head injuries and a serious speech impediment have been jailed for terms of seven and six years by Judge Katherine Delahunt today.

Two thugs whose horrific assault on a Norwegian tourist has left him with severe head injuries and a serious speech impediment have been jailed for terms of seven and six years by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

WBA Welterweight champion Miguel Cotto retained his title and his unbeaten record at Madison Square Garden as he held off a spirited challenge from four-time former world champion Sugar Shane Mosley on Saturday night.

JOHN DUDDY surprised even himself with the manner in which he claimed his first title belt on a boisterous night in New York before 5,000 Irish fight fans.

THERE was little festive cheer over the weekend in a number of communities hit by tragedies, including the death of a young man in a fire in Cork city.

Two men charged in connection with the discovery of explosives and a large quantity of ammunition in Sligo in September were further remanded until next January at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

Two men were charged at a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin this evening in connection with the discovery of explosives and a large quantity of ammunition in Sligo on Saturday.