A judge has refused to give a convicted killer a discounted sentence for time served in the North on a different crime.

A Dublin man who beat his best friend to death in a drunken brawl has been sentenced to seven years with the final two suspended.

A Dublin man who beat his best friend to death in a drunken brawl is to be sentenced today.

A robber who cut a sale assistant's hand when she tried to stop him grabbing money from the till and threatened her pregnant manager with a knife has been sentenced to six years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.