A mentally-ill woman who kicked a pregnant woman in the stomach in an unprovoked attack has been jailed for two and a half years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A city centre man who stole a Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance from outside a patient’s home after taking a "cocktail of alcohol and drugs" has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by Judge Martin Nolan.

A homeless man who was due to go on trial at the Central Criminal Court accused of the murder of former traffic warden in Dublin has had his trial date vacated after he died last month.

HUDDLED underneath a rain-hammered piece of plastic outside Budget Travel in Dublin last night, a hardy group of people are dreaming of blue skies.