A man who threw a pint glass at a woman attending his child’s christening and left the victim with scars and nerve damage to her eye has been jailed for 18 months.

A man who stabbed a schoolboy in an unprovoked attack and lacerated his liver has been sentenced to three years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Dublin man who chased a nurse, grabbed a patient’s drip and spat blood at gardaí during a violent hospital outburst has been given a four-year sentence.

Gardai in Dublin are appealing for the public's help in tracing the whereabouts of a teenage girl missing since earlier this week.

A convicted criminal who is serving a six years prison sentence for threatening the life of a member of a rival group who was later shot dead in a gangland killing, has been sentenced to eight years for threatening a garda.