A Finglas drug addict who used a Stanley knife blade to rob three school children of their smartphones has received a five-year prison sentence.

A widowed mother and a cocaine addict have been jailed for six years by Judge Martin Nolan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for their roles in the sale or supply of cocaine valued some €210,000.

Sentencing of a 16-year-old girl, who preyed on two elderly women by acting as a "decoy" while their homes were being burgled, has been adjourned pending the outcome of a separate prosecution.

Richard Kearney has been found guilty of the murder of 72-year-old Mary Dillon at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin.

A jury at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin will this morning resume its deliberations in a murder trial of a 20-year-old Dublin man.