A woman escaped the grasp of a man who committed a rape two weeks later, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard today.

A youth who unwittingly bought a stolen car has been given the probation act and let off without a criminal conviction.

GARDAÍ are set to interview a man who had to undergo life-saving surgery after being savagely assaulted with knives and a hammer.

A man who was being pursued by 20 Garda patrol cars and a Garda helicopter in a "high-speed car chase", because he was driving a stolen Mercedes for a promised eighth of heroin, has been jailed for two years.