A young man faces Christmas in prison for stealing a purse containing €20 from a hairdresser’s.

A "desperado" who stole a minibus for a highly dangerous escapade has been jailed for 18 months.

A MAN tried to “shake down” a priest to hand over €200 by threatening to tell social services that the priest had frightened his child.

A YOUNG Irishman died of alcohol poisoning in a hotel room in Poland after a drinking binge on Polish vodka, an inquest heard yesterday.