A drug addict couple attacked and robbed a woman on the Luas in front of passengers who failed to intervene, a court has heard.

A former chef who attempted to set fire to the home of his ex-wife while she was still inside has been given a three-year sentence by Judge Patricia Ryan.

A man who served a sentence for the manslaughter of his best friend over a decade ago will be sentenced next week for burglary at St James's Hospital.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reduced the prison sentence imposed on a Dublin man who kidnapped and raped a Spanish au pair after it ruling that comments made at the his sentencing hearing by Mr Justice Paul Carney were "inappropriate"and "indefensible."