A 43-year-old man who barged into a house and threatened a woman and her three children with a firearm has been sentenced to six years imprisonment by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The sentence date for convicted murderer Christopher Dunne for the fatal stabbing of teenager Alan Higgins over his mobile phone has been set by the Central Criminal Court.

The trial of a 17-year-old Dublin teenager who is accused of the murder of a school boy began today at the Central Criminal Court.