A burglar who cut a number of fingers from an artist’s hand and used knives on her “like a butcher” during a break- in has been jailed for 16 years.

A burglar who chopped off the fingers of an artist in her Dublin flat has been jailed for 16 years by a judge who called the violent attack a "type of medieval barbarity".

A burglar who cut a number of fingers from an artist’s hand and used knives on her “like a butcher” during a break-in has had his sentencing adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Dublin man who downloaded more than 400 images and videos of children being abused has been given a suspended and a fine at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Gardaí have arrested a man in his 30s in connection with a serious assault on a woman in north Dublin last week.

A woman is in a serious condition in hospital after she was assaulted at an apartment in north Dublin yesterday.

Two gunmen who robbed a bank crashed their getaway car and hijacked a second vehicle at gunpoint, detectives said today.

Gardaí in Galway are investigating a raid on a post office in the city.

Gardaí are investigating a raid in Galway city centre in which a car was used to smash open the door of a dry cleaners.

Gardaí in Limerick are investigating an incident in which a replica grenade was thrown through the window of an elderly woman's apartment.

GARDAÍ investigating a series of sex attacks in Galway city have appealed for the driver or occupants of a hackney car who may have witnessed the latest incident to contact them.

Four men arrested under the Terrorism Act over the past seven days were today still being questioned by anti-terrorist officers.

Police have released one of three people being questioned in London about the terror attacks in the US, Scotland Yard said today.