A young man who was never in trouble before threatened to stick a kitchen knife in gardaí and warned that he would take 20 officers.

Two men were sentenced to life in prison today after being found guilty of murdering a man at a house party that descended into violence.

The heartbroken mother of an eight-year-old girl killed by the dangerous driving of an unaccompanied learner driver wished him a long life lived to the fullest with her beautiful daughter watching over him.

The father of a young Chinese woman who was stabbed to death by a Chinese man told the killer he “could run away from punishment, but not from God”, at the Central Criminal Court this morning.