An apprentice electrician has received a suspended prison sentence of two years for beating up his ex-girlfriend.

A part-time childcare worker received a two-year sentence with 18 months suspended for stabbing a parked motorist in a case of mistaken identity.

A chronic heroin addict who watched several family members suffer drug-related deaths has been given a seven-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for robberies, escaping from custody and discharging a firearm.