At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Francis Comerford imposed the 45-month prison term on former HSE hospital porter, Gerard Sheedy of Quin Gardens, Quin, Co Clare for the “heinous and reprehensible crime’.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that the woman feared she would be killed during the attacks perpetrated on her by Toyatma Fedee (40) at her home.

Mark Conway (39), a father of two, "sliced" his victim's liver with the man needing emergency surgery and having his gallbladder removed, Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court heard.

Hours before he was caught by gardaí crouching behind some trees in April 2024, Sammy Hutch texted an accomplice telling him he had a pipe bomb and what would this person think about him attaching it to the gas metres of an unspecified 'gaff'

Adeleke Adelani, 28, told his former girlfriend that he would beat her nine-week old foetus out of her if she did not take the tablets on Valentine's Day in 2020.

He was on Wednesday handed a global sentence of six years, with the final 18 months suspended

This fourth set of prosecutions brings to 89 his number of convictions for sexual or indecent assaults of young boys.

The man subjected his wife to a “prolonged campaign of domination” which culminated in him raping her in June 2021

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that the man called his ex-partner and made the threat to kill her several hours after being told a serious allegation had been made about him.

The woman read her victim impact statement into the record. She said she lost her self-worth from a very young age, “because my innocence was taken away by you”.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that both Bayleigh Fox (22) and Saoirse Richardson (22) were acquainted with the victim, but hadn't spoken with her for some time before this attack occurred.

John Joseph Carey (57) of Rathanny Golflinks Road, Tipperary Town pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to having 16.6 Kg of cocaine for sale or supply at Dublin Port on October 10th, 2022

Cristan Turbat (39) worked for a construction company under his brother-in-law’s name while his wife, Dorina Turbat (41), applied for job seeker’s allowance after claiming that her husband was out of work.

The Kilkenny native had been due to be sentenced on Wednesday but a sick note was handed into the court by defence counsel and Judge Martin Nolan was told that Carey was not present.

Winifred Joyce pleaded guilty to common assault and sexual assault in November 2022

The action seeks to quash the District Court's allegedly "unlawful" sentence and demands that the State provide the father with details of how many certified and inspected hostels in the country are available to probation and welfare services.

In November 2024, Judge Sinéad Ní Chúlacháin imposed a global sentence of six years on Gerard Nevin, with the final two years suspended

The defence solicitor said that his client seems “completely institutionalised”

Imposing sentence on Thursday, Mr Justice Kerida Naidoo noted the defendant “told lies” and claimed both victims had made up false allegations against him.

Christopher O'Grady (34), formerly of Muirhevnamor, Dundalk, Co Louth, was found guilty of one count of raping the then 19-year-old woman on January 1st, 2019, following a trial last March. He was homeless at the time.

James O'Reilly (63) was convicted by a Central Criminal Court jury of oral rape, five counts of sexual assault and three counts of sexual exploitation at the family home in Waterford on dates between 2010 and 2014.

Aidan Clohessy (85) was convicted of 19 counts of indecent assault following two separate trials at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court last month.

Mr Justice John Edwards said the thefts were perpetrated “cynically, knowingly and intentionally”

Delivering judgment at the three-judge court on Friday, Mr Justice Michael MacGrath jailed the defendant for nine years, saying the offending involved was “grave” and was “as close as might be” to attempted rape.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Eric Thompson (49) of no fixed abode was found guilty of sexual assault and false imprisonment on an unknown date between January 2004 and July 2006 at an address on Parnell Street, Dublin 1.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Mark McAnaw (52), previously of Letterkenny, Co Donegal, pleaded guilty to the harassment of Nicola Tallant, Amanda Brunker and Deirdre Reynolds on various dates in August 2023.

The Central Criminal Court previously heard that Ann Phelan, who had her own "demons with drugs" and led a "disruptive life", told gardaí she was in "total fear", that she didn't mean to kill her ex-partner David Ennis

Michael Galvin of Macroney, Kilworth in Co Cork appeared before the court having made death threats against the woman. He also punched her in the ribs and threw a lighter at her forehead causing a lesion.

Mr Justice Tony Hunt sentenced Mr Kilroy on Monday afternoon to the mandatory term of life imprisonment.

The man was convicted following a trial on a charge of rape and a charge of sexual assault

Gerard O’Brien (59) was convicted last December of one count of attempted anal rape and eight counts of sexual assault in relation to six victims.

John Murray (43) was sentenced to two years in prison after the court heard his wife, Kellie Walton (42), transferred a total of €872,470 to his bank account over a ten-year period

Lee Hardy (27) pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis for sale or supply

Sergejs Laurenouies (38) was handed a suspended sentence over the incident onboard a Ryanair flight from Dublin to Majorca in October 2022

The boy, who is now 16, was sentenced to 16 months in detention

Joe Dunne (82) was previously sentenced to four years in prison, which had been suspended in full by the trial judge

Cian English (19) died after falling from a fourth-floor balcony in Surfers Paradise on May 23rd, 2020