Man fired shots at youths he believed slighted his son ‘when the red mist went down’

Kyle Rafferty (23) admitting keeping drugs at house for someone to collect

Prison Officers’ Association directed officers to adhere strictly to duties

Albaraa Turkistani (27) caught with 272 images and 159 videos of children and babies

Thomas O’Brien (49) of Smithfield Square sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison

Scott Purdue (22) had previously been shot in the head and had two fingers removed, court heard

Dublin grandmother was working as a care assistant almost 50 years ago when incidents took place

Michael Power (25) gets extra six months in jail for slipping out of handcuffs and making a run for it

Priest said the abuse had ‘a paralysing effect’ on his life and prevented him from achieving so many things in life

Derek Keane (40) drank up to 15 pints of beer before he hit Callum Grimes three years ago

Court could have no confidence something similar would not happen in future – judge

Cyclist who witnessed incident took photos of thief who was then tracked down by gardaí

Joshua Sweeney (22) is non-verbal, has to use wheelchair and needs 24-hour care

Dubliner (68) pleaded guilty to knowingly possessing 901 images and 146 video files

Boy gets three year suspended sentence after attacking teenager who has autism

Revenue officials estimate losses to the State come in at over €375,000 in unpaid taxes

Judge says he had no option but to hand Aiden Hargreaves consecutive sentences

Tony Rochford tried to attract media attention to concerns over fire in Blanchardstown

Stephen Collins had 85 previous convictions before hitting cyclist, throwing her into air

Perpetrator who was 15 at the time pleads guilty to assault causing serious harm to victim

Court told €3 million worth of damage caused to Oberstown facility

Frederick Cham (63) sentenced to four years for helping immigrants into country illegally

Rite&Reason: Society needs restrictions on perpetual abusers once they get out of jail

Girl describes in impact statement how she felt ‘ashamed, scared and alone’ at age of 10

Dublin man’s computer had recorded Skype calls between him and two nine-year-old girls

Margaret Cawley, co-accused and child entered under pretence of knowing 84-year-old

David Radford refused top accept accomodation from probation service

The former Anglo officer joins the list of ex-bankers who walked free from criminal trials

Tiarnan O’Mahoney was accused of conspiring to destroy, mutilate or falsify records of accounts

Sandra Higgins had pleaded not guilty to intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to baby

Man with almost 500 convictions jailed for 18 months after hitting boy’s car while drunk

Two-and-a-half-year sentence over €8m loan fraud to run alongside earlier jail term

Willie McAteer given 3.5-year term; Denis Casey two years, nine months; John Bowe two years

Teen, who cannot be named, was part of group who attacked Brazilian man in Temple Bar

Judge ruled it would not be right or practical to try to stop the jury hearing about the issue in the course of other testimony

Judge says Anglo is probably the most reviled institution in the State but that should play no part in deliberations

In reaction to bank case Sinn Féin says outcome would lead to ‘mixed emotions’