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Last year
2023
Man who raped partner when she returned home after miscarriage jailed for 11-and-a-half years
20 Nov 2023
36.7k
All time
Man who sexually assaulted a woman 12 days into a suspended sentence is jailed
6 Dec 2021
41.0k
Cork man jailed for rape of sleeping woman in public park
30 Jul 2021
45.9k
35
Woman who stole elderly friend's bank card while visiting her in hospital jailed for four months
14 Dec 2020
31.9k
24
Men sentenced for role in mugging woman (73) who had won €23,000 at casino
22 Nov 2019
23.4k
19
Man who went on the run during trial for sexual abuse begins jail term
12 Nov 2019
20.5k
Man who touched his penis off fellow bus passenger while 'trying to urinate' gets suspended sentence
9 May 2019
55.2k
45
Burglar with history of drug addiction thanks judge for 'saving' his life by putting him back into custody
15 Jul 2018
14.8k
Man (78) who regularly raped his daughter sentenced to four years in prison
18 Jun 2018
33.8k
Burglar sat down to have scrambled eggs with victim after stealing from mosque
5 Jul 2017
15.5k
Woman who committed €31,000 worth of welfare fraud sentenced to community service
30 Jun 2017
30.2k
51
'An evil person': Longford man who sexually abused four nieces jailed for 13 years
11 May 2017
13.7k
Three years in jail for man who destroyed homeless accommodation in arson attack
26 Jan 2017
12.6k
9
Woman who repeatedly threatened to bomb the President avoids jail
17 Nov 2016
15.3k
42
Convicted child rapist Patrick O'Brien has been sentenced to 13 years in prison
10 Nov 2016
21.4k
Woman who fraudulently claimed €100,000 in sister's benefits caught out by her ringing phone
7 Jun 2016
64.9k
Man faces 12 years in jail for cutting victim's cornea with a broken glass bottle
16 Jan 2016
19.1k
32
Boy who did €10,000 worth of damage to care home "is not fit to be let loose in society”
10 Dec 2015
23.0k
32
'Very good man' who stole almost €1.7 million from Credit Union jailed
11 Nov 2015
27.3k
35
Electric Picnic ticket scammer arrested while trying to withdraw €1,800 from bank account
23 Oct 2015
22.7k
7
78-year-old man pleads guilty to raping niece and grandniece
6 Oct 2015
22.3k
Teenager jailed after gardaí catch him by using the 'Find my iPhone' app
22 Jul 2015
39.0k
74
Brother of hit-and-run victim prays his killer will 'find his way in life' after 187 convictions
22 Jul 2015
25.5k
46
Romanian national falsely claimed social welfare 463 times
15 Jul 2015
26.7k
54
Social welfare fraudster caught by facial recognition software is jailed
8 Jul 2015
24.4k
49
Man jailed for pointing replica gun at garda's head to "terrify" him
1 Jul 2015
17.6k
31
Man who raped and abused daughter for six years up to Junior Cert pleads guilty
30 Jun 2015
20.7k
Dublin man has jail time increased after calling judge "a dirt bird"
16 Jun 2015
37.8k
53
Man (51) charged with 50 sexual offences against two young girls
6 Jun 2015
11.8k
Dad-to-be jailed after taking 2-year-old boy on high-speed garda chase
14 May 2015
22.3k
33