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A mother of two who spent the last week in custody in the Dóchas Centre had received a “really, sharp shock” and it was “way worse than she ever imagined”, a court has heard.

A dangerous driver who performed a U-turn and entered a bus lane at speed, all in front of gardaí, has been put off the road for two years.

A driver who was involved in a three-vehicle crash on the N7 was suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder and depression and was self-medicating at the time, a court has heard.

A Dublin man who allegedly ­produced a kitchen knife during the course of seriously assaulting a woman has been sent ­forward for trial.

A professional man who sold drugs to undercover gardaí after he “stumbled into addiction” has avoided a conviction after he completed the restorative justice programme.

A man accused of laundering money after gardaí allegedly found a brown envelope containing €12,000 in cash in a house in west Dublin has been sent for trial.

A driver who failed to stop at a stop sign nearly collided with a patrol car and then nearly hit a child on a bike when he tried to reverse, a court heard.

Under this year’s call, the EPA says it is delighted to be partnering with Met Éireann to co-fund projects in areas of mutual interest

A Dublin man who scaled a wall and climbed into a secure area of Wheatfield Prison had no explanation for his behaviour, a court heard.

A widower seriously injured in a car accident in which his wife died turned to drink and drugs as he struggled to cope with his loss, a court heard.