Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Kevin Kinsella (35) of Annesley Close, Ballybough, Dublin 3, pleaded guilty to one count of arson committed in the Summerhill area of Dublin on July 2nd, 2024.

Aidan Dunphy (44) of Crowe Street, Gort, Co. Galway pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault and one of engaging in a sexual act with a child under 17 at a location in Co Galway on a date in June 2023

Dean Madden (32) of Balcurris Road, Ballymun, Dublin 11, came forward on signed pleas of guilty from Dublin District Court.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Jordan Domican (24) of Collinstown Grove, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, pleaded guilty to two counts of facilitating a criminal organisation at unknown locations.

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.

The 63-year-old pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual assault on dates between September 2007 and June 2010 at an address in Cavan. He was jailed for 10 years on Friday.

The man, who is a father of five, has a number of previous convictions, both in Ireland and outside the jurisdiction

Cristian Gogosiou, (40), of Mount Kenneth Place, Courtyard, Limerick, had a four-year sentence reduced to three years and six months, after he admitted one count of “defilement” of a child under the age of 17, at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court.

Det Garda Sinead O’Donovan told a sitting of Cork Circuit Criminal Court that the man who was attacked in the early hours of August 6th, 2023, in Midleton, Co Cork, still feels unsafe when he is in public.

Aaron Babbington (31) of no fixed abode, but formerly of Churchfield in the city, had pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Jason Butler on June 14th, 2023.

Judge Dara Hayes said it was clear that the man’s behaviour had “a considerable impact” on the teenager. He said it represented a “serious breach of trust”.

Gemma Greene (28) of Bunratty Road, Coolock, pleaded guilty to recklessly engaging in conduct in such a manner as to drive in the direction of a garda.

Dylan McMahon (30), of Kilpatrick, Kildangan, Monasterevin, Co Kildare, who claimed he had lots of respect for women, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to the woman "who did not think she would survive," and robbery

The 41-year-old Dublin man, who cannot be named to protect the anonymity of the children involved, pleaded guilty to one count of coercive control and three counts of assault causing harm to the woman on locations in Dublin and Co Clare on dates between 2017 and 2020.

Kyle Lawrence (19) of Lurgan Street, Dublin 7, is the second person to be prosecuted for the riots, which took place in Dublin city centre on November 23rd, 2023 following the stabbing of a child outside her school

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.

Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard that Natasha Morey (30) was with an accomplice in a wooded area by the Mardyke Skate Park in the city at around 3.30pm on September 3rd, 2023.

The court heard that Armstrong had been released from the custodial portion of that sentence 18 months before this offence, and Judge Patricia Ryan immediately reactivated the suspended sentence.

Fergus Delaney (61) of Allendale Lawn, Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court in advance of his trial to four charges of sexual assault of the then 14-year-old girl on dates between 2000 and 2001.

The court heard the injured party, from whom the man was separated, had contacted gardaí in the early hours of the morning on December 24th, 2020, to say the accused was in her home.

At a sentencing on Wednesday, Justice Melanie Greally referred to O’Rourke’s previous convictions and described him as “a serial child abuser”.

The court heard the woman, who cannot be named to protect her identity, was 31 and living in homeless accommodation at the time of the incident.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Cedric Ingle (50) of Park Road, Glenageary, Co. Dublin, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm on April 4th, 2020, at an address in the Glenageary area.

Sentencing the man on Tuesday, Mr Justice Kerida Naidoo said the man had used “sadistic and humiliating violence” against his wife and that the offences represented a “significant breach of trust."

At the non-jury court on Wednesday, Anthony Walker was described as a “naturally vulnerable” man who had suffered child abuse and drug addiction in his younger years but “was not entirely innocent”

Chang Teng Wang (58) of Melville Rise, Finglas, Dublin 11, admitted to gardaí that he had vigorously shaken baby Seán in attempt to calm him.

The 57-year-old Dublin man, who can't be named to protect the identity of his former wife, was found guilty by a Central Criminal Court jury of five counts of raping her in the family home and a holiday home on dates in 2006 and 2018.