Marita McCarthy told the court her son went out to celebrate the birth of his nephew and came back in a coffin.

O.C spray was deployed in an attempt to stop the sustained assault of a garda. The man fled the aircraft and was arrested a short time later.

The assault took place in the Rosie Hackett Bridge, Eden Quay area of Dublin 1 at around 4.30pm.

Father-of-four John Parke increased his offer of remorse to his victim from €1,000 to €8,000.

In a victim impact statement read to the court by the woman’s friend who sat beside her throughout the trial, she said she suffered from “flashbacks” and “her whole life had changed”.

His former partner, Donna Clifford (21), waived her anonymity after sentencing at the Central Criminal Court was complete to allow Tracey to be named.

During the video, Ms Quill can be seen acting in an aggressive manner and kicking Sloan Murphy in the back.

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to both incidents to come forward with any information they may have.

One youth was injured and taken to Wexford General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Daly, of Dun Saithne Crescent, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin pleaded guilty to one count of assaulting a peace officer and one of possession of cannabis for sale or supply on January 26th 2021, at Killakee Road, Rathfarmham.

Nikita Burns, 23, attacked the officers after staff at Letterkenny University Hospital called for help while Burns was being treated at the medical unit at 1.10am on January 4th, 2023.

The incident happened at approximately 7 am on Friday. 

At Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court, Judge Keenan Johnson praised the victims in court for their generosity and magnanimity for reconciling with the accused.

Judge Keenan Johnson described it as a tragic case that has left Thomas Maher "a prisoner in his own body" after the unprovoked, vicious assault.

His previous 60 previous convictions include a conviction for burglary of Ms Keogh’s parents' home and convictions from which include threatening a former partner.

At the Court of Appeal on Monday, Mr Justice McGrath noted the DPP's argument that the headline sentence of ten years was too low and should have been set at 15 years

Sean O'Faolain (48) of College Grove, Castleknock, Dublin 15, came forward from the District Court on signed guilty pleas to assault causing harm on April 13th 2024. He has no previous convictions.

The unprovoked attack changed the lives of Joseph and Patricia Hansard irretrievably, the High Court heard.

Michael Ward, of Parnell Street, Dublin 1, was also sentenced for another assault on the same woman and was on bail at the time of the offence.

A woman in her 30s was stabbed in the leg and back in the early hours of the morning in Ballyogan, Dublin 18.

Judge Keenan Johnson heard how gardaí were dispatched to the woman's home in Mullingar shortly after midnight and saw the victim in an emotional state and "bleeding heavily from the back of her head".

Caitlin Bardon, 24, of Dalton Park, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, punched a woman in front of her toddler, who has since begun mimicking the violence to punch his mother.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was appealing against the severity of a nine-month custodial sentence

Detectives are appealing for information about the incident on March 19th on the Beersbridge Road.

The man, aged in his 30s, was arrested on Friday and detained at a Garda station in Cork city.

Two men assaulted a Mongolian couple in Dublin, resulting in the man having one-third of his ear bitten off

A “danger to society”, who was spending €600 a week on drugs, has been jailed for a further two years for headbutting a graveyard flower seller

The court heard Mark McAnulty, 42, Rossmara Park, Newry, Co Down, remained aggressive while in custody and urinated on the cell door, which needed to be cleaned.

The injured party was asleep in bed in his rented room around 1.30am on the night in question when he was awoken by slamming doors and loud voices

Josh Kenny (18), of Brookview Grove, Tallaght, Dublin 24, pleaded guilty to assault causing serious harm

'I got up this morning and my head was pounding, my face was sore'

The court heard that the armed and helicopter unit had to surround David McNamara’s house in order for gardaí to arrest him, after two failed attempts

The victim dropped down on one knee but Fail continued the assault punching him and kicking him in the ribs

The court heard the man told the woman he would “spray her mother's house with bullets” and “put her mother on the bonnet of his car”

The man, aged in his 20s, was taken to Cavan General Hospital in a critical condition

The PSNI received a report of an assault in the Templemore Street area just before 8pm on Wednesday

Judge Walsh remanded Hayes, who sat alone in the courtroom, on continuing bail to appear before Limerick Circuit Criminal Court, on the suspended sentence for violent disorder, on March 19th.

Samuel Hughes has pleaded not guilty to an assault causing harm on Eugene Driscoll on February 15th, 2023, contrary to Section 3 (1) of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997.

Edmund O'Sullivan (32) was sleeping rough in Tralee after being released from prison 10 days earlier

A man in his 40s has been left in a critical condition in Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown.

A man in his 20s has since been arrested and is currently detained at a Garda Station in Dubin.

Daragh Hayes (37) and Cian Hayes (33) lured their friend Ciaran Ryan and set upon him with a hurley and a foot-long steel wrench.

A second man who took part in the attack was handed a sentence of four and a half years in March 2023.

Nikita Ronan posed a danger to people on the streets on a number of occasions in 2023, Judge Elva Duffy said as she handed down the sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Tuesday, January 28th

The Court of Appeal has viewed CCTV footage of the assault before Crotty's lawyers will be given a chance to respond to the DPP's submissions.

Two men, aged in their 20s and 40s, were arrested on Monday and are being held in a Garda station in Wicklow.

He has since been transferred to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin and his condition is described as critical.

Carol Doherty BL, defending, said Cunningham had very unfortunate beginnings in the world.

Nathan McCarthy (25) of Lower Kimmage Road, Terenure, Co. Dublin was foaming at the mouth when assaulting one of the officers

A man in his 40s received life-threatening injuries and was brought by ambulance to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda.