Aidan Clohessy (85) was convicted of 19 counts of indecent assault following two separate trials at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court last month.

Mr Justice John Edwards said the thefts were perpetrated “cynically, knowingly and intentionally”

Delivering judgment at the three-judge court on Friday, Mr Justice Michael MacGrath jailed the defendant for nine years, saying the offending involved was “grave” and was “as close as might be” to attempted rape.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Eric Thompson (49) of no fixed abode was found guilty of sexual assault and false imprisonment on an unknown date between January 2004 and July 2006 at an address on Parnell Street, Dublin 1.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Mark McAnaw (52), previously of Letterkenny, Co Donegal, pleaded guilty to the harassment of Nicola Tallant, Amanda Brunker and Deirdre Reynolds on various dates in August 2023.

The Central Criminal Court previously heard that Ann Phelan, who had her own "demons with drugs" and led a "disruptive life", told gardaí she was in "total fear", that she didn't mean to kill her ex-partner David Ennis

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.

Mr Justice Tony Hunt sentenced Mr Kilroy on Monday afternoon to the mandatory term of life imprisonment.

The man was convicted following a trial on a charge of rape and a charge of sexual assault

Gerard O’Brien (59) was convicted last December of one count of attempted anal rape and eight counts of sexual assault in relation to six victims.

John Murray (43) was sentenced to two years in prison after the court heard his wife, Kellie Walton (42), transferred a total of €872,470 to his bank account over a ten-year period

Lee Hardy (27) pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis for sale or supply

Sergejs Laurenouies (38) was handed a suspended sentence over the incident onboard a Ryanair flight from Dublin to Majorca in October 2022

The boy, who is now 16, was sentenced to 16 months in detention

Joe Dunne (82) was previously sentenced to four years in prison, which had been suspended in full by the trial judge

Cian English (19) died after falling from a fourth-floor balcony in Surfers Paradise on May 23rd, 2020