A man has been convicted of being in possession of a rare drug which he told the court was “mostly used for spiritual or religious practice” in the Amazon jungle.

A pensioner who had been jailed, and was subsequently released by the High Court, over a failure to pay court-ordered instalments on a €5,000 judgment debt has brought fresh proceedings seeking damages.

Arsenal and Bayern Munich have both been hit with UEFA fines after their Champions League last 16 tie at the Emirates Stadium on March 7.

Inspectors also found mouse droppings on shelves and in a packet of cereal.

Hefty EU fines could be imposed on Cork County Council which hasn’t the money to build a ‘fish path’ for migrating salmon.

Hull have been fined £20,000 after admitting they failed to control their players during Saturday's defeat to Arsenal.

An Army private who went missing for a total of 509 days was fined 10 days’ pay and given a severe reprimand but was found not guilty of desertion.

Homeless people could be "criminalised" and "penalised" as UK councils attempt to crack down on begging, it has been claimed.

Could McGregor be fighting closer to home from now on?

He was not happy.

Leicester striker Jamie Vardy has accepted an FA charge of improper conduct.

Former Munster Council chairman Noel Walsh has castigated Croke Park hierarchy over their “unjust” treatment of Longford GAA club Dromard.

A bit harsh!

The Central Bank has fined the Irish arm of international investor services company Computershare €322,500 for a number of breaches of legislation with regard to client assets.

Two investment firms have been fined a combined €154,000 by the Central Bank for regulatory breaches.

Energy giant Shell has been fined £22,500 (€31,943) in relation to an oil spill in the North Sea which was the worst in the region for a decade.

Both clubs admitted misconduct charges of failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion during West Ham’s 2-1 win.

Arsenal have been fined £60,000 after breaching football agent regulations in the transfer of Calum Chambers from Southampton.

An $18bn (€16bn) liability figure attached itself last Friday to Volkswagen’s diesel disaster.

Volkswagen has ordered an external investigation, after US regulators found that its software for diesel cars gave false emissions data, its CEO said yesterday. He said he was “deeply sorry” for the violation of US rules.

Motorists may be entitled to refunds amounting to nearly €700,000 (£500,000) after Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) issued parking tickets without proper authority.

Over the last decade we’ve seen bank after bank around the world being fined for undertaking a variety of highly profitable, illegal, and highly questionable activities.

Taxi booking app Uber has been fined almost €6.5m by officials in California for not telling them enough about the way it operates.

A cyclist is to contest a charge of careless driving on a bicycle on New Year’s eve 2013.

The Central Bank has doled out €27.17m worth of fines to 54 financial institutions over the past four-and-a-half years.

Twenty of the world’s biggest banks have paid more than $235bn (€213bn) in fines and compensation in the last seven years for a litany of misdeeds that has scarred the industry and is delaying its rehabilitation.

Film director Zhang Yimou must pay more than US $1.2m in fines for the three children he had in violation of China’s strict family planning rules.