Revenue officers have seized 2.2kg of canabis and 14,600 cigarettes in three seperate searches.

Tom Pomphrett, deputy director of the LRC, said he hoped the outstanding issue in the postal dispute would be resolved today.

A breakthrough in the postal dispute over cost-cutting measures could finally be reached this evening, it has emerged.

An Post last night suspended 64 staff at the Dublin Mail Centre over their apparent failure to implement changes to sorting methods.