Three men who acted as “mules” for €3.3m worth of heroin have been jailed for 10 years each at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

Four men who pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to acting as couriers in a multi-million euro heroin operation are to be sentenced in May.

A Dublin drug dealer has been convicted of transporting €6.4m worth of heroin in his van.

A CAR dealership that offered a Fiat Punto for an “actual price” of €199 on a website, when the actual cost was almost €12,000, has been criticised by the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of a fatal shooting on the Clontarf Road in 2005 has heard that four shots were fired into the passenger window of a vehicle which had tinted windows.

ANGRY residents and business people in Newcastle West claimed they are being “fobbed” off by Limerick County Council over the reason behind the flooding that devastated the town.

ARMED detectives patrolled city streets in Dublin last night after an escalating gang war resulted in a hand grenade attack on a family home.

A drug addict who agreed to hold, transport and distribute almost €50,000 worth of 'ecstasy' tablets to pay off a €6,000 debt has been sentenced to seven years in prison by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

A YOUNG student nurse who was on her way to work was killed close to her home yesterday morning in a head-on collision with a cement truck.

STATE Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy was yesterday afternoon quizzed by Blaise O’Carroll SC, defending, on her evidence of the day before.

THE prosecution in the Robert Holohan murder trial claimed yesterday that Wayne O’Donoghue killed the schoolboy, put plastic bags over the body, threw it into a remote ditch, and later took part in the community’s search for the boy’s remains.

MIDLETON schoolboy Robert Holohan died of neck injuries consistent with manual strangulation.

The prosecution in the Robert Holohan murder trial claimed today that Wayne O’Donoghue killed the schoolboy, put plastic bags over the body, threw it into a remote ditch, and later took part in the community search for the boy's remains.

Armed raiders have struck at a bank in Co Longford this afternoon.

A 34-year-old Limerick man was jailed for five years by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today for firearms and ammunition offences.

The Super Race Sunday at Mondello Park featured the three top racing classes Formula Ireland, Dunlop Super Cars and Fiat Punto Abarths with each category having a Sprint race and a Feature race.

Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler is just one of many celebrities who has been badly injured in a motorcycle accident.

The key witness in the Damilola Taylor murder trial halted proceedings for a second day by announcing she was going home.

Formula Ireland, the new premier class for single-seater racing that already boasts the biggest prize

Continuing their excellent run, Niall McShea/Michael Orr finished the highest placed of the Irish crews involved in the Network Q Rally. They were 17th overall and second in the Super 1600 category.

The curtain fell on the Irish motor racing season at Mondello Park where Ken Elliott was awarded race victory in the Formula Vee category.

The Irish Super Prix at Mondello Park was won by British driver, Tony Worswick.

The Grand Prix cars that graced the Formula 1 World Championship during the early 90’s will be in action at Mondello Park tomorrow for the Irish Super Prix at the revamped Co Kildare circuit.