Two men aged in their 30s and 40s have been arrested after a major cannabis growing factory was discovered near Castleblaney in Co Monaghan.

A cross-border drugs ring has been smashed by police with cannabis with a street value of £500,000 (€550,000) seized.

Not so many years ago people in Limerick were annoyed over the way the number of stabbings in the city were being highlighted, but these days there have been stabbings in just about anywhere in the country. There were fatal stabbings in Dublin and Blarney over the weekend, as well as two separate stabbings in Tralee.

THREE men were being questioned by detectives from the Garda Drugs Unit yesterday after the seizure of €250,000 worth of drugs in Cork city.

Drugs worth more than €50,000 were seized tonight during a house raid.

Two people have been arrested following a drug seizure in Co Meath last night.

Heroin with a street value of €50,000 has been seized at Dublin Airport.

Cocaine with an estimated street value of €160,000, has been seized by customs officers at Dublin Airport.

COMMUNITY activists yesterday expressed delight following the seizure of a massive heroin haul in Dublin and the arrest red-handed of a wholesale drugs supplier.

A man discovered at Dublin Airport with more than €150,000 worth of cocaine was tonight being questioned by detectives.

Ecstasy worth around €100,000 has been found taped to the body of a man at Dublin Airport, it was revealed today.

Belgian police have seized up to €10m worth of heroin as part of an international police investigation led by the Garda Drugs Unit.

Gardaí in Cork have seized drugs worth more than €150,000 during two separate searches in the city.

A TEENAGER was recovering yesterday after being stabbed by his 12-year-old brother in a family row.

A quantity of ecstasy tablets as well as an amount of cannabis resin was recovered overnight in Co Monaghan.

Two men from Ballyfermot in Dublin have been arrested after they were found in possession of heroin with an estimated street value of £100,000.