A south Dublin man caught with more than 100,000 child pornography images has been jailed for three years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

THE Criminal Assets Bureau collected €5.1 million in proceeds of crime last year and paid more than €1.4m to the Minister for Finance, according to new figures.

IN Garda headquarters they can’t recall who suggested the codename Amethyst and the detective chief superintendent in charge insists it holds no significance.