A Dublin man who got into drugs to fit in with school peers has been given a seven-year sentence for possessing €658,000 of cannabis.

A Latvian man who pulled a knife on a Dublin taxi driver after a whiskey binge-drinking session has received a two year sentence suspended on condition he returns to Latvia.

Two men will be sentenced later for their roles in a botched drug dealer robbery which left a man dead.

A drug addict who boxed for Ireland before a relapse led him to carry out a number of robberies to feed his habit has been given a nine-year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A West Dublin teenager who was found in possession of €150,000 worth of heroin has been sentenced to seven years' detention by Judge Patrick McCartan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A man who drove at speeds of up to 160 kph under the influence of drugs and alcohol has been jailed for five years for dangerous driving causing the death of his 15-year-old cousin with whom he was reared.