Five Dublin drinking pals dramatically withdrew personal injury claims relating to a rear-ending accident that a judge described as “a clear set-up”.

A former taxi driver who was caught through a garda intelligence operation with almost €4.2m worth of cannabis resin has been jailed for 12 years for this and another drug offence.

Two men involved in possession of more than €4m worth of drugs found in a farmyard in Clonee, Co Meath have been jailed for eight years each by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.