A cocaine addict who was caught with the then largest single seizure of heroin in the history of the State has been given a 12-year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A cocaine addict who was caught with the then largest single seizure of heroin in the history of the State has had his sentence adjourned a second time by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A man caught with heroin valued at almost €11 million - the then largest single seizure of the drug in the history of the State - has been remanded in custody pending sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Football agent Paul Stretford was forced to defend the ethics of his profession in court today.

All assault charges in the Denis Franklin trial in Cork came to nothing today when a judge ruled that statements by two accused were inadmissible because gardaí offered inducements and in the case of the third defendant there was simply no evidence.