A Dublin man has been jailed for eight years for shooting a man over a drugs debt last August.

A Cabra man who accidentally shot himself in a botched hit that left his victim in a coma has been jailed for eight years.

A man who threatened to kill his estranged wife at her new home in Swords and led gardai on a high speed car chase with his seven-year-old son in the back-seat through north Dublin has received a four year suspended sentence.

A 44 year-old man who threatened to kill his estranged wife and led gardai on a high speed car chase with his seven year old son in the back-seat will be sentenced later by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.