A man has appeared in court charged in connection with the seizure of more than €500,000 worth of drugs on the northside.

A man who recieved a suspended sentence for concealing information from gardaí about the violent death of one of his friends has had two years of that sentence reactivated after he was convicted of new offences.

A Dublin man and woman who beat an alcoholic to death during a drinking session had the last two years of their 10-year jail sentences suspended today.