A man who left his former partner’s “nose hanging off” following a vicious knife-assault has been given extra jail time following an appeal by the Court of Appeal.

A man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for possession of drugs with a street value of over €760,000.

Galway defender Gareth Bradshaw was sent off for the second week in a row when he received a second yellow card as his club Moycullen were defeated by Kilconly in the first round of the Galway SFC yesterday.

A man spared jailed on the condition he stay off alcohol and attend AA meetings has been remanded in custody after pictures of him drinking were posted on Facebook.