A 25-YEAR-OLD man was yesterday given a three-year jail sentence for a “savage assault” during which he struck another man in the face with a pint glass, in Causeway, Co Kerry, last year.

A FORTY-YEAR-OLD South African man who was yesterday given a seven-year jail sentence for having more than €134,000 worth of cannabis for sale or supply, still protested his innocence, the Circuit Criminal Court was told in Tralee, Co Kerry.