A 16-year-old crack cocaine dealer has been detained for 28 days at the Dublin Children's Court.

A Galway man who claimed he unknowingly smuggled drugs into the country after agreeing to carry home a bag of clothes for a girl he met has received a six-year sentence with one suspended.

A father of four who twice sold cocaine to undercover gardaí has been sentenced to two years in prison by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A former South African army officer who "saw an easy way out" of his financial difficulties as a courier of cocaine valued over €100,000 has been given a ten years sentence by Judge Desmond Hogan.