A new charge of harassment has been dropped against a garda who was previously found not guilty by reason of insanity for harassing a married female sergeant.

A garda accused of harassing a woman has been brought before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on foot of a bench warrant after he failed to appear on Monday.

A mechanic who used his employer’s car to pick up heroin valued at nearly €350,000 because of his illegal "drug debt" with a ruthless west Dublin criminal has been given a seven-year sentence.

A 20 year-old Limerick man was jailed for life today for murdering a friend who he shot in the chest after a five-day drinking binge.