A DUBLIN man who posted a bullet through a woman’s letterbox and admitted storing a firearm on behalf of the Real IRA has been given a suspended sentence.

A former An Post worker will be sentenced later for stealing €25,000 from business client cash lodgments when he fell into financial difficulties after being out sick.

Five inmates who took part in a St. Stephen's Day riot at St. Patrick's Institution in which four prison officers were injured have received two and three year sentences in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.