A father-of-two has been given sentences totalling seven years with the final two suspended for possessing a shotgun and ammunition and later being caught holding heroin while on bail.

A father-of-two will be sentenced later for possessing a shotgun and ammunition which he claimed he had for clay-pigeon shooting.

A Clondalkin painter and decorator been given an 11-year sentence by Judge Patricia Ryan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after he was caught with heroin that had an estimated street value of almost €200,000.

Two Clondalkin men convicted by a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury last month of possession of heroin and cocaine valued at over €20,000 have been jailed for 10 years each by Judge Frank O’Donnell.

A "very dangerous" teenager has been given a 13-year prison sentence by Judge Michael White for a litany of violent crimes including robbery, hijacking, assault and threatening to kill gardaí.