A 23-year-old man who discharged a sawn off shotgun through the sitting room window of a Ballyfermot house in the early hours of the morning has been jailed for seven years.

A chronic alcoholic who fraudulently used a genuine bank account while posing as the account owner has been sentenced to three years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court by Judge Patricia Ryan.

A Kildare man who told gardaí he was "living in fear" but would be "in even more trouble" if he revealed who he was scared of has had been given a three years sentence for possession of guns.

A heroin addict who was caught storing drugs valued at over €400,000 to help pay off his debts to drug dealers has been jailed for ten years by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A South African man caught at Dublin Airport with cannabis worth €62,000 has been jailed for three and a half years.