ONE of the two survivors of the Niemba massacre in the Congo in 1960 has settled his High Court action over a 2006 report prepared for the Minister for Defence into the greatest loss of life of Irish soldiers on UN peacekeeping duties.

Two delivery men have been given seven-year sentences for their involvement with almost €4m worth of heroin and cannabis recovered by gardaí in a surveillance operation last year.

A taxi driver who was caught with €1m worth of heroin in his car and at the home he shared with his partner has been given the 10-year mandatory minimum sentence for this offence by Judge Frank O'Donnell.

A leading consulting engineering company and senior project engineer have been acquitted of breaches of the Health and Safety Act arising out of a fatal accident at a construction site seven years ago.

A cocaine-addicted father-of-one who robbed a bookmaker's armed with a small samurai sword has been sentenced to five years in prison by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

A reformed drug addict who agreed to transport €1.6m worth of heroin for €400 because he "needed a few quid" has been remanded in custody pending sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

A Dublin man accused of sexually abusing a young girl in the city over 20 years ago has been acquitted by a Central Criminal Court jury on all charges.

A west Dublin man on trial for attempting to rape a drunk teenage girl told gardaí he had snorted so much cocaine on the night that he "could barely fit it up my nose anymore".

A member of a gang who arrived to rob a bank moments after it closed because their stolen getaway car had been delayed in rush-hour traffic has had his sentence adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A homeless English alcoholic - who scavenged for food in supermarket bins - has been jailed for 12 years by Mr Justice Paul Carney for savage attacks on two north Dublin women.

A separated mother who stole €18,000 from her employer when she ran into financial difficulties after her marriage ended has been given a suspended sentence and ordered to perform 200 hours community service.

Two thugs whose horrific assault on a Norwegian tourist has left him with severe head injuries and a serious speech impediment have been jailed for terms of seven and six years by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Chinese national spent half an hour in the Royal Canal on a freezing winter night after being pushed down a steep incline into the water by three teenage thugs who had attempted to rob him.