A chronic heroin addict who was caught three times with drugs totaling over €28,000 has been jailed for 12 years by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The father of US murder victim Ron Goldman has asked a court to give him the publicity rights to the name, image and likeness of OJ Simpson, who has failed to pay a $33.5m (€26.2m) judgment in a 1997 wrongful death lawsuit.

A legal row over sales tactics for World Cup 2006 tickets has been resolved after a deal was struck today between Fifa and the German consumers’ association.

A 25-year-old Australian nurse injured after a massive beach party in Brighton, died today, police said.