An eight-month jail sentence was imposed yesterday on a man who pointed a gun at a three-year-old child being brought to a creche.

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A man who was accused of carrying a knuckleduster after his arrest at a road checkpoint claimed yesterday a garda told him the charge would be dropped if he supplied information on crimes.

A DRUNKEN man with a knife concealed down the back of his pants was described by his solicitor as having a great heart, but the judge said the accused had a big mouth.