A man has been sentenced to 12 years for carrying out a €1.2m jewellery theft at Dundrum shopping centre.

"A pox on all your houses" was the comment of Frank Ward after he was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Patrick McCartan for shooting publican Charlie Chawke during an armed robbery three years ago.

A "career criminal" has been jailed for 15 years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his role in the robbery which led to the shooting of publican Charlie Chawke during an armed robbery at his premises.

A man has been found guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of shooting Dublin publican Charlie Chawke during an armed robbery at his premises in 2003.

A female garda said she feared for her life and those of her colleagues when a raider shot at their patrol car windscreen following a pursuit from the scene of the robbery and shooting of publican Charlie Chawke.