A Dublin man who ran a city centre brothel operation which was targeted in a garda investigation into organised criminal prostitution called "Quest" has been jailed for three years and fined €24,000.

A Dublin man has been convicted of running a Dublin city centre brothel which was targeted in a major An Garda Síochána investigation into organised criminal prostitution called "Quest" set up in 2005.

A courts service employee who hid a drink driving summons for a taxi driver who stood to lose his job has been given an 18-month sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A detective inspector has told how gardaí found a large number of mobile phones in raids in October 2005 on two Dublin city centre premises linked to a brothel operation.