A father of one with a long criminal record has lost an appeal against his 6-year jail sentence for an armed raid on a bookmakers in Dublin.

A MAN has been jailed for an armed raid on a bookmakers after staff were threatened that they would be shot and killed if they did not co-operate.

Wall Street wobbled again today, dropping sharply at the opening, stabilising on soothing words from Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan and then falling sharply again in late afternoon amid investors’ continuing anxiety about the market’s own dynamics.

Profit warnings from Ciena and Lucent Technologies, and news of more layoffs and deteriorating retail sales, unnerved Wall Street today and prompted heavy selling.