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.

The woman convicted of allowing a Dublin city centre apartment to be used as a brothel has claimed she owned "the whole escort operation" but denied she would earn up to €2m a year from it.

TWO mobile phone companies have point-blank refused a Government request to stop using a telephone mast near schools in Dublin.

Government plans to allow a mobile phone mast near two south Dublin schools could harm children’s health, it was claimed today.