A Cork man who got a 14-year jail term for crimes including the robbery of a 79-year-old woman, causing her horrific life-changing injuries, had one year reduced from his sentence on appeal today.

Drugs squad gardai in Cork found a man in possession of five kilos of cannabis resin and in a follow-up search of a house they found another 35 kilos of the illegal drugs with a total street value of €520,000.

The leader of an active crime gang in Cork city was jailed for eight years today for the armed robbery of a post office in Farran, County Cork, where he said he expected to find the Crown jewels but ended up with very little.