One in four CCTV cameras in Dublin are not working — including all 14 in an anti-social black spot which was the scene of riots last summer.

An alcoholic father of one who ran up drug debts to feed his cocaine habit has been given a ten year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for possession of an estimated €200,000 of heroin.

FAMILIES in up to 50 homes were evacuated yesterday morning when a hoax bomb was found attached to a car.