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The State has dropped a charge of possession of €2.5m worth of ecstasy against a man in light of last week’s Court of Appeal ruling.

A Dublin father-of-two who was caught with blue dye on his hands and clothes after he robbed over €30,000 from a cash-in-transit worker has been jailed for two years.

A man has been found guilty for his role in a €29m cocaine operation.

A court has heard how Gardai in Dublin found €3m worth of cocaine inside some wheelie bins when they stopped a jeep in Tallaght last year.

The trial of a man accused of involvement in a €29m cocaine operation last year has heard he was seen on CCTV handling the drugs.

A Finglas man has pleaded guilty to robbing over €30,000 from a petrol station in Blanchardstown earlier this year.

A man has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today for his alleged role in a €29m drug operation last year.

Up to 25 new jobs are set to be created with the opening of what is described as Ireland's most energy efficient data centre in Dublin today.

An entrepreneur and Trinity College graduate who organised the importation of €29m worth of cocaine into the country will be sentenced next month.

An oil laundering plant with the capacity to process more than 2.5 million litres of fuel a year has been discovered in Dublin.

A 37-year-old man has appeared in court after gardaÍ found stolen vehicles and a cannabis grow house during a raid on a business premises in West Dublin.

A Dublin court has heard that two economic migrants who answered an ad for gardening job were tricked into living in primitive and horrendous conditions in a cannabis growing operation.

A Meath resident accused of robbery and false imprisonment has admitted he lied to gardaí, but not "purposely", when questioned over whether he knew a van was travelling in convoy behind him.

SIPTU claims Coca Cola management has rejected a Labour Court recommendation aimed at ending a six-week dispute at the company's Irish operation.

A MAJOR investment at online payment company PayPal will create 35 highly-skilled jobs, it was announced yesterday.

A major investment at online payment company PayPal will create 35 new highly-skilled jobs, it was announced today.

Around 250 jobs are being lost at Wyeth Medica Ireland in Co Kildare, it was announced this afternoon.

FOOD safety chiefs closed a cafe, take-away and a delicatessen food-maker following their latest round of hygiene checks.

DATA ELECTRONICS, one of Ireland’s leading providers of IT outsourcing and Managed Services has announced a €25 million investment in the expansion of a new 40,000 sq ft data centre facility in Ballycoolin, Dublin 15.

IT outsourcing company Data Electronics has announced a €25m investment in the expansion of a new 40,000 sq ft data centre facility in Ballycoolin in Dublin.

Hundreds of jobs are under threat at a Xerox call centre in north-west Dublin after a company review of its Irish operations, it emerged today.

A 21-year-old traveller who stabbed a man after a boxing contest and later made a threat to kill another man during which he fired a shotgun has been sentenced to seven years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Tesco is to open a new €70m distribution centre at Donabate, north Co Dublin, bringing 600 jobs to the area.

Eighteen people have been hospitalised following a collision between a bus and a truck in the Blanchardstown area of west Dublin this morning.

GARDAÍ yesterday seized firearms and a large quantity of drugs in a planned search of a Traveller’s site in west Dublin.

Waste management company Greenstar's new CEO Steve Cowman has said the company will invest €80m in its national waste infrastructure next year.