A Trinity College graduate and three men intercepted by armed gardaí outside the premises of a gun dealer have received sentences ranging from six to seven years for the possession of firearms and ammunition.

A Trinity College graduate and two men who were intercepted by armed gardaí outside the premises of a firearms dealer have been found guilty of the possession of handguns and ammunition.

A prominent member of socialist republican group Éirígí is one of four Dublin people who appeared before an out-of-hours sitting of the Special Criminal Court this evening, charged with possessing two handguns and ammunition.

An American man was tonight being questioned by gardai after customs officers at Dublin Airport found he had swallowed 80 pellets of cocaine valued at €56,000.

Gardaí in Co Dublin have arrested two men aged 41 and 24 following the seizure of 400 kilos of cannabis near the M50 motorway this morning.