A young man has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of repeatedly flashing a green laser at a garda helicopter in a manner which could have caused the pilot to crash.

GARDAÍ are bracing themselves for a renewal of a violent feud between the INLA and a criminal gang with the imminent release of two INLA men involved in a gruesome battle against the Dublin gang three years ago.

A 23-year-old man has been jailed for six years for the false imprisonment of four members of a Dublin Criminal gang.