A former estate agent who operated a €1.6m "Ponzi"scheme has lost an appeal against his six-year jail sentence.

A FORMER estate agent who stole €1.6 million after he used solicitor Gerald Kean’s name to encourage 25 investors to take part in a “Ponzi” scheme has been jailed for six years.

A former estate agent who stole €1.6m after he used solicitor Gerald Keane’s name to encourage 25 investors to participate in a “Ponzi” scheme has been jailed for six years.

A cocaine-addicted father who was caught with almost €140,000 in cannabis resin has been given a seven-year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A man who defrauded 12 potential tenants of almost €30,000 in an South Dublin apartment scam has been remanded on bail pending sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.