A Dublin man accused of murder told gardaí he couldn’t remember where he was on the night of the alleged murder because he was "a very forgetful person", the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A convicted rapist who robbed two taxi-drivers at syringe-point and drove off in one of their cars has been jailed for seven years by Judge Patrick McCartan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has increased the prison sentence from one to five years imposed on a Dublin man for stabbing another man in what the court heard was an unprovoked attack.

Drugs with an estimated street value of €3.5m have been seized by Gardaí as part of a major international police operation today.

A crack cocaine addict who carried out 16 house burglaries within a year in various city suburbs has been remanded in custody pending sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.