Five inmates have been sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for their roles in a violent fracas at Mountjoy Prison three years ago.

A convicted criminal whose assault with "a high level of gratuitous violence" on a man walking his dog may leave the victim blind for life has been remanded in custody pending sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 28-year-old man found with over €1 million worth of cannabis has been jailed for eight years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A jury in a murder trial has heard that the deceased was shot once in the head in a busy Dublin pub in 2003 because he owed money for his protection.