A Dublin man has lost his appeal against the severity of a ten-year jail term handed down to him for his role in a multi-million euro drugs operation.

A 38-year-old grandfather who was caught mixing and packaging cocaine valued over €2m in a rented council house in Lucan has been given a ten-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 24-year-old man is being treated for injuries to the knee after he was shot in the Finglas area of Dublin overnight.