A "mid level drug dealer" who was caught selling heroin twice in a fortnight by plain clothes gardaí posing as drug addicts has received a three year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Gardaí in Ballyfermot, west Dublin have seized heroin with a street value of €100,000 today after a week long surveillance operation.

THREE people were recovering in hospital last night after separate knife attacks in Dublin and Meath early yesterday morning.

Two men are recovering in hospital this morning after being stabbed in separate incidents in the Ballyfermot area of Dublin last night.