A father-of-three who crashed his car into a bollard following a chase and was later found hiding in an attic has been jailed for 18 months.

A garda has described how a suspect in a late night sexual assault “zig-zagged” to avoid street lighting while he ran away from the scene.

DIRECTOR of Consumer Affairs Carmel Foley yesterday welcomed the first prosecution of a pub for not displaying the price of certain drinks under a new law that allows traders to be fined up to €3,000 for this offence.

Three men caught with drugs worth nearly €3m have been sentenced to a combined total of 21 years in prison by Judge Yvonne Murphy at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.