THE extent of the problem of cocaine abuse was yet again highlighted yesterday at a coroner’s court, which heard about a young mother of one who was found dead in bed after taking cocaine.

A court today turned down an appeal by the DPP against the leniency of prison sentences given to two Dublin men who were jailed for an intended Continuity IRA pipe bomb attack on the city's northside.

Two Dublin men who admitted having a pipe bomb on the city's northside were sentenced to six years imprisonment, with the final three years suspended, by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

Two Dublin men were charged at the Special Criminal Court this evening in connection with the discovery of a pipe bomb under a van in north Dublin yesterday.