Man given three years for ramming garda vehicle

A young Dublin man who rammed a garda vehicle twice with a stolen car has been given a three-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

Ciaran Sands (aged 19) of Foster Terrace, Ballybough, pleaded guilty to stealing a Volkswagen Golf and driving recklessly, ramming a garda patrol car twice in Dublin city centre in the early hours of March 24, 2007.