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A Westmeath "rampant addict" who picked up a van loaded with heroin valued at €1.6 million because of his €25,000 "drugs debt", has been jailed for seven years by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

A Galway cocaine addict who had sex with a 14-year-old schoolgirl in a Dublin hotel room has been sentenced to three years by Judge Patricia Ryan.

A Galway man on trial for knocking down and killing a cyclist has been found not guilty of dangerous driving causing death.

The jury in the trial of a 68-year-old former top-flight professional footballer accused of raping and sexually abusing his daughter over a three year period have been discharged after failing to agree a verdict.

The jury in the trial of a former top-flight professional footballer accused of raping and sexually abusing his daughter over a three year period has been discharged after failing to agree a verdict.

An alcoholic schizophrenic Westmeath resident who threw missiles at gardai during the 2006 "Love Ulster" parade riot has been given a three year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Kilkenny roofer who transported cocaine valued at over €200,000 because of his so-called “drugs debt” to criminals, will be sentenced later by Judge Rory MacCabe.

An assault case which had been listed for hearing had to be adjourned yesterday after a violent scuffle broke out resulting in a witness being punched in the nose and seriously injured.

Up to 200 “boy racers” were travelling around Galway city last August in convoys and gathering in car parks to show off their skills and their wanton disregard for their safety and the safety of others.

A case in which a man persistently harassed members of a neighbouring family threatening to kill one of them has been adjourned so that proper treatment and services can be made available to him.