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Man with false passport jailed for 9 months
A man who told gardaí he had a false passport for his own protection when he was caught using the document trying to board a flight for Amsterdam has been jailed for nine months, writes Barry Roche.
Gerard Dundon from Hyde Road, Limerick, pleaded guilty at Cork District Court yesterday to possessing the false passport in the name of Terence Ruth at Cork Airport on July 4th.
Dundon (21) said he was going to Amsterdam for a few days as he had been advised by gardaí in Limerick that his life was in danger. He planned to return on July 6th, he said. Dundon is serving a 10-month sentence for over 30 motoring offences.
Heroin found in Phibsboro raid
Two men who were questioned by gardaí following the seizure of heroin in Dublin with an estimated value of €200,000 were released last night, writes Steven Carroll.
The drugs were found during a raid on a house in Synnott Place, Phibsboro, on Tuesday. The men, aged 39 and 46, who were arrested following the discovery, were released without charge.
Funeral of filmmaker
The funeral is taking place today of filmmaker, broadcaster, singer and song-collector David Hammond, one of the early members of the Field Day Theatre Company, who died on Monday, writes Gerry Moriarty.
The funeral is at St Finnian's Parish Church in Cregagh in his native east Belfast at 1pm with committal afterwards to Roselawn Crematorium.
Mr Hammond, who was 79, is survived by his wife Eileen and children, Catherine, Fiona, Conor and Maryann.
Appeal over knife robbery of coins
Gardaí have issued a fresh appeal to the public for information regarding the theft of coins from a security van in Dublin last week.
Two raiders used knives to threaten security staff who were collecting the coins from parking meters on behalf of Dublin Corporation in the King's Inn Street area of the north city.The two security officers were tied up and locked in their van.