A round-up of today's other stories in brief.
Five years for concealing cannabis resin
A father of two who concealed €70,000 worth of cannabis resin in a suspended ceiling in the bathroom of his house was jailed for five years yesterday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.
Seamus Hayes (39), of Togher Road, Cork, previously pleaded guilty to one count of being in possession of 10 kilos of cannabis resin with an estimated street value of €70,000.
Yesterday the court heard that Mr Hayes allegedly carried out the storage of the drugs for a paltry once-off payment of just €200. Mr Hayes's defence counsel, Blaise O'Carroll, said his client pleaded guilty to one count of possession of drugs at the first available opportunity.
He described him as an "unlikely" candidate in relation to drugs offences, citing his cannabis addiction as a factor in his present predicament.
Judge Patrick Moran jailed Mr Hayes for five years and directed that he be given every assistance in conquering his alcohol and drugs addiction.
An application by Mr O'Carroll to appeal the severity of the sentence was refused by Judge Moran.
Disciplinary hearing adjourned
The High Court has adjourned proceedings in which a senior administrator with Dublin Waterworld Ltd, trading as the National Aquatic Centre, claimed she was subject to bullying and harassment by senior managers after she refused a request to remove "certain documents".
Orla Scott had secured an interim injunction last Wednesday restraining Dublin Waterworld from proceeding with a disciplinary investigation against her on Thursday. The interim order was granted by Ms Justice Mary Laffoy and applied to yesterday.
When the case was mentioned yesterday, it was adjourned on consent to November 20th to allow time for DWL to respond to the claims.
Marguerite Bolger, for DWL, said Ms Scott was suspended on full pay and DWL would undertake not to proceed with a disciplinary hearing pending the matter returning to court.
On that basis, and with the consent of Mr Conor Kearney, for Ms Scott, Ms Justice Laffoy adjourned the case to November 20th.
At Wednesday's hearing, Mr Kearney said Ms Scott was asked in February 2003 "to remove certain documents" but had refused. She was then subject to bullying and harassment by senior managers in DWL, counsel said.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court will next week hear DWL's appeal against a High Court order for forfeiture of the lease for the National Aquatic Centre.
Hoax bomb at Garda station
An Army ordnance disposal unit had to deal with a hoax bomb left in a Garda station by a man who Judge Michael White at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court said had "a nasty mind".
John Hennessy (41) of St Begnet's Villas, Dalkey, was given a three-year suspended sentence after making a false report which tended to give rise to apprehension for the safety of other persons on March 12th, 2005.
Judge White told Hennessy he didn't believe his claim that he found the device in a skip and that it was obvious he put it together himself.
"It was a clear example of a nasty mind at work," the judge said.