A sitting of Wicklow Circuit Criminal Court heard that Alan Melia had taken a brand new Toyota Land Cruiser from the driveway of a house at Blacklion, Greystones, Co Wicklow, before crashing it a short distance away on Killincarrig Road, Greystones.

A “danger to society”, who was spending €600 a week on drugs, has been jailed for a further two years for headbutting a graveyard flower seller

Alan Melia (29) pleaded guilty to robbery at an Applegreen filling station in Co Down, and endangerment, dangerous driving and criminal damage at various locations on the M1 in Co Louth