A YOUNG Laois man is to be sentenced next month for the robbery of a car which subsequently crashed after being driven at speed through the town two years ago.

A PROBATION report has been ordered on a Mountmellick man who has been warned he could be facing a six-year prison sentence after drugs were found near his home while it was being searched for fireworks by gardáí over three years ago.

A FORMER Irish boxing champion from Portlaoise carried out a violent, unprovoked assault on the way home from a night out, after spiraling out of control on drugs during the Covid lockdown.