The Customs Service has uncovered an illegal oil laundering plant capable of processing more than 2.5 million litres of fuel per year in Dublin.
It was found on an industrial site in the Ballycoolin area of Blanchardstown last night.
Inside the oil laundering plant Credit: Customs Service /PA Wire
A spokeswoman for the service said the plant used a "relatively unsophisticated method of fuel laundering which involves filtering the fuel through cat litter."
Equipment and a van were seized from the site but no arrests were made.
A customs official looks inside a tank at the plant Credit: Customs Service /PA Wire
Customs officials say the plant could have caused a potential loss of £1.75 million to the Exchequer, and warned motorists that laundered fuel can harm vehicles.
The oil was processed using 'unsophisticated' techniques officials said Credit: Customs Service /PA Wire
Thin Lizzy statue pushed over and almost split in half
Statue in honour of Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott in Dublin Credit: PA WireThe statue was almost split in half when it was pushed over Credit: PA WirePolice believe two men, thought to be in their 20s, pushed the statue over Credit: PA Wire
Andy Carroll 'quizzed by police over alleged Dublin assault'
West Ham striker Andy Carroll was quizzed by Police in Dublin after a photographer was allegedly assaulted as the player left a fast food restaurant in Dublin, the Daily Mirror reported.
West Ham released a statement to the newspaper which said: "Andy Carroll was in Dublin as part of a social trip with full permission of the management team.
West Ham striker Andy Carroll was in Dublin as part of a social trip. Credit: PA Wire
“Andy agreed to have a number of pictures taken at the request of a photographer who was waiting on the street.
“Despite this, the photographer then carried on taking photos in the close proximity of Andy and was politely asked to stop by the private security team working on the trip.
“When he then continued taking more photos he was restrained by the security team for Andy’s safety.
“Eyewitnesses state at no point was there any physical contact between Andy and the photographer.
“The Garda took statements from the group back at the hotel and no further action was taken.”
A Garda spokeswoman said no arrests had been made but the incident is under investigation, the Daily Mirror reported.
Louis Walsh wins damages over false 'sex attack' story
X Factor judge Louis Walsh (centre) on his way into court with his legal team solicitor Paul Tweed (right) and Gavin Bonner (left) Credit: Julien Behal/PA Wire
Louis Walsh won a defamation case against The Sun over a story last year based on a false allegation that he sexually assaulted a man in a Dublin night-spot.
Walsh took legal action against the publisher for damages over the article published on 23 June 2011 with the headline "Louis Probed Over 'Sex Attack' on Man in Loo".
The man who made the allegation - an unemployed dance teacher called Leonard Watters - was jailed for six months in July for wrongly accusing Walsh of groping him after a Westlife concert in April 2011.
Young men jump into the water off a sea wall at Bray, Co. Dublin as the warm weather continues across Ireland Credit: Niall Carson/PA WireA kayaker cools off in the water at Bray, Co. Dublin as the warm weather continues across Ireland Credit: Niall Carson/PA Wire
A little girl gets into the spirit of St Patrick's Day as she watches the annual parade through Dublin city centre Credit: PA More than half a million people packed Dublin city centre as the annual St Patrick's Day parade got under way Credit: PAA man celebrates during the St Patrick's Day parade through Dublin Credit: PA Crowds gather to watch the annual St Patrick's Day parade through Dublin Credit: PA
