Garda checkpoints and armed patrols are back in the heartland of the Kinahan cartel in south Dublin to prevent retaliation for the “barbaric” murder of Hutch associate Noel Duggan.

Gardaí fear a further round of bloodshed in the Kinahan-Hutch feud after a long-time associate of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch was gunned down in Co Meath last night.

A man in his 30s remains in Garda custody this morning in connection with an armed robbery at a Dublin building society.

Gardaí are investigating a cash-in-transit robbery in Ratoath, Co Meath.

Gardaí in Co Meath are investigating an assault in Ashbourne in the early hours of this morning.

Two armed raiders have escaped with a substantial sum of money following a robbery at a supermarket in Co Meath this morning.

Two men are being held by gardaí following an attempted taxi hi-jacking in Co Meath.

The start of the bank holiday weekend has left three people dead after car crashes.