It takes approximately twenty seconds of travel on a canal barge to seriously consider moving to a houseboat. We were on the Royal Canal, heading for a jaunt west, from Castleknock railway station to Clonsilla, and I was hooked. The heart rate slowed. I haven’t felt as one with my surroundings since the last time I had a bath.

‘Not a day goes by that I don’t think about what happened to Louise and what we could have done to prevent Shane’s death’

Two people are due in court this morning in connection with the discovery of guns in West Dublin.

The discovery was made when a car was intercepted by gardaí in during an operation in the Clonsilla area shortly after 7pm last night.

At both primary and secondary level, school places for special needs children are at a premium and parents are under huge pressure with the lack of supports, writes Noel Baker

A Limerick man has been remanded in custody after he was charged with attempted murder in connection with a shooting in Mulhuddart, in Dublin.

A fourth man arrested yesterday remains in garda custody.

Lee Boylan, 24, was seriously injured after he was shot a number of times on March 6.

A man is due in court this morning in connection with a shooting incident in West Dublin.

Gardaí are investigating after shots were fired in Dublin and Dundalk.

The target, Lee Boylan, is fighting for his life in hospital after being shot three times in the upper body as he sat in his car at traffic lights.

A High Court judge wants the Court of Appeal to decide significant legal issues “clearly of considerable public importance” and potentially affecting hundreds of repossession cases.

A High Court judge wants the Court of Appeal to decide significant legal issues "clearly of considerable public importance", potentially affecting hundreds of repossession cases.

The Court of Appeal has today reserved its judgement in an appeal taken by David Mahon over the severity of his seven-year sentence for killing his stepson.

Courtmacsherry Bay is one of only two coastal areas in the whole of Ireland to fail to meet water quality standards.

Only 21 sites achieved the highest EU quality rating from 2013 to 2015, compared to over 500 water sources in the late 1980s.

Update - Monday, August 21, 7.15pm: Aishling Donnelly has been found safe and well.

Update - 9.57am: A post mortem examination on remains found in Coolmine Woods in Dublin 15 has proved inconclusive.

Update - 10.57am: Gardaí are treating the death as suspicious and are investigating whether the remains belong to a woman who disappeared last month.

DNA matching a murder accused was identified on a glove and wig found alongside the sub-machine gun alleged to have been used in an attack that left a 36-year-old dead, a trial heard today.

A little boy who had to have the tip of his thumb amputated after he caught it on a playground gate has settled his High Court action for €41,000, writes Ann O'Loughlin.

A 34-year-old man has gone on trial accused of murdering another man at a Pigeon Club in West Dublin.

Future stars of stage and screen gathered gongs and shared the red carpet with celebrities at a student theatre event in Dublin.

A man who punched a barrister during his trial has been jailed for life for murdering his ex-girlfriend in Dublin five years ago.

A man has pleaded not guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend in Dublin.

Searches for new homes on Daft.ie increased by 125% last week on the back of the “Help-To-Buy” scheme launch.

Every county in Ireland needs more services and facilities and the social glue applied by boots-on-the-ground workers like the GAA’s GPOs, writes Brendan O’Brien

A Dublin man has gone on trial accused of stabbing his wife’s son to death following a row over his bicycle.

A Dublin man accused of murdering his wife’s son will find out today if his application to adjourn next week’s trial has been successful.

Gardaí are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the bodies of a man and a young boy in a stream near Dublin’s Royal Canal.

Gardaí in Dublin are trying to track down a taxi driver who may have witnessed a fatal New Year's crash.

Separate knife attacks over Halloween night in Dublin left one man dead and another two fighting for their lives.

Two men remain in Garda custody this morning, in connection with a seizure of cash in west Dublin over the weekend.

Organised crime detectives have seized more than a quarter of a million euro during an operation targeting drug trafficking.

A man charged in connection with a fatal shooting in west Dublin will re-appear in court today.

A disgraced garda and former GAA star has been fined €2,000 but was spared jail for defrauding a bank out of €450 in an ATM scam.

The innocent father of two gunned down in a gangland attack last Friday was driving a car belonging to the intended target, it has emerged.

A Dublin-based garda will go on trial in June accused of taking part in an alleged ATM scam.

Investigators from both the Garda Ombudsman and An Garda Síochána are waiting to interview a group of five youths — including three teenagers, one as young as 13 — in relation to a horrific car crash which left an innocent woman dead.

A nurse has been convicted and jailed for life for murdering her mother during a Christmas Eve row in Dublin four years ago.

It was apt that on Father’s Day, Pat McConnon could boast to being the proudest Dad in the land.

A man has told his sister's murder trial that her former partner stabbed him in the chest and head after bursting into her home in Clonsilla in Dublin.

A 43-year-old man made no reply when he was charged with the murder of his partner Audrey Fitzpatrick’s son, Dean, who died following a stabbing incident last year, a court has heard.

Two men have appeared in court in Dublin charged in connection with an attempted robbery at a post office in Clonsilla.

Two men have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery in Dublin.

A member of staff at the National Library has been arrested over the suspected theft of a large number of books and valuable artifacts.

A man has been arrested over the theft of historical items from the National Library of Ireland.