Graffiti saying 'No Blacks' has been spray-painted on a wall at Dublin's Poolbeg lighthouse.

There have been demands for increased garda resources to combat anti-social behaviour along Dublin's Grand Canal after a scrambler bike struck a young woman, inflicting serious injuries.

It is alleged the woman was assaulted at the tram station in Rialto on Friday evening.

An ex-military policeman who lived in dilapidated circumstances in Dublin 8 was found badly decomposed in his home, an inquest has heard.

The new appointees are Brendan Lenihan, with expertise in financial planning and management, and Fergus O’Kelly, Clinical Professor in general practice and family medicine.

People in positions of power need to go out to communities battling drugs, crime and neglect and put resources into them and give people living there “a chance”, a conference on young people and gangs has heard.

A foreign student was robbed after being led down a lane way by a woman she had stopped to ask directions from, a court has heard.

The Criminal Assets Bureau has conducted searches targeting the purchase of properties by an associate of the Kinahan crime cartel.

Rolex watches, a drone and €4,500 in cash are among the items that have been seized during searches across Dublin.

Children should help with housework, as it will teach them discipline, independence, respect, and a sense of belonging, says Áilín Quinlan

Crowds 10ft deep cheered as runners completed the final stretch of yesterday’s Dublin Marathon.

For a tangible expression of motherly love, see Adrienne Murphy and Caoimh Connolly, mother and child, faces pressed tenderly together in a photo of a protest at the Dáil when Caoimh was just a tot.

Gardaí have asked for the public's help to find Jason White, who has been missing from Coolock since March 21.

The health watchdog, HIQA, have found more than 100 foster carers have not been put through the required repeat vetting.

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A man has appeared in court today charged with an armed robbery in Dublin.

A 29-year-old man has been charged in connection with an armed robbery in Dublin.

An award-winning balloon artist, who suffered whiplash and lower back injuries in a rear-ending crash, has been awarded more than €22,500 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

A judge yesterday banned a 74-year-old peace activist from entering Co Clare arising from an alleged incursion into Shannon Airport.

A couple who massacred 14 people at a holiday party in California were discussing martyrdom online a year before they met in person and married, FBI director James Comey said.

Separate operations in Cork, Dublin, and Wexford will have a “significant impact” on the supply of heroin, according to senior gardaí.

A total of 46 out of 65 properties were sold at the first Allsop online auction, which concluded today.

Enda Kenny accused anti-water charge Socialist TD Ruth Coppinger of attempting to “lead a mob” as he refused to call for the release of protesters from jail.

HEROIN, a play about addiction to the drug, and written by artist and activist, Grace Dyas, is coming to Cork as part of a national tour.

A blaze has broken out at a disused cinema in Dublin.

The mother of a man who beat his fiancée unconscious has been acquitted of impeding his arrest by bringing him to an airport and giving him money.

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating an aggravated burglary at a house in Rialto.

A father of two who left an elderly priest with a fractured skull and multiple facial cuts after he attacked him with an iron bar in his home has been remanded on bail pending sentence.

Gardaí are investigating a burglary in the Rialto area of Dublin this morning.

A circuit court judge has strongly criticised the juvenile justice system as being incapable of dealing with violent young men who "prowl the streets taking their opportunities as they arrive".

Three men who took part in a vicious attack in Dublin city centre on two US tourists who had tried to stop a robbery will be sentenced on Monday.

The parents of a German student said they are "relieved that this chapter is closed" after a Dublin man was sentenced to eight years with the final year and a half suspended for the manslaughter of their student son in 2012.

A teenager who murdered a German student in a fatal stabbing in Dublin has been described as the "ringleader" of the attack by a judge who has sentenced him to seven years detention.

A man has today pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a German student who was stabbed to death in Rialto, Dublin in December 2012.

A teenager has been found guilty of murdering a German student in Dublin.

A man and woman accused of trying to rob a petrol station in Dublin last night have been refused bail.

Gardaí have objected to bail for two people accused of trying to rob a petrol station in Dublin last night.

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A man who assaulted his girlfriend and left her hospitalised for four months with serious brain injuries has been sentenced to six years in prison, with the final 12 months suspended.

A man who assaulted his girlfriend and left her hospitalised for four months with serious brain injuries has been sentenced to six years in prison, with the final 12 months suspended.

A man was arrested last night by gardaí investigating the death of a man who had been beaten and set alight inside a sleeping bag in Dublin’s Phoenix Park.

An elderly priest is recovering in hospital after suffering a fractured skull after an intruder attacked him at his home in Rialto in Dublin.

A man is due in court this morning in connection with an aggravated burglary in Dublin.

A new generation of violent young criminals are among the suspects for a reckless gun attack outside a Dublin pub which left a drug boss with serious head wounds and three innocent bystanders with minor injuries.

A father of one with a long criminal record has lost an appeal against his 6-year jail sentence for an armed raid on a bookmakers in Dublin.

Consumers has been told to shop around when looking for home insurance as the difference in quotes from insurance companies could be over €300.

Bus Eireann and Dublin Bus are set to lose 10% of their routes to private operators.

Four people have been arrested by Gardaí investigating the murder of a young man at Grand Canal Place in Dublin earlier this month.