A man has been shot and injured in what gardaí suspect is a second case of mistaken identity in recent days. The man who lives in Redford Park, Greystones, Co Wicklow, was named locally as Rupert Stanley.

A man is being treated in hospital after a shooting in Co Wicklow last night.

BISHOP BOYCE now “invites all survivors of clerical abuse to come to him for guidance”.

The father, uncle and aunt of a teenage boy missing for nearly two months appeared in court in the North today charged with abducting him.

THE death toll on Irish roads rose further when six people were killed in accidents in five counties on Saturday.

Gardaí and road safety groups are bracing themselves for the forthcoming August Bank Holiday weekend after six people died within 24 hours on Saturday.