The gardaí seized drugs worth over €560,000 following the interception of a vehicle on Wednesday.

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

A father of three who took part in an assault in which a carpenter's hand was cut off with a samurai sword has succeeded in having a quarter of his eight-year sentence suspended on appeal.

A Dublin woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison, with three years suspended, for the manslaughter of taxi driver Mark Smyth, who she stabbed in the face before her former partner Carlos Byrne stabbed him to death 40 times in March 2008.

The jury in the trial of a man and woman accused of murdering a taxi driver in Blanchardstown last year has heard that the man replied “I’m sorry” when arrested for the offence.

The jury in the trial of a man and woman accused of murdering a taxi driver who was killed in a frenzied knife attack last year in north Dublin was sent away today in order to allow legal argument in its absence.

ONE man received serious injuries and another had a lucky escape in two separate shootings overnight on Monday.

GARDAÍ believe the execution-style murder of criminal Andrew “Madser” Gilligan may trigger a round of revenge killings by drugs gangs battling for supremacy in west Dublin.

THE killers of Dublin gangland figure, Andrew Glennon, may have had an even more savage death planned for their victim.

Gardaí have named the victim of this morning's shooting in Clonee, Co Meath as Andrew Glennon.