Homeless father Gerard Doyle said the response to a dispute he has with a hostel his family is in — during which the Armed Support Unit (ASU) was dispatched — was “totally out of proportion”.

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC)  has launched an investigation into the temporary loss of a Garda sub-machine gun and ammunition, citing reports of an “apparent lack of security” in the incident.

New units of heavily armed Gardaí are on the streets of Dublin amid fears more death threats are circulating in a gangland feud which has claimed three lives.