Families caught up in the Drogheda feud are experiencing “severe trauma” and struggling to find the necessary help, a support group has said.

Gardaí are gathering DNA samples to determine if dismembered body parts found in a Dublin suburb on Monday night are those of a teenager under threat from drug bosses.

Gardaí have arrested three men in connection with a fire in Drogheda, Co Louth, which left a woman in her 70s injured.

END Of The Affair, a costly failure on her debut, can redress the balance in the Gowran Park Golf and Leisure Maiden at the Kilkenny track this afternoon.

The Minister for Justice Michael McDowell today came under pressure in the Dáil after the latest fatal shooting – the third attack of its kind in just over a week.