Gardaí are treating the discovery of a body of a man in a container in Ballymun as a personal tragedy at this time, they announced this evening.

A court has heard the moment a would-be assassin loaded a Beretta handgun and gloated to a co-plotter “we’re laughing with this” before armed Gardaí intercepted their bugged vehicle.

Gardaí have confirmed a man murdered in Lucan in Dublin on Monday night died after being shot a number of times.

Gardaí suspect the latest gangland murder victim was lured by his own gang associates or someone close to him at the behest of a rival crime boss.

Gardaí have arrested 24 people under emergency anti-gang laws within the last year.

Gardaí have found a loaded gun and bullets in wasteground in Dublin.

A spend of €12.39m on over-time last year to police the ongoing Kinahan Hutch feud contributed to an overall overtime bill of €117m for the Gardaí last year.

It is being reported that the murder of Clive Staunton in Co. Kildare could be linked to a seizure of cigarettes in Dublin in recent weeks.

A man who admitted possession of a firearm and being part of a conspiracy to murder a Dublin man has been jailed by the Special Criminal Court for 11 years.

Gardaí are seeking to arrest a number of people based outside of Ireland in relation to the murder of Eddie Hutch.

Gardaí have seized a loaded gun and arrested two men after stopping and searching a car in Dublin today.

Dublin's new Lord Mayor has offered to make the Mansion House available for mediation talks in the city’s ongoing gangland feud.

Gardaí say they have foiled 52 gangland murders since the Regency Hotel shooting.

Three men have appeared in court in connection with the seizure of a stash of guns in Dublin.

Gardaí say close to 50 credible threats to life have been averted in recent months.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has warned members of the Kinahan and Hutch gangs at the centre of a spate of murders in inner city Dublin they have “no hiding place” and will be tracked down for their “brutal and heinous” murders.

The sister of one of the victims of the ongoing Hutch / Kinhahan gangland feud has appealed for those involved in the feud to think of the children who are left behind.

Latest: Hundreds of people took part in a candle-lit vigil in Dublin's north inner city this evening for Derek Coakley Hutch.

Latest: Gardaí say the arrests of four men for conspiracy to murder in Dublin is one of the most significant operations ever undertaken in the State.

A man is due in court in the morning in connection with the seizure of a handgun and ammunition in West Dublin.

The Justice Minister says he wants to end the 'scourge' of gangland killings in Dublin.

Gardai have renewed their appeal for information after a father of three was shot dead in a local feud in Dublin last night.

The second murder victim has been named in the gangland shooting that claimed two lives and injured three others.

The Minister for Justice, Charlie Flanagan, has commended An Garda Síochána for the arrest of two men on Monday night who were travelling through Dublin with a loaded gun.

Two men have been arrested and a loaded firearm has been seized by Gardai in Dublin.

Three teenagers have been hospitalised with “minor injuries” sustained in a shooting incident in Ballymun.

It’s been four months since dissident republic leader Aidan O’Driscoll was brutally gunned down on a street in Cork. But painstaking detective work has led to the arrests of six people, and more arrests are expected, reports Eoin English

Ireland was one of eight EU countries targeted in a sophisticated cocaine-trafficking operation from Brazil which involved 200 couriers.

The four man gang arrested by armed police in Amsterdam last Sunday night have been charged with a number of offences in a Dutch court today.

There is an acute threat of violence hanging over part of Dublin this weekend from the Kinahan-Hutch feud as gardaí prepare a security plan for the first anniversary of the murder of Kinahan ‘lieutenant’ David Byrne.

Crime bosses have lost more than €8m in cash, €65m worth of drugs and almost 100 luxury vehicles as a result of Garda anti-gangland operations in the last year.

Commissioner’s briefing comes on back of heavy blows against gangland, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

A film shoot took a dramatic real-life twist for students at a Kerry school when armed gardaí swooped on the scene.

Gardaí are fearing “some form of spectacular” from both sides of the Kinahan-Hutch feud as the anniversary of the Regency Hotel attack approaches next week.

The garda overtime bill in Dublin rose by €7m in the first half of the year.

Dublin based dissident republican Vincent Ryan died of gunshot wounds to the head. Ryan, from Grange Abbey Drive in Donaghmede, died on February 29, 2016.

A Fianna Fáil Senator has today called for tougher measures to deal with gun crime.

A mother of two sons murdered in gangland style killings said ‘she is a broken woman’ following her loss.

Gardai have taken more than 300 statements in relation to the death of gangland murder victim Paul Kavanagh. 

Gardaí have seized heroin with an estimated street value of €1.4m and cannabis herb, with a estimated value of €10,000 in Dublin, it has emerged..

Update 2.19pm: Gardai investigating the murder at the Regency Airport Hotel last February said today that they are keen to trace the movements of a silver coloured Ford Transit 03D 58865 around Buckingham St in the days prior to the shooting.

Update 3.19pm: A man charged as part of the investigation into Gareth Hutch’s murder has been refused bail this afternoon.

A woman arrested as part of the investigation into Gareth Hutch’s murder has appeared in court today charged with withholding information.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald is to look for extra resources to help the Gardaí tackle gangland crime.