Gardaí have carried out a series of raids as part of their hunt for the armed gang that shot Garda Paul Sherlock.

Gardaí in Dublin are continuing to hunt for two men involved in the shooting of a uniformed officer in the north of the city yesterday morning.

The Government today vowed a relentless war against gangland violence after an unarmed police officer was gunned down in Dublin.

President of Ireland Mary McAleese today led condemnation of the shooting of an unarmed Garda officer in the centre of Dublin.

A garda is in a stable condition in hospital after being shot in the chest in north Dublin this morning.

President Mary McAleese led the mourners at the funeral today of garda detective sergeant John Eiffe, who was accidentally shot dead last week by a colleague during an attempted bank raid in Abbeyleix, Co Laois.

The President, Mary McAleese, will lead mourners at the funeral mass of garda sergeant John Eiffe this morning.

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, has expressed his sympathy to the family of the garda shot dead in Abbeyleix, Co Laois, yesterday evening.

An Assistant Commissioner has been appointed to conduct a “comprehensive investigation” into the circumstances surrounding the death of a garda in Abbeyleix, Co Laois, yesterday afternoon.