Gardaí are investigating after a number of armed men fired shots through the front door of a house in Mahon on the southside of Cork city last night.

Gardaí responded to reports of a burglary in progress in the Rochestown area where the suspect vehicle rammed a garda car and left the scene.

Gardaí are questioning a man in his 20s after a woman was threatened at knife-point during an attempted car-jacking incident on the southside of Cork city last night.

The actions of gardaí on patrol duties in Tipperary resulted in the seizure of an estimated €550,000 worth of drugs and just over €20,000 in cash.

Gardaí in Carlow have seized drugs with an estimated street value of €125,000.

A top lieutenant in the Kinahan crime cartel is being questioned for suspected money laundering in a major operation led by the Criminal Assets Bureau.

A well-known criminal from the Crumlin area of south Dublin is the main target of the operation, which was carried out this morning and involved several armed units.

Two men have been arrested and drugs, a vehicle and mobile phones have been seized by Gardaí in Co Louth today.

Gardaí have issued a renewed appeal for information relating to the disappearance of Cork woman, Tina Satchwell, on the second anniversary of her disappearance, and said they have conducted over 330 lines of enquiry during their investigation.

Gardaí are investigating the robbery of a taxi man in Santry in Dublin.

A seven-year-old who died of leukaemia on New Year's Eve just months after he received 10,000 birthday cards from well-wishers from all over the world has been described at his requiem mass as a "miracle child" and a "gorgeous, happy chatty little man."

A major search operation is underway in east Cork this morning in connection with the disappearance of a woman earlier this year.

City Hall officials considered injuncting the Cork County GAA Board in a standoff over its mobility plan just hours before the revamped Páirc Uí Chaoimh hosted its first major games.

City Hall officials considered injuncting the Cork County GAA Board in a standoff over its mobility plan just hours before the revamped Páirc Uí Chaoimh hosted its first major games.

Latest: Gardai have said there is no indication yet that the Kinahan cartel was behind a major drugs seizure in Co Meath which the force confirmed this afternoon has netted €3.8 million worth of cannabis and ecstasy.

The Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald has confirmed high-profile raids by gardaí and other agencies on 41 trawlers in Cork and Dublin found no evidence of human trafficking or labour exploitation at any location.

The Garda Air Support Unit flew more than 1,500 hours last year, targeting crimes in progress and on one occasion locating a missing person who may not otherwise have survived the night.

Gardaí have arrested a teenager in Dublin after reports of a disturbance at a house involving a gun.

Gardaí targeting dissident republicans have uncovered a major cache of guns and bomb-making equipment in a search near the border.

Officials pull out all the stops for more than 30 sick children from Mercy University Hospital.

Cork County Council is teaming up with a village to host a family fun day aimed at keeping footpaths free from dog fouling.

A 34-year-old Dublin man has appeared in court charged in connection with the seizure of €63,000 worth of drugs in Finglas yesterday.

A man is due in court in Dublin this morning charged in connection with a drug seizure worth more than €60,000 in Finglas.

Local residents have scored a victory against drug dealers after information they provided to gardaí led to a major operation resulting in the overall arrest of 45 people.

Two people were arrested in Roscrea, Co Tipperary this morning as part of a garda crackdown on organised crime and drugs in the town.

A European-style police uniform — typified by a baseball hat, polo shirt, and heavy-duty boots — should be examined in the current root-and-branch review of An Garda Síochána, according to the force’s biggest staff body.

Two gardaí have been treated in hospital following an assault on the northside of Cork city last night, the Irish Examiner has reported.

Gardaí are preparing a file for the DPP after releasing without charge a man who was arrested after a €100,000 heroin seizure in Cork city.

A man was being questioned at a Cork City Garda station last night following what is believed to be the largest heroin seizure in the city this year.

Over €100,000 worth of drugs have been seized by Gardaí in Cork city.

Hundreds of passengers had to be diverted mid- flight over Ireland to allow a Garda helicopter to chase armed robbers yesterday.

A number of arrests were made this morning over a Real IRA show of strength at the funeral of one of its key figures in Dublin.

Gardaí have made 14 arrests in Dublin, Meath and Kildare this morning as part of an investigation into paramilitary activity.

More than half a million people packed Dublin city centre today as the annual St Patrick’s Day parade got under way.

GARDAÍ investigating the crimes of convicted rapist Larry Murphy have removed the concrete base of a remote hunter’s cabin near his Wicklow home.

More than 100 Gardaí are involved in a series of searches in Dublin this morning, as part of an operation targeting organised crime.

Documents and computers seized by detectives targeting members of feuding gangs were being examined today by the Criminal Assets Bureau.

The family of a man who disappeared more than a year ago faced an anxious wait tonight as forensic experts worked to identify a skull and skeletal remains found in a wooded area.

One man was arrested today after detectives seized cocaine with an estimated street value of €3.5m stashed in undergrowth beside a halting site.

GARDAÍ were yesterday drawing up a list of heroin addicts and street dealers who knew the latest gangland murder victim.

A week-long search in the Slieve Bloom Mountains as part of the investigation into the disappearance of missing Offaly woman Fiona Pender has proved fruitless.

Detectives were today scouring mountain woods for the body of a part-time model who vanished almost twelve years ago.