Gardaí hope to bring charges as early as this evening in relation to a fatal stabbing of a father in Wexford at the weekend.

Gardaí in Co Wexford are investigating all of the circumstances surrounding the death of a 33-year-old man following a stabbing in a house in Gorey.

Gardaí have recovered further human remains, believed to be a decapitated head, in a burnt-out car found overnight.

The grim discovery was made at the junction of Moatview Gardens and Drive.

A man in his 70s was arrested following the incident

The 11-year old boy was found dead in a house in Limerick city last night has been named locally as Brooklyn Colbert.

Gardaí are hoping that CCTV footage, forensic tests on a knife and eye-witness accounts will progress their investigation into the fatal stabbing of a father-of-two.

The downgrading of a key garda station along the border between Cavan and Fermanagh has resulted in police being unable to provide an effective service, frontline gardaí have said.

Gardaí are cautioning that it could take some time before the results of their forensic examination of the suspected torture site of company executive Kevin Lunney become known.

Gardaí are forensically examining a container in rural Co Cavan that may have been where company executive Kevin Lunney was beaten and tortured.

A man, 80s, arrested in connection with the shooting remains in custody at Castlebar Garda Station.

An Garda Síochána have commenced a search for Saoirse Smyth, disappeared in April 2017, in a forested area in Omeath, Co. Louth.

Detectives are questioning a suspect in relation to the fatal stabbing of a man in a laneway in Dublin's north east inner city early this morning.

The brother and sister, aged seven and five respectively, escaped unharmed after they discovered a loaded handgun on a green area near their home on Castlecurragh estate in the Mulhuddart area

The discovery was made when a car was intercepted by gardaí in during an operation in the Clonsilla area shortly after 7pm last night.

Gardaí are investigating following the discovery of a man's body in Dublin.

Gardaí are questioning a man in his 40s after the death of a woman in County Mayo.

The body of a woman has been found in Co Mayo.

Blood patterns in the room where 14-year-old Anastasia Kriegel's body was found indicate she was struck several times with a weapon while she lay on the floor, a blood spatter analyst has told the trial of the two boys accused of her murder.

The victim received an apparent stab wound at about 8.10pm this evening at Finsbury Park, Dundrum, gardaí have said.

Ana Kriegel’s murder trial has been hearing evidence about the discovery of the schoolgirl’s body in a derelict farmhouse last May.

Two teenagers will go on trial tomorrow, having pleaded not guilty to murdering Kildare schoolgirl Anastasia Kriegel, in a case that the judge warned would be upsetting.

A man on trial at the Special Criminal Court gave no reply when asked by gardaí to account for the presence of 150kg of explosives in a car in which he was a front seat passenger, the court has heard.

The body of 27-year-old Jasmine McMonagle was found at her home at the Forest Park Estate in Killygordon yesterday morning.

A young mother-of-two died after suffering suspected knife wounds at her home in Co Donegal.

Gardaí were confronted with a gruesome murder scene when they discovered a young man with his genitals mutilated at a rented house in south Dublin.

Gardaí have launched a murder investigation after a post mortem showed a mother of two died from asphyxiation.

A man in his 30s remains in custody as gardaí investigating the discovery of the body of Amanda Carroll conduct a murder investigation.

A man in his mid-30s has been arrested in relation to the investigation.

A dig to uncover the remains of a man believed to have been shot during the Civil War in Mid-Kerry has finished without result.

Latest: Gardaí have launched a murder investigation after the body of a man was found at Butler Park off the Cheeverstown Road in Tallaght earlier today.

Jastine Valdez was manually strangled to death a short time after being abducted by her suspected killer, Mark Hennessy.

DNA results, due this week, could provide a major breakthrough in the investigation into the brutal murder of teenager Anastesia Kriegel.

Gardaí are waiting for forensic results on items removed from the scene where teenager Anastasia Kriegel was murdered to see if they were used in her death.

Detectives were last night seeking to speak to a number of people who are thought to have been with a teenage girl who was subsequently subjected to a violent death.

Detectives were last night set to consult the Director of Public Prosecutions on whether to bring charges against a man for the murder of Natalia Karaczyn.

A garda suffered swelling and bad bruising to his head, and had his left eye swollen shut, after being subjected to a ferocious beating with metal baseball bat.

Gardaí are investigating a death on a farm in Portumna, Co. Galway.

The partner of a man who was fatally stabbed at her home on Wednesday night arrived at the scene shortly after the attack, it has emerged.

Gardaí are investigating the discovery of a man's body at a flat in Limerick tonight.

Relatives of a pensioner found dead in her Limerick home yesterday were said to be “distressed and shocked” after gardaí confirmed they were treating her death as suspicious.

Latest: The Garda Technical Bureau is examining the scene in Dublin where a woman was killed last night.