Gardaí are hoping that forensic tests and CCTV footage will provide crucial evidence in their investigation into the shocking murder of Neil Reilly in west Dublin on Wednesday.

A man is in a serious in condition in hospital after he was shot up to six times in Dublin overnight.

An 18-year-old woman has been seriously assaulted in County Kildare.

A woman is in a critical condition following what Gardaí believe may have been a hit-and-run in Dublin yesterday morning.

A man who shot a colleague in the buttock at a recycling firm has been sentenced to seven years in jail, with the final three suspended.

A man has gone on trial accused of murdering Dublin mother of two Anna Finnegan who had been his partner for nearly 10 years.

Former crime boss John Gilligan is expected to recover after he escaped with his life despite being shot some four times at close range.

Two people are in Garda custody this morning in connection with a fatal shooting in Dublin yesterday.

A man has been shot in both legs in a gun attack, gardaí said tonight.

Government plans set to be announced next week could save the State €400m a year in legal cases against the HSE.

A cyclist has been seriously injured in crash in Blanchardstown in Dublin.

Gardaí have still not identified the dead man in his 20s found face down on farmland in north county Dublin, but they believe his death is not suspicious.

A number of black males, claiming to be friends of a 15-year-old Nigerian boy who was stabbed on Good Friday two years ago, were in a “highly agitated and aggressive state” when gardai arrived at the scene, a Central Court jury has heard.

A 15-year-old Nigerian boy died from 13 centimetre deep single stab wound through the heart on Good Friday two years ago, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard today.

A third man has died after two separate road accidents in Cavan and Dublin.

A 21-year-old man has died after a crash in Dublin this morning.

Gardaí investigating the murder of a woman in Dublin last night are appealing to the driver of a white car to contact them.

The family of a four-year-old who drowned at the National Aquatic Centre were in mourning last night, with gardaí set to review CCTV footage to establish how he might have died.

Nine people were stabbed, two seriously, while another man collapsed and died after a suspected drug overdose at a concert in Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Saturday, with the ambulance service “inundated” with calls.

Gardaí are confident of bringing charges in relation to the fatal stabbing of a machete-wielding youth in a row that spiralled out of control in west Dublin early yesterday morning.

A Polish national who admitted killing his friend “in a moment of madness” while he was intoxicated, is to be sentenced later.

The Mater Hospital’s role as the preferred location for a new national children’s hospital is coming under pressure after it emerged a greenfield site near the M50 on Dublin’s northside is being seriously considered.

A teenager and a man in his 30s were murdered and two other men were left wounded after a couple of masked gunmen burst into a house in Co Kildare last night and opened fire.

A man is to appear in court this morning charged in connection with a shooting incident in Blanchardstown on Wednesday.

Gardaí are questioning a 31-year-old man in relation to a shooting in Dublin yesterday afternoon.

MYSTERY surrounds the cause of death of a 38-year-old Irishman who died suddenly while on holidays in Laos.

A 53-year-man has been shot dead in Clondalkin, West Dublin.

A WOMAN who left her victim with permanent scarring after she slashed her face and breast with a broken bottle has been sentenced to six years with two suspended.

A YOUNG man has been killed and a couple viciously attacked in separate knife attacks just days into the new year.

A Lucan woman who slashed another woman’s face and breast with a broken bottle in an unprovoked attack, leaving her victim with permanent scarring, is to be sentenced next month.

A man is undergoing surgery after being assaulted in Dublin's Tyrellstown.

Two men were injured in a shooting attack today as they sat in a van in west Dublin.

A 39-year-old man is to appear in court this morning charged in connection with a serious assault in west Dublin.

Gardaí are continuing to question a 39-year-old man in connection with an attack in west Dublin yesterday.

A woman was fighting for her life in hospital today after she was attacked in her home with a hammer.

THE family of a Dublin teenager who vanished almost three months ago are still facing an anxious wait to find out if the body of a young male discovered in Co Meath on Thursday is that of their missing relative.

A man in his late 30s is in hospital following a stabbing outside a pub in North Dublin.

DAVID CASEY has been cleared to ride in the John Smith’s Grand National on Saturday despite taking a bad fall at Fairyhouse on Monday.

David Casey is “very confident” of riding in the John Smith’s Grand National - despite taking a bad fall at Fairyhouse on Monday.

RESIDENTS of a west Dublin suburb turned out in large numbers yesterday to pay tribute to a young Nigerian student who died in a stabbing incident at the weekend.

A man is in hospital following a house fire in Dublin.

The jury in the Claire Nolan murder trial has heard that the man she admits killing died after a car struck him, breaking his spine, crushing part of his heart and tearing one of his lungs free.

A 51-year-old Slovakian landscape gardener has been found guilty of the manslaughter of his Polish flatmate after an argument about a light being left on.