Seven Lithuanians have appeared in court charged with a series of offences linked to organised crime.

FIVE of the seven Lithuanians arrested on Sunday for running a violent extortion and robbery racket are on bail for other offences, it emerged yesterday.

THE 33 Afghan men, charged after staging a protest in St Patrick’s Cathedral last week, were yesterday remanded on continuing bail in connection with the unlawful occupation.

The Church of Ireland has dropped all complaints against those who had occupied its national Cathedral.

DRUGS with a potential street value of up to €3 million were seized in a series of weekend raids in Cork and Dublin.

A 24-year-old man was today charged with the murder of his father, Thomas Brady, on Dublin’s south side last week.

A 24-year-old man is expected to appear before the district court tomorrow charged in connection with the death of a father-of-six on Dublin’s southside, gardaí said.

A man is due to appear at Kilmainham District Court today in connection with the death of a man in Dublin.

A NEIGHBOUR of murdered father of five Thomas Farrell appeared in court yesterday charged with the fatal stabbing of the 43-year-old.

A man is to appear in court today in connection with two stabbings in Dublin on Saturday night.

A MAN is due to appear in court today charged in connection with a fatal stabbing in west Dublin.

A WOMAN was charged yesterday with the murder of a man who was stabbed to death at a flats complex in Dublin's south inner city.

An Algerian businessman has admitted a reckless endangerment charge arising of the death of a fourth-year university student following an alleged 'road rage' incident.

A man will appear in court in Dublin this morning following a serious disturbance at a halting site in south Co Dublin on Sunday morning.

A man is to appear in court in Dublin tomorrow morning following a serious disturbance at a halting site in south Co Dublin last night.