An elderly priest is recovering in hospital after suffering a fractured skull after an intruder attacked him at his home in Rialto in Dublin.

Gardaí in Dublin say they're still trying to identify a man who has been in St. James’ Hospital for the past three days.

Gardaí in Dublin are appealing for information following the discovery of a man with serious head injuries.

A man is in hospital this morning after he was stabbed in the back during a domestic dispute in a house in the Curragh, Co Kildare.