Detectives probing the murder of a colleague are examining the scene of a body discovered in a burned-out car.

Gardaí are investigating whether a man fatally shot last Friday was the victim of a punishment attack that went too far.

Gardaí are renewing their appeal for information about a double murder which took place in Co Louth last week.

Gardaí expect to get confirmation in the coming days of the identities of the two men shot and torched near the border in Co Louth.

Gardaí are renewing their appeal for information about a double murder which took place in Co Louth earlier this week.

Post mortems will be carried out today on the bodies of two men found dead in a burned out car at a border forest.

A heroin addict who was responsible for a number of crimes in Dublin over 10 months, including an unprovoked attack on a Slovakian man, has been sentenced to six years in prison by Judge Katherine Delahunt.