A 22-year-old man has been given an 18-month sentence for his role in the events leading up to the death of a man in Ballymun who remonstrated with a group of youths following the theft of his friend’s car.

A man in his early 20s is due in Dublin District Court this morning, charged with assault causing harm in connection to the death of a man in north Dublin earlier this month.

A PENSIONER whose brother was killed for £45 yesterday spoke of his sorrow since the attack that destroyed his life two years ago.

Two brothers who targeted elderly people to rob were jailed for a total of 27 years today for the killing of an 81-year-old bachelor farmer who was beaten to death for £45.

A Dublin man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of an elderly bachelor during a robbery in the midlands almost two years ago.

A man appeared in court today charged with murdering a pensioner and seriously injuring his elderly brother in an attack at a remote Offaly farmhouse.