Gardaí are to step up armed patrols over the coming days following the murder of Eric Fowler in west Dublin on Saturday night, write Cate McCurry and Stephen Rogers.

News of the murder of their neighbour has rocked the community of Ballincollig, as Niall Murray and Eoin English report.

Gardaí have yet to establish the motive behind a brutal attack in which a man in his 30s was hacked to death in his Co Cork home in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Latest: The 28-year-old man shot dead in CityWest in Dublin last night has been named as John Gibson.

The mother of Erin Gallagher said giving evidence at her daughter’s inquest was like reliving her death.

A missing Co Donegal soccer fan who was found safe and well in Paris is due to fly home today.

Gardaí suspect dissident republican Michael Barr was shot dead because it was believed by the Kinahan cartel he provided a “safe house” to one of the gunmen in the Regency Hotel attack.

Gardaí have travelled to Arranmore Island off the coast of Co Donegal after a pensioner was assaulted and robbed in his home.

Gardaí investigating the violent death of Co Louth taxi driver Martin Mulligan, 53, have not ruled out the possibility he was attacked by more than one person.

A Cork TD is embroiled in controversy after it emerged he asked two on-duty gardaí to drive him to Dublin Airport to catch an early-morning flight to Brussels after his car broke down.

A rural community was in shock last night after the death of a well-known couple in violent circumstances, who are survived by their four children.

A former detective garda yesterday denied he told Marie Farrell gardaí knew Ian Bailey had killed Sophie Toscan du Plantier and needed her to say Mr Bailey was the man she saw near Schull hours before the body was found.

Swollen rivers and today’s rolling storm front have left many inland towns on high flood alert.

Gardaí breached the constitutional right to privacy of a man who was secretly recorded offering two undercover officers money to import cocaine to Ireland, a court has heard.

Two gardaí have spoken about how they chased and disarmed a

Gardaí are looking at the possibility that two recent murders in Clondalkin in Dublin are linked.

A murder investigation is underway after a man was shot outside his home in Clondalkin last night.

This is the face of a young GAA star after he was attacked during a game.

Gardaí say it will be later today before they know the cause of death of a mother-of-three who was found dead in her apartment.

A 16-year-old schoolboy was last night in a serious condition in hospital after being stabbed in what gardaí said was an unprovoked attack on him as he walked home from school.

Gardaí launched a murder inquiry yesterday, days after a pensioner was found dead on his bathroom floor.

Vandals attacked a plaque erected to a garda killed in the line of duty and then dumped it outside his girlfriend’s house.

A coroner has repeated her plea to government agencies to make it compulsory for all heavy goods vehicles to have specified safety mirrors fitted so as to prevent accidents with cyclists and pedestrians.

A major manhunt involving up to 40 gardaí and lasting 90 minutes took place in Cork City last night after a bookmakers was forced to hand over almost €5,000 at gunpoint.

Members of the Occupy Dame St protest last night converged once more on Dublin’s Central Bank with the intention of resurrecting the camp which had been dismantled by gardaí earlier in the day.

USHERS were forced to restrain a member of the public visiting Leinster House yesterday after the man tried to force his way into the Dáil chambers.

“WE were perfect for each other,” said heartbroken Sean Kennedy last night as he tried to come to terms with the death in a road crash yesterday of his wife Emily Maguire.

A retired Garda superintendent said he had been concerned that a top RUC officer repeatedly used the same car to travel to the Republic in the months before he was killed in an IRA ambush.

WE have had the Queen and the president, now it is time for the Kings.

AN ex-soldier has been charged with the murder of 37-year-old Marie Greene, whose body has been recovered from a midlands bog.

A massive surge in forest fires sparked by rogue landowners and fly-tippers is costing taxpayers millions of euro, authorities warned today.

A Garda Superintendent has now confirmed that six people have died at this morning's aircraft crash at Cork Airport.

Sinn Féin Deputy Martin Ferris has said he has made an official complaint about the conduct of Gardaí following a shooting in North Kerry.

Gardaí have named the three people killed in a road crash in Co Monaghan last night.

A NUMBER of banking officials who left Anglo Irish Bank have refused to reveal 30 encrypted passwords for documents sought by investigators into possible criminal activity at the lender.

THE Irish Medical Council has doubled the period of suspension imposed on a GP who failed to pass on crucial test results to his now terminally-ill patient and then tried to cover it up.

GARDAÍ were last night continuing to question three young men in relation to an incident that left a 21-year-old dead from shotgun wounds.

THERE has been a 70% increase in the number of people who have received penalty points for holding mobile phones while driving.

MUSIC fans at this weekend’s Slane concert were urged to avoid a repeat of tragedies that marred the last Oasis concert at the castle.

A post mortem is expected to be carried out today on the body of Stephen Quigley who was found dead in Dundalk early yesterday.

An Government minister feared he would be shot when confronted today by an armed gang who robbed a hotel and golf resort.