Three men charged over an attempted armed robbery at a gold and silver dealer's shop in Dublin in August, were today served with books of evidence and sent forward for trial.

A man was charged today in connection with an attempted armed robbery where staff members were tied up, at a gold and silver dealer's shop in Dublin in August.

A burglar told gardaí on learning he had broken into the house of an “elderly woman” that if he had known the age of the homeowner he would rather have cut his throat than raided her home.

Irish boxers claimed one silver and three bronze medals at the Junior Multi Nations in Baku Azerbaijan.

A YOUNG man was shot and seriously injured in Crumlin over the weekend as part of a longstanding feud between two rival Dublin gangs.

PAUL McGennis has been appointed managing partner at Ireland’s fastest growing law firm, BCM Hanby Wallace.

A SHORTAGE of workers will be one of the key challenges for the Irish economy in the years to come, the head of a leading Dublin law firm said yesterday.

Dublin law firm BCM Hanby Wallace has been named as runner-up in a major international awards’ scheme to identify Ireland’s leading law firm.

The Ireland Under 19 team & replacements to play their opening game in the IRB Under 19 World Championship against New Zealand Under 19 on Saturday, March 27 in Durban, South Africa has been named.

The Ireland Under 19 Squad will depart for Durban on Sunday March 21 and return on Wednesday April 14.

The Ireland U19 team to play Wales U19 on Friday at 7.30pm at Musgrave Park has been named.

The Ireland U19 squad from which the team and replacements to play Wales U19 on Friday 20 at 7.30pm at Musgrave Park, Cork has been named.

The Ireland U21 and U19 teams to play Irish Schools have been named.

The Leinster Schools Squad to tour the UK this weekend to face Leicester and Yorkshire on October 31 and November 1 has been named.

The Leinster Under-19 team has been named for Sunday's friendly against Munster at Barnhall RFC (kick-off 2pm).

The Preliminary Leinster Schools trial teams have been announced.

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Terenure College emerged as the Leinster Schools Section C Senior Cup champions after a titanic struggle against St Mary's at Lansdowne Road.

Terenure College qualified for the Leinster Schools Senior Cup Final with a 14-9 win over Belvedere College at Donnybrook today.

The State has failed in a bid to reactivate the six-year balance of a sentence on the brother of Brian Meehan. Brian Meehan is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin.