An alleged victim of a threat to kill has told a jury that she was surprised to see gardaí arrive at her house after she had a "normal conversation" with her brother, the accused, about photographs of his children.

Attempts by murdered mother Baiba Saulite’s family to take her two young children back to her native Latvia are being thwarted by her estranged partner, it was claimed today.

TÁNAISTE Michael McDowell yesterday conceded there was a serious problem with crime barons directing criminal operations from their prison cells using mobile phone.

A LEBANESE man questioned by gardaí investigating the brutal murder of Latvian woman Baiba Saulite last November was arrested in Limerick months earlier when gardaí foiled an elaborate murder plot by a Limerick feud gang.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested a man in connection with the murder of Baiba Saulite.

The former partner of Latvian woman Baibe Saulite who was shot dead at her home in Swords in November has been jailed for two years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for the abduction of their children.

The former partner of Latvian woman Baibe Saulite who was shot dead at her home in Swords in November will be sentenced next week by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for the abduction of their children.

GARDAÍ are confident of progress in the investigation into the brutal murder of Latvian mother Baiba Saulite.

Gardaí in Dublin have released the two men arrested earlier this week in connection with the murder of Latvian woman Baiba Saulite last month.

Gardaí in Dublin are continuing to question two men arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of Latvian woman Baiba Saulite in the north of the city last month.

The movements of a black BMW could hold the key to the cold-blooded shooting of a mother-of-two at her north Dublin home, it emerged today.

The murder of Latvian mother-of-two Baiba Saulite was also an evil attack on Irish society, a memorial service heard tonight.

The husband of a Latvian mother of two gunned down at her north Dublin home was today refused bail to attend her funeral.

GARDAÍ are providing armed protection to the solicitor of murdered woman Baiba Saulite, it was confirmed yesterday.

GARDAÍ yesterday said they were investigating a number of “domestic” issues in connection with Sunday’s brutal killing of a mother-of-two.

A MOTHER of two missing children yesterday appealed to those holding her sons to hand them back.

A mother who has not seen her two young children for a month today appealed for their safe return.