Families caught up in the Drogheda feud are experiencing “severe trauma” and struggling to find the necessary help, a support group has said.

"I hope that his death will be a warning to other young teenagers who are been groomed by the ruthless criminals, that the promise of money and gifts will inevitably end in tragedy."

Security Correspondent Cormac O’Keeffe examines the manifestos to see what they propose for beleaguered communities

Last month’s gruesome attacks are indicative of a trend in violent crime that cannot be divorced from the effect of cuts to policing and other services, says Security Correspondent Cormac O’Keeffe.

The garda chief superintendent for Louth has said that he has never had any difficulty securing the services of the Emergency Response Unit.

All gardaí working in Drogheda Garda Station have been formally warned to be extra careful of their safety.

The murder and dismemberment of Drogheda teenager Keane Mulready-Woods last week sent a chill through this society.

Twenty-eight other motorists were fined a total of €266,000.

They took place at the Holy Family Church in Ballsgrove, the home parish of murdered teen Keane Mulready-Woods.

The Social Democrats say the shocking events in Drogheda and Dublin this week highlight the failures of not investing in community policing.

Gardaí have confirmed that the partial human remains discovered at Trinity Terrace in Dublin on Wednesday are those of Keane Mulready-Woods.

Fianna Fáil has said it will increase the headcount in An Garda Síochána by 2,000 at a cost of €47 million per year.

Sinn Fein councillor for south Dublin Paddy Holohan is to face party disciplinary procedures after it emerged that he had made comments regarding the alleged use of sexual extortion by women on his podcast.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has pledged to put the killers of teenager Keane Mulready Woods "behind bars" and to make Drogheda safe once again.

The Deputy Mayor of Drogheda Michelle Hall has said that the people of the town have reached a threshold and will no longer stand idly by following the murder of teenager Keane Mulready-Woods.

Recreational drug users should be left in “no doubt” that they are supporting gangs that prey on children and murder people, leading experts have said.

Gardaí investigating the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods are seeking the public's assistance in gathering information.

Gardaí are speaking to residents in Rathmullan Park in Drogheda, following the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods.

The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is set to visit Drogheda, Co Louth, in the coming days in the wake of one of the most gruesome murders in Ireland’s recent history.

Gardaí have vowed to bring to justice those behind the murder of a teenager whose remains were found in Dublin.

Labour senator Ged Nash, who is a former TD for Louth, has described the murder of teenager Keane Mulready-Woods as “grotesque, medieval and barbaric.”

Garda bosses have described the murder and dismemberment of a 17-year-old boy as “savage”, “shocking” and “unacceptable”.

Young people are seen as “plentiful and expendable” by gang bosses.