Teenager Daniel McDonnell has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of murdering 16-year-old Melanie McCarthy McNamara.

The teenager charged with murdering Melanie McCarthy McNamara was a protected prisoner when he allegedly wrote a letter containing the phrase: ‘Two in the head. The bitch is dead’.

The teenager charged with murdering Melanie McCarthy McNamara was a protected prisoner when he allegedly wrote a letter containing the phrase: "Two in the head. The bitch is dead".

A murder trial has heard that teenager Melanie McCarthy McNamara was bleeding profusely from her skull when she arrived at hospital after being gunned down in Tallaght two years ago.

A jury has been told that the teenager charged with murdering 16-year-old Melanie McCarthy McNamara allegedly bragged about shooting her in graffiti on his cell wall.

A man serving 20 years for killing a 16-year-old girl had boiling water poured over his face and chest in a gruesome prison attack.

A Dublin man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing 16-year-old Melanie McCarthy McNamara, who was shot while sitting in a car in Dublin last year.

A Dublin man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing 16-year-old Melanie McCarthy McNamara who was shot while sitting in car in Dublin last year.

A Dublin man has admitted killing 16-year-old Melanie McCarthy McNamara in Dublin last year.

Investigations are continuing into the death of Melanie McCarthy McNamara.

A man is to be charged in connection with the murder of Melanie McCarthy McNamara, who was shot dead in Dublin two weeks ago.

Gardaí are investigating after a number of shots were fired in the Tallaght area of Dublin last night.

People in Tallaght are reported to be living in fear after a second shooting in the south-west Dublin suburb in seven days.

The mother of Anthony Campbell - a young plumber who was shot dead after witnessing the killing of Dublin criminal Marlo Hyland - is calling for tougher laws on gangland crime.

Gardaí investigating the murder of a 16-year old shot dead in Dublin on Tuesday night, have recovered what they believe is the murder weapon.

Gardaí investigating the murder of 16-year-old Melanie McCarthy McNamara in Tallaght have recovered a shotgun believed to have been used in her murder.

Gardaí were on patrol in Tallaght overnight after the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old girl.