Drivers were urged to take extra care over the June bank holiday weekend as figures show one third of road deaths happen during the summer.

A substantial reward was paid to a person who helped solve the case of the murdered African man whose decapitated body was found in Dublin's Royal Canal, it was confirmed today.

A substantial cash reward was offered today for information which leads to the capture of a gang who viciously attacked a south Dublin man leaving him hospitalised for the last year.