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Gardaí said today that several searches are ongoing following last night's series of drug and firearm seizures at three locations in Dublin.

Gardaí are appealing to the public for information following, what they are calling, a very serious assault in Dublin's south inner city last night.

Gardaí investigating the murder of a woman in Dublin city centre tonight named the victim as Rosemary Dowling.

Detectives were tonight investigating a series of leads in a bid to identify the body of a murdered woman.