Army-owned land at Cathal Brugha Barracks in south Dublin is being considered for social and affordable housing.

Latest: The boy stabbed to death in Dublin and his mother, who is in hospital for knife wounds, have been named.

There has been widespread shock and condemnation following the drive-by shooting of a 16-year-old boy.

The body of an elderly man found dead in south Dublin earlier has been removed to the City Morgue shortly where a post mortem examination will be carried out in the morning.

A murder inquiry is expected to be launched after an elderly man was found stabbed to death in a retirement flat.