The gang behind the theft of two ATMs in Kells in County Meath tried to use homemade spikes to stop gardaí pursuing them.

Gardai have confirmed members of a criminal gang who broke into a farmhouse and discovered the decomposing corpses of a fraudster and her partner, are not likely to face charges of breaking and entering until the investigation into the couple's deaths is concluded.

A man has been seriously wounded in a drive-by shooting in Co Limerick.

ONE of the key garda figures in the Morris Tribunal into garda corruption is to retire from the force.