Gardaí were confronted with a gruesome murder scene when they discovered a young man with his genitals mutilated at a rented house in south Dublin.

Gardaí investigating the death of well-known dissident republican Larry Kane in Athy, Co Kildare have officially launched a murder enquiry.

Two men from Co Kildare have been further remanded in custody with consent to bail after they were charged with being members of an illegal organisation.