A man has died in a road crash in Co Galway overnight.

The trial of two men accused of taking part in an attempted armed robbery has today heard evidence of garda surveillance of cars allegedly involved in the heist.

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating the discovery of a suspicious device in west Dublin last night.

An alcoholic father-of-four caught transporting stolen firearms has been jailed for two years by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Gardaí in Clondalkin, Co Dublin, have arrested a 15-year-old youth for possessing €35,000 work of rock heroin.