Gardaí expect to get confirmation in the coming days of the identities of the two men shot and torched near the border in Co Louth.

A MOUNTJOY prisoner has been sentenced to eight years in prison for killing a fellow inmate over a remote control.

The mother of a 29-year-old Dublin man killed over a remote control while an inmate in Mountjoy Prison has said her son should have been safe there.

A Finglas man who agreed to act as "back up" in the collection of a €200,000 consignment of heroin in return for receiving a €120 Lifestyle tracksuit has been given a six-year sentence.