A man told gardaí that he shot his uncle dead ‘in the heat of the moment’ after his uncle made a comment about somebody who had made an allegation of sexual abuse against him (the deceased).

The widow of a man shot dead by his nephew said her husband came home from the pub ‘very upset and frightened’ the week before the killing, after the accused had ‘threatened him’.

A 22-year-old man has appeared in court this morning charged in connection with the murder of Edward O'Connor.

A 22-year-old man is due before the district court in Dublin this morning charged in connection with the fatal shooting of 41-year-old Edward O'Connor.

A 22-year-old man has been charged in connection with a fatal shooting in Finglas on Sunday last.

Two people are in Garda custody this morning in connection with a fatal shooting in Dublin yesterday.

A man and a woman have been arrested after another man was shot dead in the street following a dispute.

Two people have been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in Dublin yesterday.

A man has died following a shooting in Dublin.

A former taxi driver who drove a stolen van containing cigarettes worth over €300,000 which had been earlier robbed from two delivery men has been sentenced to four years in prison with the last two and half years suspended.

One person has been seriously injured in a crash in Finglas in Dublin.

A 23-year-old Polish man has died in a motorcycle accident in the Blanchardstown area of west Dublin.

Gardaí in Dublin are searching for an armed gang that stole €120,000 worth of cigarettes from a truck in the city yesterday morning.