A Dublin man convicted last month of causing the death of a boy 13 years ago by setting a children's makeshift den on fire has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

A court has heard that a man found guilty of killing a boy in Dublin has a substantial criminal record spanning almost four decades.

A man has been found guilty of killing a 12-year-old boy by setting his wooden den on fire in Dublin while he was asleep inside.

A court has heard that the friend of a boy who died when his makeshift den burned down in Dublin was hysterical when people arrived at the scene.

A jury has been sworn in for the trial of a Dublin man accused of the manslaughter of another man in the city over 12 years ago.

A man was charged in connection with the death of a schoolboy in Tallaght in 2001.

A Dublin man in his 50s has been remanded in custody, to appear before court again next week, charged with the death of a 12-year-old in Tallaght, 11 years ago.

A SECRET operation by the Garda anti-gang unit has prevented a likely bomb attack.

An Army Bomb Disposal Team made safe a viable Improvised Explosive Device that was removed from a car on the Ballyfermot Rd., Dublin last night.

A County Clare resident was today charged with the murder of a security guard who died following a stabbing in Dublin, in 2009.

Gardaí are hunting for an armed and "ruthless" gang who kidnapped a bank official's wife and held her hostage in Dublin.

A bank worker’s wife was held hostage at gunpoint before being freed in rural Co Meath after being targeted in a 'tiger' kidnapping.

A 17-year-old boy arrested regarding a high speed car chase where he allegedly forced a Garda patrol car and a taxi-driver off a road was today served with a book of evidence and remanded in custody pending trial.

VINCENT JACKSON stands at the site where a 19-year-old was fatally stabbed with his own knife.

THREE men in their 20s have appeared in court following the shooting of a youth earlier this week.

A NUMBER of men are expected to be charged this morning in connection with last Monday’s gangland shooting in which a man was lucky to escape with his life.

FIVE men were being questioned last night following the latest Dublin shooting linked to a gangland feud, with gardaí on high alert in case the bloody criminal dispute escalates further.

A punter who smashed television sets in a bookmakers’ office, causing damage estimated at €17,835, in "several minutes of madness" after losing €2 on a bet has escaped with a suspended sentence.

A heroin addict who stabbed a shop manager in the chest during a robbery has been jailed for seven years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

YOUNG people need to find other ways of resolving rows rather than using knives, a youth worker and local politician said yesterday.

A 19-year-old man has died after being stabbed during a fight in the Ballyfermot area of Dublin last night.

A 17-year-old girl, who threatened to burn down a Garda’s home and then said she would slit his children’s throats after she attacked him, has been given the benefit of the Probation Act.

Gardaí have named the woman killed in a road accident in Dublin yesterday.

Gardaí in Dublin have called off their investigation into the discovery of a foetus in a Ballyfermot car park.

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating an incident early this morning in which a 29-year-old man suffered serious burns.

A prison inmate who escaped from custody while being treated at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin last week has been recaptured and returned to Wheatfield Prison.

Gardai in Dublin have arrested a 23-year-old man following a heroin seizure this afternoon.

A man was stabbed in a robbery in Dublin while he was making a lodgement in a bank night safe.