A man has been injured following a shooting in a housing estate in Dublin.

Gardaí said the emergency services attended the scene of a two-car collision on the Corballis Rd at around 6.40am this morning.

The incident occurred at approximately 9.45am this morning on the Malahide Road.

Great grand-father, Paddy Hansard, suffered serious head and spinal injuries in the alleged attack.

“Retribution is not the way to deal with the savage attack on a great grandfather,” which has left him battling for his life, members of the public were told at a candle light vigil held for him in Dublin north inner city.

The Irish Coast Guard has come to the rescue of a cliff walker who suffered a leg injury on Howth Head.

Gardaí are looking to speak to anyone who witnessed an attack in Dublin in which a man was stabbed in the face.

The single-car collision occurred on the Strand Road in Portmarnock at around 5:15am today.

The incident occurred on Whitestown Road in Rush around lunchtime, gardaí say.

A trucker told gardaí it was an accident after he was charged with dangerous driving causing death in connection with a fatal collision between a heavy goods vehicle and a pedestrian in Dublin.

Gardaí in Howth are appealing for witnesses following the collision in Howth yesterday.

The 21-year-old pedestrian was taken to Beaumont Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

The man, who was arrested on Friday, remains in Garda custody.

21-year-old Gerard Whyte from Ballymun died in the collision.

Officers are still in the process of talking to witnesses in a bid to establish the circumstances of the incident, in which a man in his 20s died.

The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, and not the Department of Health, is dictating the delivery of healthcare in Ireland, according to the outgoing president of the Irish Medical Organisation.

Gardaí in Dublin are looking for witnesses after a brutal assault on a cyclist in Killbarack in Dublin.

A man has been injured in a serious assault in the Kilbarrack area of Dublin 5.

UHL is followed by 38 at Cork University Hospital and 33 at Beaumont Hospital.

A 16-year-old boy arrested in connection with a shooting at a takeaway in Dublin has been released without charge.

More importantly, we hear that there is a pair of tickets to next week’s Late Late Toy Show up for grabs in this week’s viewer prize!

A man who was injured in an assault at a house in Co Monaghan on October 7 has died.

The funeral of one of the victims in the Donegal crash is taking place today.

Gardaí are renewing their appeal for witnesses after the death of a 45-year-old man in Bray, Co Wicklow.

Jonty Evans remains in intensive care in Beaumont Hospital after a fall at Tattersalls International Horse Trials on Sunday.

The mother of a young man who died in a senseless attack has joined a Garda campaign urging young people not to use their fists when out socialising.

A woman who got a new heart and new lungs six months ago has welcomed record-breaking transplant figures, and urged people to talk to their loved ones about organ donation.

A 19-year-old died following emergency surgery to remove his stomach, an inquest in Dublin has heard.

A 20-year-old man injured on Halloween night last died as a result of a traumatic brain injury, an inquest heard.

It’s the biggest cancer killer, and yet 27% of Irish people can’t name one symptom of lung cancer. This Lung Cancer Awareness Month, Ellie O’Byrne talks to a couple all too familiar with the disease, and with a researcher dedicated to improving patients’ outcomes.

President Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to a young boy who collapsed and died while playing football on Tuesday night.

A teenage boy has died after being struck by a van in Kildare.

Gardaí investigating the death of a man in Swinford, Co. Mayo on Saturday, August 12 have arrested two men.

An apprentice carpenter has granted bail after being charged over a fatal one punch assault in Tallaght, Dublin.

Gardaí have launched an investigation after a man in his 40s was stabbed in Dublin last night.

Patients set to lose access to a drug the State has refused to reimburse have been granted a six-month reprieve as the manufacturer says it will continue to supply it free of charge.

There has been a double tragedy in Limerick with the deaths of a university student and school teacher in separate incidents.

Gardaí are appealing for information after two young males sustained stab wounds during what was described as an altercation on Main St in Swords last night.

Gardaí have issued an appeal for witnesses to a serious overnight road accident in Dublin.

A 24-year-old man has died in Beaumont hospital today following a crash on Adelaide Road on August 22, 2017.

A man is in a critical condition in hospital following a farm accident in Offaly.