A man in his 40s has been seriously injured after being shot in west Dublin.

The target, Lee Boylan, is fighting for his life in hospital after being shot three times in the upper body as he sat in his car at traffic lights.

A man in his 20s has been injured in a shooting in West Dublin.

Gardaí are to step up armed patrols over the coming days following the murder of Eric Fowler in west Dublin on Saturday night, write Cate McCurry and Stephen Rogers.

Pre-championship favourites Ballymun Kickhams got their Dublin SFC campaign off to a winning start as they recorded a comfortable victory over Naomh Olaf at Parnell Park last night.

The Dublin footballers and hurlers both made winning starts to the 2013 campaign at the annual Dubs Stars games at the St. Peregrines GAA club in Blanchardstown this afternoon.

ACC Bank has registered judgments against a large number of properties, including Dublin’s exclusive Shrewsbury and Ailesbury Road, in an effort to secure repayment of loans made to developers Larry O’Mahony and Thomas McFeely.

A CANNABIS growing operation was smashed by gardaí in Dublin yesterday after they raided a house on the Blakestown Road.

Two men have been arrested in Co Louth following a drugs seizure in Dundalk yesterday.

A heroin-addict father of two who told gardaí he hijacked a woman's car with her infant child in it and then tried to rob a pharmacy because he wanted to be returned to prison has been jailed for three years.

A 16-year-old boy, who drove his sister’s car home after he had been left “stranded” following her arrest for theft, has been ordered to do 20 hours voluntary charity work or else he is to be fined €500.

A heroin addicted father of two told gardaí he hijacked a woman's car just after she put her infant child in the vehicle and then tried to rob a pharmacy because he wanted to be put back in prison.

Four of the eight people killed on the roads this weekend have been named.