Detectives are investigating if the shooting dead of a gangland criminal at the weekend is linked to a local feud or was a revenge attack for a botched double murder last August.

A man who grabbed a woman late at night in Dublin city centre, telling her “you drank too much, bitch”, has been sentenced to three years in jail, with the final year suspended.

FOUR men who brought High Court challenges against the legality of their prison detention on public order charges arising out of protests over the visit of Queen Elizabeth have been released on bail.