GARDAÍ were last night trying to track down a man suspected of attempting to abduct a 10-year-old girl.

WHAT was happening last week in Bray garda station? Is it possible that a process has started whereby former senior bankers, who have brought our economy to the precipice of insolvency, will face the four-letter ‘g’ word? Get a grip. Cop yourself on. Ireland doesn’t do gaol, it does golf. There is little imminent prospect of justice. We should not be surprised.

The former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank, Sean Fitzpatrick has been released without charge.

Gardaí are resuming questioning of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Séan Fitzpatrick this morning.

Seven people are being questioned today over a €100,000 robbery in which a cash-in-transit worker’s terrified mother and young niece were held hostage.

Gardaí are investigating the abduction of members of a cash-in-transit worker's family in Dublin.

A man has been arrested following the seizure of almost €500,000 worth of drugs in Co Wicklow.

Detectives were tonight continuing to question a senior fire officer over his handling of a blaze which claimed the lives of two of his men.

GARDA experts scoured for forensic clues yesterday after a young man was shot and dumped at a remote mountain location.

A Chinese man was today sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing his ex-girlfriend in "a classic crime of passion".

A senior Special Branch officer told the Special Criminal Court today that he went to Bray garda station after he was told by one of his officers that he believed five men arrested for theft were members of the Provisional IRA.

Gardaí in Bray, Co Wicklow have appealed to the public for their help in finding another man in connection with the murder of a 21-year-old Chinese woman.