A ballad paying tribute to the late Dublin TD Tony Gregory has become a cult hit among his former constituents, it was revealed today.

A young Dublin man who rammed a garda vehicle twice with a stolen car has been given a three-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

WHEN Michael “Roly” Cronin was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 1998 for heroin dealing, gardaí and community activists celebrated.

A 16-year-old boy, who was unable to resist the temptation to re-offend, was today detained for eight months on his 50th criminal conviction.

A crack cocaine and heroin addict who shot himself in the foot after robbing three money bags from a Brinks Allied van has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

A chronic drug addict who shot himself in the foot after robbing three money bags from a Brinks Allied van has been remanded in custody pending sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A COMMUNITY centre in Dublin’s inner city is to be named after a much-loved local teacher who was tragically killed by a runaway bus in May.

Dublin City Council is to branch out from its traditional street cleaning and refuse collecting roles to look after children, it emerged today.

A 28-year-old Dubliner is due before a Spanish court today in connection with the death of his partner at a holiday resort in the south of the country at the weekend.

Cormac O’Keeffe and Owen Conlon

Trade union movements will commemorate the 1913 Dublin lock-out today in a re-enactment of the infamous baton charge that took place in the city centre.

A HOMELESS youth was charged yesterday in relation to the killing of a middle-aged man in Dublin last week.

THE price of cocaine available on the streets has dramatically dropped, adding to the huge rise in the number of users, gardaí and community activists have revealed.