A youth who took part in an unprovoked attack where a man was “rugby tackled” to the ground and repeatedly kicked to his head, has been remanded on continuing bail pending sentence.

A 17-year-old boy has been remanded on continuing bail over an unprovoked attack where a man was “rugby tackled” to the ground and repeatedly kicked to his head.

A Finglas man who accidentally shot and almost killed an eight-year-old boy when he was shooting at birds with a pellet gun has been sentenced to four years by Judge Patricia Ryan.

Two men were taken to hospital after separate shooting incidents within half an hour of each other in Dublin city last night.

Dublin’s Metro should be up and running by 2012 carrying 80,000 passengers a day from St Stephen's Green to Swords, via the airport, it was claimed today.