The body of Boyzone’s Stephen Gately will make its final journey home to Dublin today for his funeral.

Singer Stephen Gately was today remembered in his home city as a much-loved hero and role model who achieved superstardom against the odds.

Detectives were tonight trying to find a motive for a gangland-style gun attack which left a man fighting for his life.

A man is seriously ill in hospital after being shot in Dublin shortly after 6.30am this morning.

The murder of a young man in Dublin’s north inner city may have been linked to a bitter feud between two local crime factions, it was revealed today.

The murder of a young man in Dublin's north inner city may have been linked to a bitter feud between two local crime factions, it was revealed today.

A Dublin man appealing against his conviction and life sentence for the rape of his then partner's teenage daughter was found guilty after he received a fair trial, the Court of Criminal Appeal heard yesterday.

THE Garda Ombudsman Commission has hit out at the Garda Representative Association (GRA) for comments it made about the watchdog in its official journal.

A MEMBER of the Garda Emergency Unit (ERU) who shot an unarmed raider in the course of a foiled post office robbery in Lusk believed that an unarmed raider had a gun when he shot him, a jury at an inquest has found.

The jury in the inquest into the deaths of two raiders shot by an armed garda will resume deliberations today.

THE Dublin City Coroner yesterday launched a stinging attack on the newly established Garda Ombudsman Commission.

AN inquest into the death of two raiders shot dead by elite gardaí was dramatically halted yesterday after the Garda Ombudsman revealed it was investigating one of the killings.

An inquest into the death of two raiders shot dead by elite gardaí was dramatically halted today after the Garda Ombudsman revealed it was investigating one of the killings.

A detective garda who shot dead two raiders told an inquest today that there was no doubt in his mind an armed gunman was prepared to kill him.

An armed robber claimed today that elite gardaí gave no warning before shooting two of his accomplices during a foiled post office raid.

HARROWING scenes of a double shooting in a foiled post office robbery were played at an inquest yesterday.

Harrowing scenes of a double shooting in a foiled post office robbery were played at an inquest today.

A raider smashed through the glass hatch at a post office counter with a sledgehammer as terrified staff huddled for cover in a corner, an inquest heard today.

Terrified staff and customers feared for their lives during a foiled armed robbery at a village post office in which two raiders were shot dead, an inquest heard today.

GARDAÍ will give evidence from behind a screen during the inquest of two men shot dead by officers during a post office robbery, it emerged yesterday.

A convicted armed robber who raped his partner’s teenage daughter after she returned home from "The Vatican" disco in Dublin has been jailed for life by Mr Justice Paul Carney.

Gardaí in Dublin are appealing for information after two separate shootings in the city early this morning.

No criminal charges are to be brought for the killing of two raiders shot dead by armed detectives during a foiled raid on a north Co Dublin post office.

THE Director of Public Prosecutions is examining a garda file over the deaths of two raiders shot by armed detectives during a post office robbery, a coroner’s court heard yesterday.

The Director of Public Prosecutions is examining a garda file over the the deaths of two raiders shot by armed detectives during a post office robbery, a coroner’s court heard today.

The DPP will not bring a criminal prosecution over a traffic accident in which a pensioner was knocked down by a garda patrol car, an inquest heard tonight.

Amnesty International tonight called for an independent inquiry into the killing of two armed robbers in a quiet Irish village as Bertie Ahern backed the gardaí involved.