Two men are due to go on trial this morning accused of murdering a man in Co Meath on St Stephen's Day three years ago.

FOUR men have appeared in court in connection with an attempted robbery of a cash-in-transit van last year, during which one man was fatally shot by gardaí.

Four men have appeared in court charged over a foiled armed robbery in which one man was shot dead by gardaí.

A Dublin man, who was apprehended with a loaded pistol while on bail for his involvement with a motorcycle theft ring, has been sentenced to 10 years with two suspended at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A known Dublin criminal who tried to sell a stolen motorbike to undercover gardaí has been jailed for two years.