Four men have been arrested after drugs with a street value of around half a million euro were seized in a wave of raids across Dublin.

Garda are advising motorists of traffic restrictions in Blanchardstown in west Dublin.

Two men have gone on trial accused of conspiracy to possess three quarters of a ton of cannabis resin in west Dublin.

A MOTHER and her baby were in a serious condition last night following an horrific freak accident in which a motorcyclist was killed.

Two men in their 20s are recovering in hospital this morning after they were injured in a drive-by shooting in west Dublin yesterday evening.

Two men were recovering in hospital tonight after a drive-by shooting in Dublin.

SIX people died and five were injured in a weekend of carnage on Irish roads.

The unlicensed and uninsured driver of a car with six occupants which crashed, killing a 19-year-old passenger, has been given a two-year sentence with 15 months suspended by Judge Murphy Yvonne at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Three people have been killed in overnight road accidents.