A young Dublin man, found guilty of attempting to shoot his brother-in-law, will by sentenced by the Central Criminal Court next month.

A 20 year-old Crumlin man has been found guilty of attempting to murder his brother-in-law by firing a semi-automatic pistol twice at his head.

The jury in the trial of a Dublin man accused of attempting to murder his brother-in-law has been sent home for a second night after failing to reach a verdict.

The jury in the trial of a 20-year-old Dublin man accused of attempting to murder his brother-in-law has been sent home for the night after failing to reach a verdict.

A young man accused of putting a gun to his brother-in-law’s head and twice pulling the trigger told gardaí that he was at a funeral in Donegal when the incident allegedly took place in Dublin.

A woman has told a jury that her brother entered her bedroom, put a gun to her husband’s head and twice pulled the trigger.

A 20 year-old Crumlin man accused of attempted murder will go on trial at the Central Criminal Court tomorrow morning.

IN a highly unusual decision, a man accused of murder has been awarded costs of €500,000 by the Supreme Court to pay for an unsuccessful legal bid to halt his trial.

AN ATTEMPT to smuggle a mobile phone inside a candle into prison was intercepted last week.

ELITE armed garda officers are patrolling a Dublin suburb amid fears of further bloodshed in a spiralling gang war.

A man who drove a car into a taxi driver who had acted as a "Good Samaritan" by trying to save a colleague from an assault, has received a two year suspended sentence and been given 240 hours community service.

A teenager who cut a woman in the throat before taking her car has been jailed for four and a half years by Judge Joseph Mathews at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

GARDAÍ fear a long-running gang war in Dublin is escalating following the attempted murder of a youth yesterday morning.

A second shooting that occurred in Dublin last night is been investigated.