Three men have been injured in a gun attack in a Dublin park.

Gardaí stopped an armed man minutes before he was to rob €60,000 from a home in the Phoenix Park, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

A man who knocked his own mother to the ground in order to stab a neighbour in the presence of plain-clothed gardaí has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

A chronic heroin addict who chased a 13-year-old boy wielding a knife and hammer and "terrorised" the boys’ sisters during a burglary has been given a 13-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Three amateur robbers from the 'Keystone cops' era whose planned armed raid on a Securicor van at the Lucan Spa Hotel was foiled by gardaí have received a total of 12 years in sentences.

Gardaí in Blanchardstown are appealing for information on the whereabouts of 14-year-old Michael Nolan who has been missing since Sunday.

GARDAÍ are bracing themselves for a renewal of a violent feud between the INLA and a criminal gang with the imminent release of two INLA men involved in a gruesome battle against the Dublin gang three years ago.