An animal rights charity is offering a €5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for a horrific attack on a horse in Dublin.

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating a shooting incident in Darndale.

Detectives were today investigating how a man who fell asleep in a sunny park awoke with serious neck and head injuries.

Sports clubs and voluntary groups across Dublin are to be given more than €10m to improve facilities a bid to get more people involved, it was revealed today.