A reported fire at Dublin's famous St Patrick's Cathedral was a false alarm, it is understood.

A man has been shot in a Dublin pub overnight.

A man has been injured in a stabbing incident in the Dolphin's Barn-Rialto area of Dublin.

Residents of Terenure in south Dublin have written to the Constituency Commission asking it to consider moving the neighbourhood from Dublin South Central to Dublin South East.

A youth has been detained for four months after he pretended a mobile phone was a gun and put it to the head of a Garda detective.

Gardaí are investigating two separate shooting incidents in Dublin overnight. One man is in a serious condition in hospital.

A new report has found alarming levels of bacteria are contaminating the sinks and baths of a Dublin flat complex.

Gardaí in Dublin are holding a 36-year-old man in connection with the seizure of three handguns during a raid in the south of the city yesterday.

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating a bomb scare at a community centre in Dolphin's Barn where residents were discussing anti-social and criminal behaviour in the area.

Gardaí have said an explosion in the Dolphin's Barn area of Dublin is not believed to be suspicious.

A man is due to appear before Dublin District Court after allegedly threatening unarmed gardaí with a gun.

Gardaí in Dublin are continuing to question a 28-year-old man detained after allegedly threatening unarmed officers with a gun.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested a man who allegedly pointed a gun at unarmed officers in the south of the city last night.

A former bus driver has gone on trial for causing the death of a 62-year-old mother when he rampaged through west Dublin in a private bus he took without authority from his employer's depot two years ago.

A Lithuanian man on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of dangerous driving causing the death of a elderly man admitted to gardaí that he left the accident scene and cleaned blood from his car.

Motorists in Dublin are being warned of a fuel spill on the road from Dolphin's Barn to Patrick's Street.

Gardaí have named the elderly man killed in a hit and run incident in Dublin yesterday.

Gardaí in Dublin are continuing to question a man in connection with a hit-and-run in the city yesterday.

AS a poacher turned gamekeeper, Ombudsman and Information Commissioner Kevin Murphy, who has announced his retirement, has been on both sides of the public service fence. He has in fact partially succeeded in breaking it down during his distinguished career.

An investigation is underway into the circumstances surrounding the death of a teenager arrested in Dublin who died last night in hospital.

A man is being questioned by gardai today about the death of a woman whose body was found in a flat in central Dublin.