Taxi driver Emmet Fay, who had claimed €38,000 damages for injuries he received in a hit-and-run accident almost five years ago, yesterday agreed to a judge throwing out his claim.

Gardaí in Dublin are renewing their appeal for information about the murder of a man in the city last month.

Two suspects in the murder of a man in Kilmainham in Dublin last week have been released without charge.

Four people have been arrested by Gardaí investigating the murder of a young man at Grand Canal Place in Dublin earlier this month.