A teenager, who was caught on Dublin's O'Connell Street with 16 "street deals" of heroin on “his first attempt”, has been spared a criminal record and a custodial sentence.

President Michael D Higgins and the Taoiseach Enda Kenny will today attend a ceremony outside the GPO on Dublin's O'Connell Street to mark the 96th Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising.

Clerys department store has released figures showing it recorded a loss of €2m in the year to the end of January.

Gardaí are expecting protests ahead of the Queen's historic visit to Croke Park this afternoon.

A wall collapsing in the basement of a café on one of Ireland’s busiest streets today sparked fears of a gas explosion.

Anti-war protestors are expected to gather in Dublin's O'Connell street shortly for Tony Blair's first book signing of his memoirs.

An event is due to be held on Dublin's O'Connell Street this afternoon to mark the 20th anniversary of the pro-democracy uprising in Burma.

The Tibetan community in Ireland has staged a solidarity demonstration with independence demonstrators in Tibet this morning.

A 16-year-old boy has been seriously injured after being struck by a lorry on Dublin's O'Connell Street this morning.

Gardaí have appealed for help with their investigations into yesterday's bomb hoax in Dublin.

A four-year-old boy was hospitalised last night after he was struck by a bus at the same pedestrian crossing on Dublin's O'Connell Street where a woman died in a similar accident last year.

Gardaí in Dublin have revealed that one of the two women knocked down by a bus on Dublin's O'Connell Street last week had her bags snatched while she lay on the road in a serious condition.

A man in his forties has died after falling from the second floor a building on Dublin's O'Connell Street this morning.

Almost 200 people have marched through Dublin's O'Connell Street to protest against the proposed construction of the M3 motorway through ancient remains near the hill of Tara.

Students have begun a protest at the Spire on Dublin's O'Connell Street to highlight high prices poor standards of housing available to students.

TUCKING into a major work of literature for breakfast is like facing a plateful of giblets, gizzards and other assorted innards a tad on the heavy side in the delicate hours of morning.

Dublin's O'Connell Street has been transformed into a picnic area this morning, with thousands of free breakfasts being given away.

The remaining parts of 'the Spire' have been transported to Dublin.

TWO rival Chinese gangs held a pitched battle on Dublin's O'Connell Street early yesterday morning, leaving one man dead and two seriously injured.

It is being suggested that the Abbey Theatre should be moved to Dublin's O'Connell Street.