Injunctions stopping eight anti-water charge protesters obstructing the installation of meters in North Dublin have been reinstated.

A 26-year-old Dublin woman died from the toxic effects of cocaine and PMA — the amphetamine known as Dr Death — an inquest heard.

The Minister for Justice, Frances Fitzgerald, defended the presence of a large number of Gardaí at protests against the installation of water meters because of illegal tampering with the system.

The Health and Safety Authority is investigating an incident in which a man was hit by a digger at the site of an anti-water charges protest.

The latest anti-water meter campaigners in Cork have defended their right to protest after angry exchanges with some of their neighbours yesterday.

The initial trickle of local protests against the installation of water meters is quickly becoming a steady stream as standoffs in two estates in Cork continue to inspire spin-offs in three Leinster counties.

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THE Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin James Moriarty is one of 17 senior bishops who served in the Archdiocese of Dublin during the period investigated by the Murphy Commission.

Poorer areas are being harder hit by cost-saving closures of special needs classes, it was claimed today.

A MOTHER has claimed she will keep her eight-year-old daughter out of school rather than let her return when her special needs class is axed next September.

GARDAÍ suspect the remains of a body found dumped in a rural lane in north Dublin are that of missing man Peter Gunn.

A Dublin family were recovering this afternoon after being held hostage as part of a so-called ‘tiger’ kidnapping.

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating a so-called tiger kidnapping this morning in which a family was held hostage at a house in Sutton.

The trial has begun of a Dublin man accused of killing another man then setting fire to the body in an abandoned mansion in Clontarf in August 2007.

GARDAÍ were last night investigating a fatal assault on a 61-year-old man and the attempted murder of a 16-year-old boy.

DETECTIVES continued to question a man last night in connection with the latest fatal shooting in Dublin.

Gardaí are investigating an incident in Dublin this morning during which a 17-year-old youth suffered a gunshot wound to his leg.

A 21-year-old woman is being questioned by gardaí after a shooting in North Dublin overnight.

Two people are being treated at Beaumont hospital after a shooting in North Dublin overnight.

The teenager accused of murdering Alan Higgins allegedly admitted to stabbing the schoolboy, telling gardaí: "I just stabbed the bloke. Very sorry. I am very sorry. It wasn’t meant to happen that way," the Central Criminal Court has heard.