Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly has said he regrets using bolt cutters to unclamp his car and added that he has now paid the fine.

A man appeared in court today charged with murdering a 43-year-old in a Dublin city centre pub.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested a man following a fatal stabbing in the city centre last night.

GARDAÍ are searching for an attacker who punched a 71-year-old woman, knocked her to the ground and fractured her shoulder bone during a daylight mugging in Cork city.