One of the boys accused of Anastasia Kriegel's murder told gardaí that he lied in his first interviews and said he made up a "fake story" because he couldn't really remember what happened and was scared and nervous.

Gardaí are investigating after a man was stabbed in Finglas yesterday evening.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a man in his 20s died in a stabbing in West Dublin last night.

Gardaí have made one arrest after searching 24 premises in two counties.

A father of five who took part in drunkenly assaulting a refuse collector after a bin was not collected because it had been “blacklisted” for non-payment has been jailed for two years.

Gardaí are to conduct further searches in Meath today after seizing drugs, money and a firearm yesterday.

Cocaine worth around €500,000 has been seized in Dublin.

Victims of paedophile priest Fr Brendan Smyth are to take legal action against the gardaí. The move follows revelations that officers in Dublin knew about his sex abuse in the early 1970s.

A man is due in court in Dublin this morning charged in connection with a drug seizure worth more than €60,000 in Finglas.

A woman in her 20s is being questioned by gardai in connection with the murder of a man in Dublin last weekend.

Gardaí in Finglas are investigating the discovery of a body of a 29-year-old man in an apartment on Wellmount Road, Finglas at 11am today.

A youth who was being held in relation to a drugs seizure in Dublin has been released without charge.

A man has been arrested in Dublin after reports of an assault on the city's northside.

A former garda has been charged with corruption and breaching the data protection act.

Two men have been arrested following the seizure of heroin worth an estimated €1.5m in Dublin.

Three men were arrested after a 30 kilo haul of cocaine and heroin was found in an apartment complex.

Gardaí investigating a serious assault in Dublin over the weekend are still questioning a 27-year-old man.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested a man in connection with a double murder in Dublin last year.

Three men were charged today over a seizure of herbal cannabis worth about €400,000 in north Dublin on Sunday night.

Three men were arrested after the drugs squad seized 32 kilos (70lb) of cannabis in a raid on suspected dealers.

Three men have been arrested after the seizure of herbal cannabis valued at around €400,000 in Dublin last night.

Gardaí in Dublin investigating a shooting on Thursday night are renewing their appeal for information.

A judge has ordered the deportation of a Polish man caught with €40,000 worth of cannabis to “absolve the taxpayer of a burden” in light of the country’s economic situation.

Gardaí are continuing to question a man and a woman over the seizure of €320,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis in Dublin.

THREE people were arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of teenager Daniel McAnaspie.

FOUR men were being questioned by Gardaí last night over the murder of Dublin teenager Daniel McAnaspie.

Gardaí investigating gangland crime in north Dublin have seized €120,000 worth of cannabis resin.

Six men have been arrested in connection with two separate attempted raids on post offices.

A woman in her 20s remains in garda custody in connection with the discovery of a handgun and ammunition at a house in Dublin.

Three men were being questioned today after the Garda dog unit sniffed out 50,000 ecstasy tablets with a street value of up to half-a-million euro.

Gardaí are questioning two men in connection with the shooting of a man in Finglas in north Dublin at around midday yesterday.

A young woman will face charges today before a court in connection with the discovery of explosives during a garda raid of a home.

Detectives were today questioning a man and a woman after bombs, guns and drugs were seized in two separate raids.

Two men were being quizzed tonight in connection with the double murder of one of Ireland's biggest drugs dealer and an innocent bystander.

Gardaí are tonight continuing to question a second man over the alleged hit-and-run death of a Lithuanian man in north Dublin.

Dublin gardaí at are investigating a burglary at a Pharmacy in Finglas, in the north of the city.

A SENIOR opposition politician yesterday called for all garda interviews with suspects to be videotaped.

A CASH-STRAPPED garda force is becoming increasingly ineffective with the lives of the public and gardaí being put at risk by a penny-pinching government, it was claimed yesterday.

A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a 21-year-old whose body was found at the rear of a Dublin church earlier this year.