A man with “notoriety attached to his name”, has been given a four-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for attempting to rob a female doctor in the city centre two years ago.

The Government today vowed a relentless war against gangland violence after an unarmed police officer was gunned down in Dublin.

DETECTIVES last night said they were making good progress in their investigation into Dublin’s latest gangland murder.

A man has been taken to hospital in Dublin after apparently shooting himself in the lobby of Fitzgibbon Street garda station this afternoon.

Three people are being questioned for a second day in connection with yesterday's firearms haul in West Dublin.