Gardaí investigating a serious assault on a man and an attempted robbery at a newsagents in Dublin have arrested two men.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a man suffered serious head injuries during an attempted robbery in Dublin yesterday.

A man in his 40s has been left with serious head injuries following an attempted robbery in Dublin.

A widowed mother and a cocaine addict have been jailed for six years by Judge Martin Nolan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for their roles in the sale or supply of cocaine valued some €210,000.

A chronic drug addict who shot himself in the foot after robbing three money bags from a Brinks Allied van has been remanded in custody pending sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.