A 33-year-old man has appeared in court having been extradited from Amsterdam in connection with a fatal armed raid on a cash in transit van in west Dublin.

A convicted killer has been sentenced to an extra five years in jail for co-ordinating a botched cash van raid during which gardaí shot dead his co-accused.

A garda witness has told a trial that he was armed and full of adrenaline when he approached two men accused of taking part in an attempted robbery of a cash van.

Two men have gone on trial accused of the attempted robbery of a cash van during which their alleged accomplice was killed and shot.

A man was shot dead by undercover gardaí today after an elite organised crime squad foiled an armed hold-up.