Garda investigations are continuing today into three separate violent deaths this week in Tipperary, Kerry and Dublin.

GARDAÍ are tracking down associates of a slain criminal as part of their investigation into the murder of drug dealer Tommy Joyce on Wednesday.

The latest victim of gangland warfare was gunned down in a hail of bullets as he fled several armed men, it emerged tonight.

Fears were growing today that a feud between rival factions in Dublin would escalate after a member of a criminal gang was shot dead.

Two brothers who left their victim brain-damaged after jumping on his head and kicking it have been jailed by Judge Patrick McCartan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

GARDAÍ have uncovered a wholesale cocaine distribution centre following a second seizure at the same location in a week.

Gardaí in Dublin have seized cocaine with an estimated street value of more than half a million euro.

GARDAÍ tracking a wholesale drugs distribution gang in north Dublin are expected to make arrests in the coming weeks.

Cocaine worth more than €1.5m has been seized in north Dublin.

A 16-year-old boy appeared in court yesterday charged with drug dealing following his arrest for possession of €33,000 worth of cocaine.

OVER €9 million in drugs and cigarettes were seized in separate raids and searches by gardaí and customs officials over the weekend.