Gardaí in Dublin are trying to track down a taxi driver who may have witnessed a fatal New Year's crash.

A female pedestrian has died after being hit by a car in Hartstown, Dublin in the early hours of this morning.

A bank is to evict a Dublin mother and her children for a second time this year, as the judge cites a lack of engagement with the banks in connection with arrears of over €55,000.

A child in Dublin was extremely fortunate to escape being knocked down in an incident captured on video yesterday.

A third man has died after two separate road accidents in Cavan and Dublin.

The father of a Dublin man killed more than six years ago held his dying son in his arms just moments after he had been shot in the back with a shotgun, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The father of a drug dealer watched as his son was fatally shot four times in the chest, an inquest heard yesterday.

A 31-year-old man has today pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Blanchardstown man Dara McCormack more than six years ago.

Alice in Funderland is the first new musical at the Abbey in 20 years, says Pádraic Killeen

A convicted arsonist who tied a belt around a woman’s neck and threatened to kill her during a violent rape lasting over two hours has today failed in an appeal against the severity of his seven-year sentence.

A man is in a serious condition in hospital this morning, after being shot a number of times in the Hartstown area of Dublin yesterday evening.

“THAT tragic night we lost a father, son, brother and uncle. The grief and pain will always be with us. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

A Dublin man who accidentally shot dead a father-of-two who intervened in a confrontation between two gangs was jailed for 12 years at the Central Criminal Court.

A DUBLIN man who fled to Turkey after accidentally shooting dead a father of two during a confrontation sparked by a fight at a christening is to be sentenced at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin tomorrow.

A court has heard the family of Dublin killer Robert Egan remains under threat after he accidentally shot dead a father of two with possible IRA links.

Two men have been jailed for two years each after taking part in “gratuitously violent” robberies in which a gang carried out random attacks on people on the way home from Christmas parties.

A key prosecution witness in the trial of a Dublin man charged with the murder of Wayne Doherty has denied that the IRA threatened to kill him if he did not give evidence in court.

A MAN has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with shooting dead a father of two after a fight at a Christening.

A Dublin man has today pleaded not guilty to the murder of Wayne Doherty in Hartstown two years ago.

The jury has been discharged in the trial of a Dublin man accused of murdering his best friend and neighbour in Blanchardstown over five years ago.

The State Pathologist has today told a murder trial that she found 50 gunshot pellet holes in the body of a 22-year-old Dublin man, who was shot near his Blanchardstown home more five years ago.

Several eye-witnesses have told the trial of a Dublin man accused of murdering one of his best friends, that they saw their neighbour Dara McCormack on the ground of their Blanchardstown estate, with two men in balaclavas standing over him.

The father of a 22-year-old construction worker who was shot minutes after leaving home for a night out, has told the Central Criminal Court that his son named one of his best friends as his attacker in his dying moments.

The trial of a 30-year-old Dublin man accused of shooting dead his neighbour is due to get underway at the Central Criminal Court tomorrow, after being adjourned earlier in the week when "an issue arose."

The jury in the trial of a Dublin man accused of murdering a young father over five years ago has been instructed to return to the Central Criminal Court on Monday next, after "issues" arose in the case.

A 30 year old Dublin man is due to go on trial at the Central Criminal Court today for murdering a father-of-two more than five years ago.

ELEVEN primary schools who invited the world into their classrooms have been named as finalists in the Irish Aid ‘Our World’ awards sponsored by the Irish Examiner.

A 26-year-old man charged in connection with the fatal shooting of father of two Wayne Doherty in west Dublin last year has been remanded in custody.

A man was remanded in custody today in connection with the murder of a father of two.

A 26-year-old man is due in court this morning, in connection with the murder of a man in West Dublin last year.

GARDAÍ have arrested a top suspect for the fatal shooting of an innocent man in Dublin less than a year ago.

A 26-year-old man remains in Garda custody in connection with the killing of Wayne Doherty in Dublin last year.

Gardaí investigating the fatal shooting of Wayne Doherty in Dublin last year have arrested a man.

Local people have gathered for a rally at Hartstown Community School in west Dublin this afternoon following the death of Junior Cert student Toyosi Shittabey.

A Dublin father of three who later prayed for a woman he had violently raped having just met her that night at a house party has been sentenced to seven years at the Central Criminal Court.

A Dublin father-of-three who violently raped a woman he had just met that night at a house party has been remanded in custody pending sentence at the Central Criminal Court.

Six people were being questioned tonight over the murder of an innocent father-of-two as he tried to stop a gun attack.

Four people were being questioned today over the murder of an innocent father-of-two as he tried to stop a gun attack.

A Dublin youth with 30 previous convictions has been given a two-year sentence for his role in assaulting a Chinese student at a bus-stop in the city centre.

Detectives investigating the murder of a father-of-two who was gunned down in front of his brother and friends launched a fresh appeal for information today.

A WELL-KNOWN gangland criminal in his mid-20s was shot dead last night in yet another gangland shooting in the capital.

MURDER victim Wayne Doherty was laid to rest yesterday with hundreds of mourners accompanying the 32-year-old father-of-two’s funeral procession.

The funeral of the 32-year-old man shot dead outside his parents’ home in west Dublin last weekend is taking place in the capital this morning.