Fears are growing among local residents after a suspected dissident republican was murdered in his pub in the first of two gun killings in Dublin within hours of each other last night.

Gardaí are investigating two murders in Dublin in the latest spate of violence in the city.

Investigations have been launched into two fatal shootings in Dublin overnight.

A south Dublin boy has been barred from the city's northside after he was charged over a house burglary at the weekend.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested two men following a hold-up at a shop in the Drumcondra area of the city yesterday evening.