Since 1898, Dublin Fire Brigade ran the ambulance service and the emergence of the log book of the brigade’s headquarters in Tara Street from 1916 bears witness to the efforts to deal with the battle waging on the streets and the people affected, writes Las Fallon

A judge at the Dublin Children’s Court has compared the litany of shoplifting charges against a 13-year-old girl to something “out of a Dickens novel”.

A taxi driver, who triple charged two Christmas shoppers on a €15 fare, has been spared a criminal conviction.

A Dublin taxi driver has been ordered to pay €1,050 for overcharging two Christmas shoppers who had to hand over €47 for a €15 fare.

A French national has been fined €4,000 for careless driving causing the death of a mother-of-one in a “tragic” incident involving a Luas.

A mother was refused a payment out of her child’s personal injury award so that she can buy a car.

A Chinese national jailed for life for the 2011 murder of a man outside his internet café on Wellington Quay has had his conviction quashed on appeal.

Government vows to end long-term homelessness by 2016 will fail as 1,400 people a night are seeking emergency shelter in Dublin, campaigners have claimed.

Incredible footage has emerged online of a group of Dublin commuters joining forces to physically move a Luas tram under which a girl had been trapped.

The country’s largest chain of toy shops has begun an internal investigation after one of its stores cleared Israeli-made toys from its shelves.

The number of people sleeping rough on the streets of inner city Dublin has increased by 88% since last year.

An internet and call shop owner has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a customer, whom he kicked to death after he refused to pay in full for a 70c phonecall.

WITH Cork to Dublin flights axed, there are only three ways to make it between the two cities in a reasonable time — by car, bus or rail. We decided to put the options to the test and last week, three intrepid journalists headed off from Parnell Place bus station and Kent Train Station in Cork, all with one objective: to get to the Spire on Dublin’s O’Connell Street as quickly as possible...

The “Maple 10” were the most talked about secret club in Ireland.

Tesco is to slash prices by up to a third across the state to woo bargain-hunting shoppers but admitted charges have also gone up for hundreds of products.

PASCHAL TAGGART has had an interest in so many companies and business concerns, it would be easier to list those he has had nothing at all to do with.