A murder accused said gardaí would never be able to charge him and dismissed their evidence saying "they have nothing", a trial at the Central Criminal Court heard today.

Gardaí have charged a 43-year-old man in connection with the seizure of cannabis plants and herb with an estimated value of €700,000.

Gardaí have uncovered another industrial-scale cannabis factory following an intelligence operation in Co Kildare.

Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a man on a housing estate in Kildare.

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A 23-year-old man has been arrested by gardaí investigating a fatal crash on the M7 last week in which a 43-year-old woman was killed.

It has emerged that a man died 500m from a Kildare garda station earlier this month after it took 25 minutes for an ambulance to attend the scene from Naas General Hospital - less than one kilometre away.

Gardaí in Limerick are investigating two separate abductions in Limerick.

THE pregnant wife of a cash delivery official managed to thwart a tiger kidnap gang by activating a panic alarm at their home in rural Co Kildare.

An investigation is underway into the attempted abduction of a security company employee and his family in Co Kildare.

A man has been arrested in connection with a drug seizure in Co Kildare.

A man remains in custody in Kildare this morning in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 31-year-old mother of one in Athy.

GARDAÍ have launched a murder investigation after a young Kildare mother was stabbed to death in her bed following a domestic row.

A 48-year-old man remains in Garda custody in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 31-year-old woman in Athy, Co Kildare.

A Garda investigation is underway following the fatal stabbing of a 31-year-old woman in Athy, Co. Kildare.

TWO people were killed and at least 16 taken to hospital last night following a road crash in Co Kildare.

A man was recovering in hospital today after being shot in the arm.

THE surprise arrest of five people in the long running garda probe into the disappearance of Wexford teenager Fiona Sinnott will reawaken poignant memories of the six women who vanished without trace in one of Ireland’s great unsolved mysteries.

Two men were today arrested following the death of a man, whose body was found on the side of a road in Kildare early today.

Two men in their late 20s have been arrested in connection with the discovery of a body in Kildare this morning, in circumstances that the Gardaí described as suspicious.

A MAN who barricaded himself into a house overnight wielding a slash hook and carrying a can of petrol was arrested yesterday.

The former army sergeant on trial for the murder of Kildare woman Phyllis Murphy over 22 years ago told gardai he could not remember ever speaking to her.

Gardaí are continuing to hold a man arrested following the seizure of €17,000 worth of cannabis resin in Co Kildare.