The prosecution in a murder trial has described as "a slaughter pen" the car in which the victim was shot dead and his two friends wounded.

A murder trial jury has been shown fragments of bullets recovered from the body of the deceased as well as several bullets found in the car where he was shot.

A 19-year-old Dublin man has been charged with the death of Stephen O'Halloran in Tallaght on January 19.

A GARDA drug unit has delivered a blow to a major trafficking gang after it seized more than e1 million worth of drugs, arrested two men and seized a number of cars.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested two men in connection with the fatal shooting of a man in Tallaght earlier this year.

Two men arrested in connection with the murder Stephen O'Halloran in Tallaght in Dublin have been released without charge.

DETECTIVES have made significant progress in connection with three gangland murders in Dublin.

Gardaí in Dublin have released one of three men being questioned about the murder of Stephen O'Halloran in the Tallaght area earlier this year.

A third man was being questioned tonight over the gangland style murder of Stephen O'Halloran.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested a second man in connection with the fatal shooting of Stephen O'Halloran in Tallaght earlier this year.

Two unarmed gardaí foiled an attempted gangland shooting when they tackled two men armed with a loaded revolver, it emerged today.

Gardaí in Dublin have recovered four handguns and heroin worth €87,000 in two separate operations.

GARDAÍ investigating the murder of a man in Tallaght on Monday night have recovered the murder weapons.

Detectives investigating the fatal shooting of a man outside his family home recovered two handguns, they revealed tonight.

A 20-year-old man has been shot dead and two others have been injured in the latest gangland-style gun attack in Dublin.