Seán Hehir and Maria McCambridge capitalised on the domestic entry at the 34th Airtricity Dublin Marathon yesterday to become the first joint Irish winners since 1993 in two exciting duels that ebbed and flowed as record numbers took to the streets for the classic distance.

A man was charged today with possessing €61,000 in stolen cash in connection with a tiger kidnapping in Dublin last Friday.

A bank worker’s wife was held hostage at gunpoint before being freed in rural Co Meath after being targeted in a 'tiger' kidnapping.

A debt-ridden truck driver who ended up storing a shotgun and cocaine valued at over a €250,000 for several months after taking a loan from a criminal gang has been given a seven-year sentence.