Six of the seven men charged with carrying out an aggravated burglary at the home of a young family last month have again been remanded in custody following their latest court appearance.

A gang who broke into the house of a couple and their three daughters last week allegedly threatened to “shoot the small kids” before fleeing the scene with cash and jewellery, a court has heard.

Seven men with addresses in north Dublin have appeared in court in connection with an aggravated burglary in Co Tipperary last Thursday when a family was “terrorised” by an armed gang.

A taxi driver found in possession of drugs worth over €110,000 has been jailed for seven years by Judge Frank O’Donnell at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 21-year-old man whose heavily-intoxicated and cocaine-fuelled dangerous driving caused the death of three young men has been jailed for eight years by Judge Miriam Reynolds at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Dublin man has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the deaths of three young men.

CELEBRATIONS to mark the end of school exams turned to tragedy early yesterday morning when three young Dubliners were killed in a horrific car crash.