A former stripper who held onto €2.2m worth of heroin for someone else has been given a four-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A number of houses in the Clondalkin area of west Dublin were evacuated for a time this morning following the discovery of a suspicious device.

GARDAÍ believe feuding gang members targeted a Dublin home with a pipe bomb to entice a family member out “into the open”.

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating a gun attack on a house in the Clondalkin area of the city overnight.