An off-duty garda had a gun pointed at his head and was threatened as he foiled a robbery of a corner shop in south Dublin.

Gardaí have arrested two people following the attempted robbery of a shop in Ranelagh in Dublin overnight.

The jury in the trial of a 38-year-old-father-of two accused of murder has failed to reach a verdict after deliberating for nearly five hours at the Central Criminal Court.

The trial of a 38-year-old-father-of two accused of murder has heard there are "two verdicts open" to the jury; not guilty of murder or guilty of manslaughter, defence counsel said in his closing speech to the jury at the Central Criminal Court today.

A 38-year-old Dublin man has pleaded not guilty to murder three years ago in a city centre pub at the Central Criminal Court.