Up to €420,000 euro worth of heroin has been seized in Clondalkin.

Three people are being questioned by gardaí following a drugs seizure worth more than €250,000 in Dublin last night.

Two men and a woman have been arrested after more than a quarter of a million euro worth of drugs was sezied in Dublin.

Detectives have seized drugs with an estimated street value of €400,000.

Gardaí who arrested and questioned a Kildare man over his membership of the IRA have denied engaging in a "series of improprieties" during his detention.

Embattled senator Ivor Callely was tonight facing a Garda investigation over allegations he used forged documents to claim expenses.

Two people have been arrested and Gardaí have seized a handgun, silencer and a number of rounds of ammunition following a search in Clondalkin, Dublin, yesterday.

A security company worker who admitted providing information to criminals who planned to steal €1m from a cash-in-transit van will be sentenced later at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Three people are being held by Gardaí in Dublin following the seizure of €220,000 worth of heroin last night.

TWO youths were arrested yesterday following a police chase during which a firearm was pointed at an unarmed garda.

Two Dublin men accused of the drive-by shooting of a 25-year-old father-of-one outside Cloverhill prison have each been sentenced to life imprisonment today at the Central Criminal Court.

Two people were being questioned today after gardaí seized drugs with an estimated street value of €150,000.

Two Dublin men have been arrested after gardaí found a firearm and ammunition during a search at St Marks Drive this afternoon.