A Swords "thug" who punched a 16-year-old boy in the face, knocking him to the ground because the victim had been looking at him, has been sentenced to three years in prison by Judge Frank O'Donnell.

GARDAÍ were yesterday drawing up a list of heroin addicts and street dealers who knew the latest gangland murder victim.

Gardaí in Dublin have launched a murder investigation following another gangland assassination in the city last night.

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating a shooting in Clondalkin.

An armed man has shot and killed several people at a truck engine plant outside Chicago.