The head of the Garda Ombudsman has said questions remain unanswered over fears that his offices were bugged.

A drug addict who killed a woman after his car mounted a footpath on Middle Abbey Street in Dublin has been jailed for two and a half years.

The family of a woman who was knocked down and killed while out shopping with her sister has asked the driver not to get behind the wheel again.

A Luas operator on trial for crashing a tram into a Dublin Bus has been acquitted of unsafe driving by direction of the judge.

The Luas driver whose tram was involved in a 2009 collision shed tears in court today, as the jury heard that he had made a mistake about the traffic signal.

A Luas driver has gone on trial accused of driving a tram dangerously.

Luas passengers in Dublin are facing some disruption this afternoon due to a fire in the city centre.

I am wearing Topshop jeans, a top from De la Punk Clothing — available at Dublin’s Twisted Pepper flea market, a faux fur jacket from Boohoo.com and Asos.com biker heels.

GARDAÍ are drawing up a detailed security plan for a book signing by former British prime minster Tony Blair in Dublin on Saturday.

A Luas driver charged in connection with the incident when the tram and a double-decker bus were in collision at O'Connell Street in Dublin, was sent forward for trial before a judge and jury.

Four closure orders were served on food businesses last month, including three eateries in Roscommon.

TRESSA REEVES was born Teresa Mary Donnelly in England to an Irish father and an English mother.

A business has been gutted by fire in Dublin city centre.

The northbound side of Dublin's O'Connell Street has been reopened to traffic this morning following yesterday's incident when a LUAS tram and a double-decker bus were in collision.

The northbound side of Dublin's O'Connell Street remains closed this morning following yesterday's incident when a LAUS tram and a double-decker bus were in collision.

A Romanian national has today been sentenced to eight years in prison after he left a construction worker with brain damage having hit him over the head five times with a plank of wood.

An Bord Pleanála has approved plans for a massive redevelopment of the Arnotts and Penneys sites in Dublin city centre.

ALARM was expressed last night at the number of homeless people dying in Dublin while underfunded shelters are being left idle.

A 17-year-old girl, who developed a drink problem, started a fire in a Garda station and attacked three female officers, after she was thrown on the streets by her mentally ill mother, has been spared a custodial sentence.

A chronic cocaine addict has been given a three years sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for a €40 robbery in which she threatened to slit a young woman’s throat.

A teenage petrol-sniffing addict, who took part in two attacks on foreign nationals, has been detained for six months, by Judge Ann Ryan at the Dublin Children’s Court.

A man was fighting for his life today after being attacked inside a city centre hotel.

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating a serious assault in the city centre in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The Mandate trade union has stated that the redevelopment of the Arnotts site in the centre of Dublin will result in approximately 580 job losses later this year.

A teenager arrested for attacking a man and woman whom he mistook for two gay men, was today served with a book of evidence.

The state has been granted further time to complete the book of evidence in the case against a teenage boy who launched a serious attack on a man and woman he mistook for two gay men.

Two men are in court in Dublin today charged in connection with a serious assault on a teenager in the city in the early hours of Saturday morning.

TWO men are due to appear in court this morning charged in relation to a serious assault in Dublin city centre, which left a teenager in a critical condition.

A 29-year-old man remains in Garda custody in connection with a serious assault in Dublin.

A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a serious assault in Dublin city centre.

A 17-year-old man is fighting for his life after he was assaulted in Dublin city centre overnight.

A teenager has admitted launching a serious attack on a man and woman he mistook for two gay men.

AN POST is leading a group of objectors appealing a €750 million redevelopment plan by Arnotts city centre department store.

Embattled Taoiseach Bertie Ahern started his General Election fightback from the steps of Dublin’s GPO today.

THE European Constitution was the right choice for Europe and for Ireland, Bertie Ahern has stressed.

Firefighters were tonight dealing with a blaze at a department store in Dublin’s city centre.

DAY seven in the Big Bother household and Dolores is feeling the pressure.

THE most important piece of new information to come out of the RTÉ series on Haughey was the disclosure by former Deputy Commissioner Joe Ainsworth, head of the security division of the Garda Síochána, that Taoiseach Charles J Haughey summoned him to a meeting in the spring of 1982.

IT’S the kind of press release to get female rugby fans everywhere excited - news that Brian O’Driscoll and other Irish rugby stars will be modelling underwear in Dublin city centre.

The Dublin Transportation Office (DTO) has reportedly acknowledged that proposals to link up the city's two LUAS lines pose significant problems for Dublin Bus.

A group which helped the families of drug addicts in inner city Dublin rebuild their lives was today praised by President Mary McAleese.

NIGHTCLUB bosses have welcomed court orders which have allowed their premises to serve drink until 2.30am.

Around 500 dedicated fans travelled from across Ireland to be in Dublin today to meet Bill Clinton.

A Dublin youth has reached adulthood having acquired 84 convictions throughout his teenage years, which were dominated by cocaine addiction and drug-fuelled petty crimes.