A Dublin man shot his friend with a sawn off shotgun outside a southside suburban shopping centre and then threw him from his car as a favour for drugs dealers, a court heard today.

THE Army bomb disposal team was last night called out to examine a suspicious device found in Crumlin in Dublin which was thought to be a pipe bomb.

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating a pipe bomb attack on a house in the south of the city last night.

A teenager from the west of Ireland charged in connection with the shooting of a Garda sergeant in Dublin in September has been remanded on continuing bail by the Dublin Children’s Court.

The State has been granted more time to prepare the book of evidence in the case of a 16-year-old boy arrested in connection with the shooting of a Garda sergeant in Dublin in September.

The State has been granted more time to prepare the book of evidence in the case of a 16-year-old boy arrested in connection with the shooting of a Garda sergeant in Dublin in September.

Two 16-year-old boys arrested in connection with the shooting of a Garda sergeant last week are to face trial in the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a judge ruled today.

A 16-year-old boy, arrested in connection with the shooting of a Garda sergeant on Wednesday morning, was brought before the Dublin Children’s Court today, charged with possession of a shotgun and ammunition.

A GARDA and two innocent civilians were lucky to escape with their lives yesterday after they were caught up in a feud between two families.

Gardaí have confirmed that the injuries sustained by a garda sergeant during a shooting incident in Crumlin this morning are 'not life-threatening'.

Two men were arrested in the Crumlin area of south west Dublin today in connection with the shooting of a Garda sergeant.

A Dublin man who fatally stabbed a father-of-three after an all-day drinking session has been convicted of murder in the Central Criminal Court today.

Three men have been hospitalised following overnight gun attacks in the Tallaght and Crumlin areas of Dublin.

A 31-year-old Dublin man accused of murder was today acquitted at the Central Criminal Court by direction of the trial judge and a re-trial was ordered in relation to his 32-year-old co-accused.

The trial of two Dublin men accused of murdering a man heard that a sample taken from the floor mat of a taxi the accused rode in after the killing matched the dead man's DNA, a jury at the Central Criminal Court heard today.

The trial of two Dublin men accused of stabbing a man to death heard gardaí describe the victim's sitting room as a "bloodbath" in an interview with one of the accused, a jury at the Central Criminal Court heard today.

The trial of two Dublin men accused of murdering a man heard that one of the accused "whacked" the dead man with a crutch after he said the deceased "had his hands down me mate's trousers", a jury at the Central Criminal Court heard today in a statement read to the court.

The trial of two Dublin men accused of murdering a man heard that the victim, who received a total of 16 stab wounds, was stabbed with "moderate force" with an eight-inch kitchen knife, the state pathologist told a jury at the Central Criminal Court.

The trial of two Dublin men accused of murdering a man heard the victim was found with congealed blood across his face and died from a total of 16 stab wounds to the neck, chest and leg, State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy told a jury at the Central Criminal Court today.

A woman who witnessed the assault on a man got up from her "ringside" seat "for a can of beer" during the attack, the trial of two Dublin men accused of murdering a man heard today at the Central Criminal Court.

A woman, who was a suspect in the case, was kissing one of the accused at the victim’s house on the night of the murder, a jury in the trial of two Dublin men accused of murdering a man heard today at the Central Criminal Court.

The mother of one of two Dublin men accused of murdering a man said her son told her he had "murdered someone" and was going to kill himself, a jury at the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A sister of one of two Dublin men accused of murdering a man said her brother told her he had "stabbed somebody", a jury at the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A taxi driver was given a tip by two men, one of whom was "covered in blood", and told "you didn't see us tonight", the trial of two Dublin men accused of murdering a man heard at the Central Criminal Court today.

A Central Criminal Court jury in the trial of two Dublin men accused of murdering a man heard that the dead man took his three children to McDonald's and a duck pond the day before his death.

The trial of two Dublin men accused of murdering a father-of-three heard gardaí found the victim dead on his sofa, with 16 stab wounds and his feet tied with a shoelace, a jury at the Central Criminal Court heard today.

Two men who acted as the link between two sinister Dublin drugs gangs in a £1.5m (€1.9m) heroin deal have been jailed for six years by Judge Yvonne Murphy.

A man with 19 previous convictions has been jailed for his role in a £50,000 robbery in Dublin.

Gardai in Drogheda, Co Louth, have recaptured a 29-year-old man who escaped from custody at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin on Tuesday.