More than a quarter of a million One Direction fans will descend on Dublin this weekend for their three nights in Croke Park.

Gardaí in Dublin are questioning three men in their forties in connection with dissident republican activity.

Three men and a woman have been arrested for questioning over the robbery of a cash-in-transit van in Dublin on February 1, 2012.

A detective garda who spent the day in the pub before crashing an unmarked garda car has been convicted of dangerous driving.

Gardaí have launched an investigation after a teenage boy who was the victim of a hit-and-run incident died in hospital last night.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a 14-year-old boy was injured in a hit-and-run accident in Dublin yesterday evening.

A MAJOR garda investigation is under way after a bomb exploded under a jeep in Dublin’s north inner city.

A PRISON officer caught trying to smuggle a “selection box” of drugs into Mountjoy Prison yesterday also had a second quantity of drugs seized from his car.

The Prison Officers Association has said today that any of its members involved in drug trafficking will have no support from the organisation.

Two men have been arrested following an attempted armed robbery in Dublin last night.

GARDAÍ have arrested two top suspects for the gangland murder of crime boss Eamon Dunne last April.

Four men were arrested today over the gangland murder of a criminal in February.

A waste disposal worker collecting a skip from one of the country’s top security jails was arrested today after being found with a gun.

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating a shooting incident in Dublin in the early hours of this morning.

A NUMBER of women have made fresh allegations against a man jailed for six years yesterday for posing as a doctor and putting his fiancée’s life at risk by pretending to treat her for a serious illness.

Four men were arrested today after a botched armed robbery on a post office.

The trial of a Dundrum man accused of biting off a bar manager's earlobe two years ago has begun today in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Six men and two women were arrested today as gardaí mounted a series of dawn raids to crackdown on organised theft gangs in Dublin city centre.

A PRISON officer charged with making a false statement had his case thrown out of court yesterday.

DETECTION rates for general crime have fallen because garda resources have been diverted to combat organised crime, Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy said yesterday.

A Nigerian woman who was arrested by gardaí in Sligo last night has won a temporary injunction to halt her deportation.

A young Chinese man died after he was stabbed in the heart during a massive brawl between two rival gangs on Dublin’s main street, an inquest heard tonight.

The jury in the trial of a garda accused of assaulting three "Reclaim the Streets" protesters in 2002 has been told the law allows assault in self-defence.

A garda accused of assaulting three "Reclaim the Streets" protesters has told a jury that he accepted he had hit one of them on the head and had used excessive force.

A 19-year-old man told a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that Garda Donal Corcoran was the man who hit him in an assault he described as "fast, bloody and brutal".

A community garda hit a May 2002 "Reclaim the Streets" demonstrator over the head with a baton after dragging him back by the hood of his sweatshirt, a jury has been told.

The jury in the trial of a garda accused of assaulting a Reclaim the Streets marcher in Dublin two years ago was discharged yesterday after failing to reach a verdict.

A 25-year-old Welsh woman accused of stabbing a Leitrim man 13 times with three knives and then pouring boiling water over him has pleaded not guilty to his murder at the Central Criminal Court today.