A grandson of Independent Dublin city councillor and former Sinn Féin member Christy Burke who is charged with IRA membership and firearms offences was freed on bail by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

Motorists are being reminded today that traffic restrictions will be in place as thousands travel to Malahide Castle in Dublin later for the Prince concert.

A teenager who was “out of his head” on the night he stole a van causing gardaí to give chase has been banned from driving for six years and given two years detention with the final year suspended.

A 14-year-old boy, who was the driver of a stolen 4X4 which led gardaí on a high-speed traffic pursuit which ended when he crashed into another vehicle has been placed on supervised probation for 12 months.

A postmortem examination will be carried out today on the body of a man found shot dead and dumped on open ground.

A drug addict who was involved in three high-speed Garda chases in the space of a year, two while he was disqualified from driving, has been given a suspended sentence and ordered to perform community service.

A heroin addict who was paid by criminals to steal cars for use by them later in serious offences has been given a four years sentence by Judge Patrick McCartan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 80-year-old man died after he was struck by a truck, Gardaí have confirmed.

Three people were killed on the country’s roads in 24 hours, gardaí today confirmed.

A 35-year-old man and a 57-year-old woman have died following separate road accidents in Dublin and Galway in the last 24 hours.

A 35-year-old motorcyclist has died in an overnight road accident in north Dublin.

Two men remain in garda custody in connection with the murder of an Estonian forklift driver near Dublin Airport yesterday morning.

A Garda has been taken to hospital after being trapped under wooden hoarding on a building site in Dublin.

Gardaí are looking for a taxi-driver who tried to help the victim of a fatal road accident in north Dublin last Wednesday.

A 12-YEAR-OLD boy was killed last night when he was struck by a car in north Co Dublin.

A 12-year-old boy was killed tonight when he was struck by a car in north county Dublin.