In a statement, a spokesperson said a man in his mid-30s was assaulted.

A father-of-three who crashed his car into a bollard following a chase and was later found hiding in an attic has been jailed for 18 months.

Last night Dave Mahedy closed his office door for the final time at the University of Limerick. As Director of Sport and Recreation, Mahedy has been the driving force behind the growth — and importance — of sport at all levels in UL for almost 30 years.

A trucker told gardaí it was an accident after he was charged with dangerous driving causing death in connection with a fatal collision between a heavy goods vehicle and a pedestrian in Dublin.

Gardaí are appealing for information after a coach and a lorry collided in Dublin on Thursday.

Hibernia Reit, the country’s largest stockmarket-listed office landlord, still has “the firepower” to make further significant acquisitions in Dublin, but has all but ruled itself out in pitching for rival Green Reit which had put itself up for sale.

Gardaí investigating reports of shots fired outside a nightclub in Dublin have arrested two men.

A "naive" man who made a “catastrophic error of judgment” by opening the gates of his father’s quarry and allowing the IRA to take explosives away has avoided an immediate jail sentence.

Two men who were “in joint control” of 167kg of explosives found inside a car - enough to make a bomb three quarters as large as the one detonated in Omagh in 1998 - have been jailed for total of 15 and a half years.

A man's denial that he knew anything about 167kg of explosives found inside his "heavily laden" car - including detonators sticking out from the passenger seat - has been found to be "totally incredible" by the Special Criminal Court.

A man on trial at the Special Criminal Court gave no reply when asked by gardaí to account for the presence of 150kg of explosives in a car in which he was a front seat passenger, the court has heard.

Armed gardai found four bags of explosives in the boot of a car and 18 detonators under the front passenger seat when they stopped the vehicle on the Naas Road, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Two Dublin men were stopped by gardaí in a car which was found to contain 150kg of explosives, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

A male pedestrian was killed and a female cyclist is fighting for her life in hospital after two separate incidents on the roads.

BMW Group Ireland has said it will inject €37m across its operations in the Republic as it pushes its electric vehicle sub-brand, the BMW i.

British DIY retailer Homebase has identified three Irish stores for potential closure as part of its cost- cutting plans.

Paul Bradley (54) and his sons Jason (20), Dean (24), and Ryan (18), of Liscarne Gardens, Dublin 22, have pleaded not guilty to the murder of Neil Reilly (36) at Esker Glebe in Lucan, Dublin on January 18, 2017.

Did a garda commissioner maliciously describe one of his officers as a kiddie fiddler?

At 3.25pm yesterday Sgt Maurice McCabe broke down. He had been giving evidence since 10.12am with an hour break. For much of the day he was brought through the jagged and often painful odyssey which has dominated his life for over a decade.

Beware the intersection: A study of road collisions in Dublin shows where and when crashes are more likely to occur.

Update 10am: A 16-year-old teenage boy is due to appear in court after being arrested by Gardaí on the Naas Road yesterday.

Your lunchtime news bulletin.

A man brandishing a firearm was dramatically arrested by armed gardaí at a shopping centre after an almost eight-hour crime spree across west Dublin involving six carjackings.

Two men have been detained in connection with a botched raid on a bookies in Walkinstown in Dublin.

Latest: Gardai are investigating a fatal road traffic collision that occurred on the Naas Road at approximately 6.20am this morning.

A Range Rover worth an estimated €140,000 was one of 21 vehicles seized in a massive operation targeting organised crime and the bogus motor trade.

A 35 year old man died at a Dublin hotel after consuming a cocktail of drugs, an inquest heard. 

We thought we had seen it all with Garda bosses’ treatment of whistleblowers. But then came the ‘Grace’ scandal and the appalling way the HSE treated those who spoke out, says Political Editor Daniel McConnell

Gardaí investigating burglaries and car thefts in Co Carlow have arrested two men in Dublin.

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Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after two men were seriously injured in a road accident in Dublin today.

The Garda crackdown that followed the death of crusading journalist Veronica Guerin showed gangsters that they were not untouchable. Numerous arrests and the seizure of €50m of assets and €150m in taxes followed that brutal killing, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

A man remains in a serious condition in hospital this morning after a fatal crash in Dublin yesterday.

The former Oireachtas committee chairman had the courage to face down pressure from a most powerful individual and give a forum to whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell

The justice minister has said she was shocked at the revelation a serving garda chief held a secret meeting in a carpark with a TD in an alleged attempt to discredit a garda whistleblower.

Former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan is under mounting pressure to explain why he said whistle-blower Maurice McCabe “could not be trusted” during a secret meeting with ex- Public Accounts Committee chair John McGuinness.

Former Garda commissioner Martin Callinan met the then Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman John McGuinness in secret in 2014 to say that Sergeant Maurice McCabe was “not to be trusted”.

Brian Meehan will find out this morning if his conviction for the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin is to be declared a miscarriage of justice.

Two men are being questioned about a suspected New IRA bomb plot after explosives were discovered in a car just after rush hour at a busy junction in Dublin.

Latest: Junction Nine of the M50 has reopened after an overturned truck was removed from the area.

As the Kinahan-Hutch feud rages, gangland intimidation and violence will get worse, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

If I had a 1,000 votes I would not give even one to Fine Gael for the following reasons: