Gardai in Dublin are continuing to question three men in connection with the seizure of two million illegal cigarettes.

Gardaí and customs officials in Dublin have arrested three men after the seizure of two million cigarettes worth €860,000.

A man charged with the murder of a mother-of-one found in the boot of a car told detectives her death was an accident, a court heard today.

A 45-year-old man has been held by gardaí overnight in connection with the murder of a woman in Dublin.

OVER half the population, 2.2 million people, played National Lottery games last year registering sales of €815.1 million, the second highest level ever.

A man who was caught with €25,000 worth of heroin days after he was shot in the neck during a gangland murder has been given a seven and a half year sentence.

Ireland’s newest lottery millionaires today shunned the limelight to secretly collect their massive €29m cheque.

Guns, ammunition and more than €1m worth of drugs were seized when gardaí searched a house earlier today.

MARY HARNEY, the acting leader of the Progressive Democrats, fought back tears yesterday as she paid a moving tribute to her late mother, Sarah Harney, 84, who died on Monday following a long illness.

THE Revenue Commissioners have netted over €420 million from tax cheats so far this year.

Gardaí were tonight investigating after a man originally from the North was shot dead in a suspected gangland killing in north Dublin.

A 45-year-old man has died after his car collided with a tree in Newcastle, Co Dublin.