A garda witness has told a trial that he was armed and full of adrenaline when he approached two men accused of taking part in an attempted robbery of a cash van.

Two men caught transporting handguns across the city will be sentenced next month at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Two handguns have been recovered from the burnt-out wreckage of a bogus taxi used in a gangland hit on two criminals, it was revealed today.

A man was shot dead after he jumped from the first-floor bedroom of his home just metres from a garda station, detectives said today.