Update - 8.23pm: Phelim Doyle has been found safe and well.

New traffic restrictions in central Dublin have cut bus journey times on some routes by 40%.

Traffic lane changes are coming into effect on some of the busiest roads in Dublin City Centre this weekend.

Major changes to traffic flow in Dublin City Centre will come in to force on Sunday.

Commuters in Dublin are facing travel disruption again today as cross city works continue on the Luas.

The National Transport Authority is defending the decision to carry out essential Luas works in Dublin this Bank Holiday weekend.

A pregnant political activist has been charged with assaulting a garda during yesterday's massive Irish Water demonstration in Dublin.

A video has emerged from yesterday's anti-water charge protests which appears to show a vehicle colliding with at least one pedestrian.

Organisers of yesterday's anti-water charges demonstration have hailed it a success.

Huge crowds have gathered in Dublin to take part in today's protest against water charges.

A teenage boy was arrested for stealing a phone at O'Connell Bridge in Dublin city centre after a tracker app located him, a court has heard.

Thousands have taken to the streets of Dublin city centre this afternoon to protest against water charges.

Your faith in humanity will be restored, destroyed and restored again when you read this American tourist's story.

Cork Simon said there is a worrying upward trend in the number of people sleeping rough on the streets of Cork.

Maybe Bord Failte should employ the Irish Air Corps to promote Ireland abroad.

Arthur Fields spent 50 years standing on Dublin's O'Connell bridge, snapping photos of passers-by. Now, his history of Dublin is being collected for a documentary.

There is flooding in Dublin, Wicklow and Westmeath this evening following heavy thundery showers.

There are reports of localised flooding on Dublin's northside.

Animal rights activists will stage a demonstration this afternoon in protest against fur farms in Ireland.

Final preparations are being made ahead of the St. Patrick's Day celebrations in Dublin tomorrow and football legend John Giles says he is honoured to be acting as Grand Marshal.

Fine Gael Presidential candidate Gay Mitchell has today said that he would "jump off O'Connell Bridge" if anyone else asked him to smile.

Charges against a 19-year-old have been brought to court after a homeless man's pet rabbit was thrown into the River Liffey.

Gardaí have recovered jewellery believed to be worth around €15,000 following a robbery in Dublin City Centre.

Motorists are being warned to expect delays in Dublin city centre for much of today following a serious crash on the south quays this morning.

Searches of the River Liffey in Dublin are to resume today after reports that a body was spotted in the water yesterday.

A search is underway in the River Liffey in Dublin following reports that a man jumped off O'Connell Bridge in the city centre this lunchtime.

Rising tides are eating away at Ireland’s most historic landmark – but experts today said there was no danger of O’Connell Bridge falling into the sea.

An independent expert has been called in to examine one of Ireland’s foremost landmarks over fears it is falling apart because of global warming.

Two men were dramatically pulled from the River Liffey today in separate water rescues that took place within an hour.

Two men in their 30s are being held by gardaí, following what they are describing as a "firearms incident" in Dublin city centre this afternoon.

A man in his 20s is recovering in hospital this morning after being stabbed during an overnight row in Dublin's city centre.

A vigil is being held in Dublin today for parents who will not be spending time with their children this Christmas.

Dublin City Council has denied that it is planning to remove a hoax plaque that has been on O'Connell Bridge for almost three years.

A vigil has been held in Dublin as a mark of solidarity for the thousands of children who will be separated from their parents and grandparents today.

A flagship city centre metro station could be built under O'Connell bridge.

A spokesperson for Dublin City Council confirmed this afternoon that the mystery plaque on O'Connell Bridge is to be removed.

Fathers who say they’re being denied access to their children are to hold a silent vigil in Dublin today to protest against the family law system.

THE 61st Dublin Head of the River, hosted by Old Collegians' Boat Club, was held on the Liffey on Saturday.

A group of fathers who can't see their children this Christmas Day because of relationship break-downs are protesting in Dublin City Centre.

I SOMETIMES wonder is it just me that’s going mad, or is the whole country at it.

A PASSER-BY who jumped into the River Liffey to save a drowning man had to be rescued by emergency services after getting into difficulty.

More than 100,000 people are marching through the streets of Dublin as part of a world-wide chain of rallies against a US-led war on Iraq.

By Fergus Finlay

A 300-year-old house has been found underneath a busy Dublin street.