A 22-year-old man brandished a machete at a garda pursuing him and his uncle from a shop they had just robbed, a court has heard.

It has been revealed that landlords in Dublin are cramming up to 30 people into properties as they rake in thousands of euro a week.

Five units of the Dublin Fire Brigade have brought a fire under control at an apartment complex in Dublin.

The jury in the murder trial of Jonathan Douglas, the 27-year-old accused of shooting dead Aidan Byrne, has been sent home for the weekend after failing to reach a verdict.

A second prosecution witness in a Dublin murder trial has retracted a statement to gardaí, claiming he was in fear and would have done anything to get out of the garda station.

The murder trial of a Dublin man has heard that he arrived at a relative's house with a gun minutes after Aidan Byrne was shot 10 times in a car off the North Circular Road.

A Dublin man on trial for murder was allegedly hired to gun down 31-year-old Aidan Byrne, who was shot 10 times near an estate off the North Circular Road.

A Dublin man convicted of a gangland drive-by murder has won the right to appeal his case to the Supreme Court.

The new Criminal Courts of Justice complex will be officially opened later today.

A 23 year-old Dublin man has been jailed for life by the Central Criminal Court for the murder of Noel Roche on Clontarf Road four years ago.

Closing speeches have been heard in the trial of a Dublin man accused of a fatal shooting on the Clontarf Road four years ago.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of shooting another man dead in a car on the Clontarf Road nearly four years ago has seen video footage of the scene taken from a passing bus on the night in question.

A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court for the trial of a 23 year-old Dublin man accused of murder.

The final inmate in a group of six who took part in a St. Stephen's Day riot at St Patrick's Institution in which four prison officers were injured has received a three-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Five inmates who took part in a St. Stephen's Day riot at St. Patrick's Institution in which four prison officers were injured have received two and three year sentences in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 15-year-old boy, who was described earlier this week as a “one man crime-wave”, has received an eight-month sentence.

PLANNERS have learned from the mistakes of the past when designing social housing, said Minister for Housing and Urban Renewal, Noel Ahern.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has opened Dublin's first Digital Community Centre in Dolphin House, Rialto, Dublin 8.

Detectives and forensic experts are today investigating the discovery of a body in a Dublin house late last night.