A man who had a knife stabbed into his face during a violent street fight has pleaded guilty to his involvement in the daylight attack, along with three other men.

A man described by gardaí as the “head of the Dundon McCarthy” gang has been remanded in custody on a charge of threatening to kill his sister’s father in law.

A mother yesterday told of a heartbreaking prayer she whispered over the bodies of her identical twin sons, after finding them dead at their rented apartment