A woman in her 70s has been stabbed in Ballyfermot in Dublin.

The driver of a car that struck a man who later died said he was driving under duress.

A Dublin man convicted of murdering a security guard during an armed raid at Clerys department store in 1982 is to make a High Court bid for freedom tomorrow.

Gardaí in Ballyfermot are investigating a shooting which has left a man in a critical condition in hospital.