A man who threatened to Taser a woman and take away her children during a carjacking in Dublin has been sentenced to five years in prison.

A man will appear in court in Dublin this morning charged in connection with a carjacking in the capital last week.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested a man in connection with a carjacking in Terenure on Friday.

The US has paid tribute to peacemaker priest Fr Alec Reid.

The remains of Fr. Alec Reid, an influential figure in the Northern Ireland peace process, will be lie in repose this afternoon at Marianella Chapel on Orwell Road, in Dublin.

The Health Minister James Reilly has said HIQA will have to look at its assessments to ensure it will not always have to rely on a whistleblower to report allegations of bad behaviour and abuse.

The roads at the scenes of two car crashes in Dublin and Longford have reopened to traffic.

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating a road accident in Rathfarnham last night which claimed the life of a man in his 80s.

A man in his 60s has died following a crash in a south Dublin suburb last ni

THE term “soap opera” should be removed from the English lexicon.

The brother of the Mulhall sisters, who killed their mother’s African boyfriend in March 2005, has been sentenced to two years in prison for robberies he committed while wielding a knife.

The lives of a number of people have been severely affected by an ex-Garda Special Branch member who caused death and serious injury to others while drink driving, an inquest has heard.

A MAGNIFICENT portrayal of Winston Churchill by Albert Finney showed the great man in his morning bath with his personal valet testing the temperature of the water.

A health board began a court bid today to shut down a Dublin nursing home because of “extemely serious” breaches of operation guidelines.

A TEENAGE girl, one of two young women injured in a hit-and-run accident two weeks ago, remains in an extremely serious condition in hospital.

THE man arrested on suspicion of drink driving following a fatal car crash at the weekend was a former garda, it emerged yesterday.

Gardaí questioning a man in relation to a fatal road accident in south County Dublin yesterday say he has been released from custody.

Gardaí are continuing to question a man arrested in connection with a fatal road accident in Dublin yesterday.

Gardaí have named the man killed in a road accident in Dubiln yesterday.