Four people have been arrested after a stolen van collided with a number of vehicles in Dublin.

The appeal brought by a former dance teacher against his six-month jail sentence for making false allegations that he was sexually assaulted by 'X Factor' judge Louis Walsh, has been adjourned.

A man in his 20s has been arrested by gardaí investigating a serious assault on a 41-year-old taxi driver in Dublin.

A MAN described as a “Walter Mitty type” has apologised in court after admitting he concocting bogus allegations that he was sexually assaulted by X Factor judge Louis Walsh.

Gardaí are renewing an appeal for witnesses to a drowning in Dublin last weekend.

A 24-year-old man has been arrested after gardaí dropped an investigation into claims of an indecent assault by Louis Walsh.

Twenty people appeared in court last night charged with alleged public order offences arising from yesterday's protests against the Queen's State visit.

Three teenagers are still being questioned by Gardaí investigating a fatal shooting in the capital on Monday.

A man mistakenly freed from prison last year and wanted by police leading a murder hunt has been arrested.

A property developer was charged in court this morning with criminal damage after a concrete mixer truck was driven against the gates of Leinster House.

A man was arrested tonight after an armed robbery at a city centre betting shop, gardaí said.

A number of people have been arrested following a protest at Anglo Irish Bank headquarters in Dublin.

A 22-YEAR-OLD man charged yesterday for last weekend’s double murder told the judge he was “stitched up”.

THE artist behind the nude paintings of Brian Cowen was lying low yesterday as controversy over his work and the Government’s outraged reaction to it deepened.

The artist behind nude paintings of Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen which were hung in two of the country’s top public galleries could face criminal charges, it was revealed today.

Three of the seven people detained as part the Garda investigation into last weekend's robbery of more than €7m from the Bank of Ireland have lost their High Court bid to be released on the grounds that their detention is unlawful.

Gardaí have seized a gun, ammunition and drugs worth nearly €500,000 in separate searches around Dublin.

A homeless and pregnant woman who was born in Mountjoy Prison has been given a suspended sentence a for stabbing a Polish man in Pearse street Garda station.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to an aggravated burglary in Dublin on Friday evening in which an elderly man was threatened and robbed at knifepoint.

A 22 year-old father of two who set fire to cars and threw a wheelbarrow at gardaí during the Love Ulster parade riot will be sentenced later by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A garda inspector who was on duty at the "Reclaim the Streets" demonstration on May 6, 2002, told a jury he ordered gardaí to put their batons away when he saw them being used on the crowd.

A GARDA with more then 30 years’ experience in the force has been appointed as an Assistant Commissioner.

A man who claims he was assaulted by a garda when he attended the 2002 "Reclaim the Streets" march in Dublin has identified himself on camera footage of the event.

THREE British citizens appeared before Dublin District Court yesterday after being arrested by gardaí organising security for the May Day celebrations.

A man on trial for the murder of his Naval Service crewmate told gardai he pushed the deceased into the chest who then went over the side of the ship and drowned, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

Three men in their twenties have been arrested in connection with an assault in the city earlier this month which left a 35-year-old librarian seriously ill.

Gardaí at Pearse Street Garda station are investigating the theft of a quantity of dangerous drugs from a car on Greenore Terrace, Dublin 2 between 8pm on December 22 and 12.30am on December 23 2002.