Proceedings to have striking workers at a company that operates port facilities at Dublin Port jailed for allegedly breaking the terms of a High Court order have been resolved.

A number of units of Dublin Fire Service are dealing with a large fire in the Ringsend area in Dublin this evening.

A man who was transporting firearms and ammunition for a criminal to repay a ‘debt’ as a result of seized drugs has been given an eight year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Armed officers from an elite Garda emergency squad today used a Taser weapon to stun a man found near a suspected bomb.

A man was being questioned by gardaí this afternoon in connection with a suspicious device found in south Dublin.

A 19-year-old man was arrested this afternoon in connection with the shooting of a young woman, gardai said.

Gardaí at Irishtown in Dublin, who are investigating a shooting which took place at 12.30am today, say they are keeping an open mind over the cause of the attack.