A man fighting for his life, after being shot in the head, had “many enemies”, according to garda sources.

Cash-in-transit van partner Paul Richardson was extremely distraught on the day of an alleged tiger-kidnap of his family, a court has heard.

They were aware of his daily routine and told him “we're watching you all the time”, the court heard.

A cash-in-transit van driver has described how armed raiders entered his home and pointed a gun at his teenage son's head as the boy lay on the floor having a panic attack.

Gardaí investigating a fatal shooting in Dublinare appealing for information about the vehicle used in the incident.

A man has been injured in a shooting in Dublin.

Gardaí are investigating an incident of criminal damage after a fire in Dublin in the early hours of this morning.

A woman and two teenagers have been taken to hospital after a fire in Darndale in Dublin in the early hours of this morning.

A man who says he was too drunk to remember knocking a woman out before sexually assaulting her has been jailed for four years.

A man who says he was too drunk to remember knocking a woman unconscious before sexually assaulting her has been jailed for four years.

One of four men accused of taking part in the kidnapping of a Securicor worker and his family and the robbery of the firm of €2.28m has been found guilty on day 49 of the trial.

One of four men accused of taking part in the kidnapping of a Securicor worker and his family and the robbery of the company of €2.28m has been found guilty on day 49 of the trial.

One of four men accused of taking part in the kidnapping of a Securicor worker and his family and the robbery of the company of €2.28m has been found not guilty after a 45-day trial.

One of four men accused of taking part in the kidnapping of a Securicor worker and his family and the robbery of the company of €2.28m has been found not guilty after a 45-day long trial.

A 19-year-old man has been arrested after as part of an ongoing investigation into organised criminal activity in Dublin.

The trial of four men accused of kidnapping a Securicor worker and his family before robbing €2,28m has heard how a cash bundle of nearly €26,000 was seized during a search of one house.

The jury in the trial of four men accused of kidnapping a Securicor worker and his family before robbing €2.28m has been told that two numbers allegedly linked to the crime belonged to two defendants.

A jury has heard that suspected human faeces was taken from a hostage scene after a kidnap victim pointed out an area to gardaí where he said one of the culprits had “gone to the toilet”.

The victim of a 'tiger' kidnapping told co-workers that his worst nightmare had come true and that his family were being held hostage, a trial has heard today.

Four Dublin men have gone on trial accused of the false imprisonment of a family of four and the robbery of €2.28m in cash eight years ago.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has quashed the convictions of and ordered a retrial of three men jailed for the 'tiger kidnapping' of the family of a Securicor driver and forcing him to hand over €2.28m in cash.

The trial of two Dublin brothers accused of stealing €600,000 from a cash van after ramming it with a teleporter has begun hearing evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

THE crime rate among young offenders – some of whom had 35 convictions – plummeted by 64% under a new Garda scheme being rolled out across the country.

THE murder of a hardened criminal in north Dublin at the weekend – the fifth killing so far this year – is being blamed on a local feud.

A man has been shot dead in Dublin’s latest gangland-style gun attack.

THREE “inhuman monsters” have been sentenced to a total of 62 years in prison for subjecting a family to “unspeakable trauma” during a tiger kidnapping in 2005.

Three men have jailed for 25 and 12 years for carrying out a “tiger kidnapping” four years ago.

The number of businessmen who fear being the next target of a tiger kidnapping has soared in recent months, it emerged today.

Three men convicted of carrying out a €2.28m “tiger kidnapping” robbery four years ago face up to life in prison when their sentence is finalised next week.

A 26-year-old north Dublin criminal has been jailed for 11 years for the manslaughter of an Estonian man attacked as he sat with his girlfriend watching planes take off from Dublin airport.

The trial of a 26-year-old Dublin man accused of murdering an Estonian forklift driver has been adjourned for the day at the Central Criminal Court heard.

A 27-year-old Estonian man, who was dragged from his car and kicked to death in front of his girlfriend, died of blunt force trauma to the head and neck, the Central Criminal Court heard.

A young Estonian woman broke down in tears at the Central Criminal Court today as she recalled seeing two strangers drag her boyfriend from his car and kick him to death.

Three men have been convicted of carrying out a €2.28m “tiger kidnapping” robbery four years ago.

Deliberations in the trial of five men accused of involvement in a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" robbery will not begin until next week because several jurors have tickets for tonight's U2 concert.

A 2005 "tiger kidnapping" victim today identified an ex-colleague accused of the robbery on Securicor CCTV the morning of the crime.

A young man has revealed similarities between two men caught on shop CCTV and raiders who kidnapped him and his family in a €2.28m Securicor robbery.

A detective garda has said he took a copy of a private home’s security camera footage as part of an investigation into a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" robbery.

A young mother who drove her ex-boyfriend - armed with her son’s toy gun - to rob two shops so that he could repay his so-called "drug debts" has had her sentence adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury has heard further technical evidence of traffic between phone numbers in a €2.28m "tiger kindnapping" investigation.

The Securicor driver in a "tiger kidnapping" four years ago has confirmed there had been a rumour in his company that someone was followed home before the €2.28m robbery.

A jury has been sworn in for the trial of five men accused of robbing €2.28m in a "tiger kidnapping" three years ago.

The trial of five men accused of robbing €2.28m in a "tiger kidnapping" three years ago will begin tomorrow after a jury was sworn in at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.