A man was in a serious condition last night with severe head injuries following a violent fracas between drug gangs at a Luas stop over the weekend.

A taxi driver who dragged a passenger along a road with his car for 250 metres following a disagreement about a fare has been spared a jail sentence and a road ban.

A taxi driver dragged a passenger along a road with his car for 250m following a dispute about a fare, a court heard.

An off-duty garda had a gun pointed at his head and was threatened as he foiled a robbery of a corner shop in south Dublin.

Gardaí have arrested two people following the attempted robbery of a shop in Ranelagh in Dublin overnight.

Gardaí were last night questioning a teenager in relation to the latest carjacking incident to take place in Dublin.

Gardaí have arrested a teenager after a taxi was hijacked in Dublin this morning and the driver threatened with a knife.

Gardaí are appealing for information on a pensioner missing from the Rathmines area of Dublin since this afternoon.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested two men following an attempted robbery at a shop in Rathmines yesterday evening.

One man has been hospitalaised in Dublin following a stabbing incident early this morning.

A man and a woman are in custody following the discovery of €70,000 worth of cocaine in south Dublin on Saturday.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested a man in his early 30s in connection with the robbery of a post office in Rathmines this afternoon.

GARDAÍ arrested two men yesterday when they foiled an aggravated burglary and freed a couple aged in their late 60s.

Five people are now being questioned in connection with an attempted robbery of a credit union in south Dublin yesterday evening.

Gardaí were today investigating the death of a woman found in a house in south Dublin.

Gardaí in Dublin have issued an appeal for the public's help in tracing a number of drawings, which were stolen from a flat in the Rathmines area.

A t-shirt saying "I'm a bomb technician- if you see me running try to keep up" was found in the house of a father-of-ten accused of IRA membership, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

A third man was arrested this afternoon in connection with the shooting of a garda in Dublin yesterday morning.

GARDAÍ arrested two gunmen yesterday following separate raids on financial institutions in Dublin.

TWO men remained in a critical condition last night following separate assaults in Dublin.