Garda murder squad detectives have released a photo of an innocent man shot dead in a botched gangland attack as they renewed calls for witnesses.

Gardaí are investigating reports a gunman shot dead an innocent homeless man in a reckless attempt to murder his intended target.

Gardaí say the seizure of a cache of high-powered firearms had “saved lives”, pointing out the weapons would have been “used” repeatedly and also probably ‘rented out’.

One senior garda yesterday said it is now 3-1 to the Kinahan cartel, writes Cormac O'Keeffe

Garda checkpoints and armed patrols are back in the heartland of the Kinahan cartel in south Dublin to prevent retaliation for the “barbaric” murder of Hutch associate Noel Duggan.

A father and son have appeared in court charged with helping an armed robber escape from custody last February.

The fallout from the shoddy self-regulation and frantic building splurge during the Celtic Tiger continues to seep out of the walls of homes thrown together, writes Michael Clifford

The innocent father of two gunned down in a gangland attack last Friday was driving a car belonging to the intended target, it has emerged.

Inspirational Operation Transformation leader Deirdre O’Donovan told 19 hopefuls facing the final cut yesterday she lost seven stone (about 44kg) and gained a “fantastic” lifestyle in just 12 months.

A man’s conviction for killing his 19-year-old neighbour over four decades ago was a miscarriage of justice, the Court of Criminal Appeal ruled.

42 years after he was jailed for killing civil servant Una Lynskey the Court of Criminal Appeal has found Martin Conmey's manslaughter conviction was a miscarriage of justice.

An unarmed, off-duty garda had a gun pointed at him, while other gardaí tackled a man armed with a hatchet in two separate incidents over a 24-hour period.

An off-duty Garda foiled a cash-in-transit robbery in Meath yesterday afternoon.

Gardaí are investigating a cash-in-transit robbery in Ratoath, Co Meath.

It’s the ultimate Christmas showdown, the kind of ding dong carol singers don’t croon about, as TV3 pitches itself against the State-funded broadcaster with its own version of the Late Late Toy Show.

The body representing rank-and-file gardaí has confirmed it is not inviting Justice Minister Alan Shatter to its annual conference at the end of April.

Olympic bronze medallist Cian O’Connor ensured himself a fitting send-off from the Discover Dublin Horse Show yesterday when third in the €200,000 Longines Grand Prix.

In-form Dermot Weld made a successful start with his juvenile class of 2012 when Imperial Concorde, his first two-year-old runner of the season, made all to land the opening Irish Stallion Farms Maiden at Gowran Park last evening.

A Luas driver has gone on trial accused of driving a tram dangerously.

A prominent campaigner for reform of the security industry who defrauded over €1.6m from the Revenue has been jailed for two years.

It was all about pedigree as racing royalty joined forces in one of the weddings of the year.

ONE-TIME billionaire Seán Quinn has clashed bitterly with the head of his former business empire as he condemned attacks on staff and property linked to the Quinn Group.

One-time billionaire Sean Quinn has clashed bitterly with the head of his former business empire as he condemned attacks on staff and property linked to the Quinn Group.

The chief executive of the Quinn Group has warned someone could be killed after he was personally targeted in the latest of a string of attacks on the business.

AN arson attack at the home of the new chief executive of the Quinn Group has been condemned as a sinister act of terrorism.

HORSE SPORT IRELAND is again putting up a prizefund of €75,500 for its Irish Sport Horse Studbook Show Jumping Series.

ALMOST 40 years after he was convicted of the unlawful killing of a 19-year-old civil servant, Martin Conmey finally had his name cleared of the crime yesterday.

Gardaí are continuing to question a man in his 20s this morning in connection with a 'tiger' kidnapping in Dublin last Friday.

Gardaí are hunting for an armed and "ruthless" gang who kidnapped a bank official's wife and held her hostage in Dublin.

A Meath man attempting to clear his name over of the killing of Una Lynskey almost 40 years ago claims he “made up stories” about events on the evening the young woman disappeared “out of fear” and “under duress”.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a consultant surgeon and his wife against their convictions for defrauding almost €750,000 from insurance companies through a false breast cancer claim.

SUBLIMITY, the Champion Hurdle winner of 2007, showed he is far from a back number when landing the Grade 1 Golf Centre December Festival Hurdle at Leopardstown yesterday.

A consultant surgeon and his wife have been found guilty of defrauding €700,000 from insurance companies through a false breast cancer claim.

A consultant surgeon charged with a €700,000 breast cancer insurance fraud broke down in tears at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court as he described the day he said his wife discovered a lump in her left breast.

A letter and a phone call received by a now retired insurance company staff member set off a major garda investigation into an alleged €700,000 insurance fraud by a consultant surgeon and his wife.

A man arrested following the seizure of €8m worth of heroin yesterday has been released without charge.

A FARM that sold for a fraction of the cost of the one purchased by the Government for a prison complex would not have been a suitable alternative, the Department of Justice said yesterday.