Three teenagers have been jailed for the aggravated burglary of a woman's home, during which they threatened to cut off her ten year old son’s fingers.

A man and a woman have been arrested after a firearm was recovered during a garda raid in Dublin.

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating two separate shooting incidents overnight in the south-west of the city.

John Breslin

A YEAR-LONG investigation received a fresh impetus yesterday when a mother appealed for help in finding a man who was seen running from her 12-year-old son’s play den moments before it caught fire, killing the youngster.