A 45-year-old man has died in hospital after he was shot at a shopping centre in Tallaght in Dublin in May.

Two men have been arrested after a taxi driver was held up in Limerick on Saturday night.

WHILE Michael Noonan has his fingers crossed that NAMA has got its haircut plans right in revaluing assets of troubled developers, the finance minister knows he has got the real deal when it comes to a proper trim.

“THIS case is a tragic one after a night out enjoyed by all,” wrote Detective Constable Emma Neal, as she recalled the judge’s words in the case of a young man left blind and severely disabled when a single punch rewrote his life story.

A man and woman have been rescued from a burning flat on the Lisburn Road in south Belfast.