Gardaí in Dublin are investigating an a petrol bomb attack on a house in Crumlin.

A reformed heroin addict who was arrested after he left his wallet and identification in a house he had just burgled has been jailed for two years.

An expectant father has been jailed for nine months for possession of a samurai sword which he claimed he had just "yanked" from a group of youths after they threatened him with it.

A trusted inmate who smuggled mobile phones and drugs into Mountjoy Prison has been given a three-year suspended sentence by Judge Martin Nolan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Detectives investigating the murder of a prominent Dublin criminal on Saturday night will meet this morning to review the case.

Detectives have recovered the black Mazda car used in the gangland-style assassination of a leading Dublin criminal, Gardai said today.

Gardai are appealing for information about two cars seen in the vicinity of last night's gangland-style shooting in Dublin.

The battle for control of Dublin's drugs trade is mounting with the shooting

A murder investigation is underway in Dublin after a 47-year-old man was