LAND surrounding a former mass grave at the largest Magdalene Laundry was quietly sold by the order of nuns who ran it for €61.8 million during the boom.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has described a vow by religious congregations to co-operate with any inquiry into the Magdalene laundries as an important step.

A 15-year-old boy “showed no remorse” when he kicked a Chinese man's head as if it were a football, during a brutal gang attack in Dublin, the Children's Court heard today.

MINISTER for Education Batt O’Keeffe was under pressure last night to admit that the state was involved in sending women to Magdalene Laundries after Department of Justice officials admitted to former Magdalene women that they and the Irish judiciary system sent women to the laundries.

FAMILIES affected by drugs have called for the drugs crisis to be given the same priority as road safety.

Two of the men charged last month with possession of explosive materials in Dublin have been released on bail at the Special Criminal Court today.

A GANGLAND criminal was being questioned in relation to a firearms, drugs and cash haul in Dublin.

A 14-year-old boy driving a stolen car tried to ram gardaí and nearly mowed down pedestrians during a joyride, the Dublin Children’s Court heard yesterday.

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating a gun attack on a house in Dublin's north inner city this morning.

THEY came in their hundreds to mourn a woman who was universally loved and liked for her caring nature.

The Taoiseach is officially opening the Saint Vincent de Paul house in Dublin today.

ARMED robbers were caught red-handed yesterday as they were about to carry out a raid on a security van.

Around 900 deaths from strokes and heart attacks could be prevented each year if people reduced their daily salt intake by half a teaspoon, health experts said today.

Gardaí in Dublin have recaptured a man who escaped from Fitzgibbon Garda Station in the north of the city this morning.