A woman has died in a traffic accident in Dublin.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has denied it took a series of brutal gangland murders for his Government to address long-term problems in Dublin’s north inner city, as he launched a high-profile campaign for the area.

The prevalence of prescription drug-dealing and the severe lack of drug-free recovery centres in Dublin’s north inner city are some of the challenges facing the area, according to its community leaders.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and his ministers have heard calls for urgent action in Dublin’s inner city amid claims the area has been left to become a “social apartheid” after decades of neglect.

A Dublin community is to hold a procession this evening to demand an end to feud violence and the devastation caused by the drug crisis.

Gardaí have said they have now identified a man shot in Dublin's inner city this afternoon.

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Cities are beginning to clean up their acts and 13 major urban areas are now deemed to be less littered than the European average.

A Dublin man who stabbed his former girlfriend’s new partner after hiding in her flat to confirm his suspicions about her new relationship has been jailed for seven years.

Gardaí investigating the savage attack on a man who was shot in the head while driving through inner-city Dublin have recovered the getaway motorbike used in the assault.

One of the last surviving Irish soldiers granted a pardon after fighting against Nazi Germany has laid a wreath to remember his comrades.

A convicted murderer and a Louth man have been sentenced for stabbing two friends after a dispute over a disturbance from a house party.

A suspicious fire at a Dublin school yesterday is under investigation by gardaí.

The HSE has begun an MMR vaccination blitz in primary schools in Dublin's north inner city in response to a rapid rise in the number of measles in the area over the summer.

A suspect device which led to an area of Dublin's north inner city being sealed off has been deemed a hoax.

An area in Dublin's north inner city has been sealed off, following the discovery of a suspect device.

Gardaí in Dublin are continuing to question three men in connection with a serious assault on a man in the city centre yesterday morning.

Gardaí investigating a serious assault on a man in Dublin earlier today have arrested three men.

Three young men standing around gangster Stephen "Madzer" Byrne moments before he was gunned down scattered when his killer arrived on a bicycle, detectives indicated today.

There are moves being made to have the Docklands train station in Dublin named after the late Stephen Gately.

BOYZONE’S Stephen Gately was given an emotional homecoming last night as the pop star made his final journey back to his working-class roots.

Stephen Gately’s grief-stricken bandmates tonight bore the coffin of their friend during an emotional homecoming to his working-class roots.

Boyzone’s Stephen Gately was given an emotional homecoming tonight as the pop star made his final journey back to his working-class roots.

A 17-year-old boy is to face trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for allegedly leading gardaí on a high-speed car chase and crashing into three vehicles.

TWO men have been remanded in custody charged in connection with an attack on a teenager who remains in a critical condition in a Dublin hospital.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a pipe-bomb attack at a house in north Dublin.

Army Bomb Disposal experts have have found that a device left in Dublin city centre overnight was 'a viable explosive device'.

Gardaí are investigating a bomb hoax in Dublin city centre overnight.

A 17-year-old boy facing sentence for over forty offences has been remanded on continuing bail by the Dublin Children’s Court pending sentence.

Gardaí in Dublin are appealing for information after two separate shootings in the city early this morning.

MORE THAN 60 schools have been added to the school building programme and will begin the initial planning shortly, Education Minister Mary Hanafin announced yesterday.

IN little over a month, Dublin’s north inner city has witnessed five violent deaths. .

A Latvian national is due before Dublin District court in connection with the fatal stabbing of his flatmate at the weekend.

A MAN will appear in court this morning in relation to the fatal stabbing of an Eastern European in Dublin over the weekend.

Gardai are questioning a man in connection with the death of another man in Dublin.

Gardai have confirmed the identity of a young man who was murdered in Dublin last night.

A foreign national was killed in an overnight row in Dublin.