Gardaí today appealed for help in identifying the body of a man pulled from the River Liffey nearly two months ago.

A 15-year-old girl apparently abandoned by her parents, who went to England two years ago leaving her to fend for herself, was remanded in custody today.

A Dublin youth, who was involved in public-order incidents which left gardaí in danger from violent teenagers, has been given bail pending sentence with nightly curfew which a judge said should be actively monitored.

A 15-year-old boy who threw a rock at gardaí and subjected them to verbal abuse as they were investigating a report of dangerous driving has been spared a criminal conviction.

A 14-year-old-boy, who was involved a spate of ATM scams where five men each had €200 stolen from under their noses, has been given a six-month sentence by Judge Ann Ryan at the Dublin Children’s Court.

A GARDA investigation ordered by former Environment Minister Michael Smith into alleged planning corruption in the Dublin area in the early 1990s drew a blank, the Mahon Tribunal heard yesterday.

Gardaí in Dublin have identified a mystery woman who presented herself at Store Street Station last week suffering from amnesia.

Gardaí in Dublin are seeking the public's assistance in establishing the identity of a woman who presented herself at Store Street Station last Sunday morning.

Forensic experts are to give evidence today at the inquest into the death of Dublin man Terence Wheelock.

A 15-year-old repeat offender, who has a litany of convictions for burglaries, has been given a four month sentence for a trespassing offence.

A retired garda has been convicted by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of forging two documents in relation to cars stolen from the official compound at Store Street Station.

GARDAÍ were yesterday trying to piece together the scale of a firearms-dealing operation run by Russians.

Three teenagers, who allegedly surrounded a man and threatened him with a syringe as he walked along the Liffey Boardwalk in Dublin, have been returned for trial to the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A man who hanged himself had been subjected to garda harassment in the weeks before his death, his family claimed today.

Communities around the country have been granted a direct input to form the best ways for gardaí to tackle crime, disorder and antisocial behaviour under a joint policing initiative launched today.

WITH drugs ravaging a large section of our population, is it not about time that we had a hard-hitting State-sponsored TV and print media campaign against this creeping horror?

ESTHER WHEELOCK said her family will not rest until they get answers to her son’s death.

GARDAÍ have set up a working group with gay representatives to tackle a rise in homophobic attacks.

JUDGES have been urged to hand down heavy sentences to people convicted of producing and supplying the lethal and highly addictive narcotic crack cocaine.

THE Labour Party backed calls yesterday for an independent inquiry into the death of a young man found hanging in a garda cell.

Two English tourists were being treated in hospital tonight after being struck by a bus in Dublin city centre.

GARDAÍ are facing two separate legal actions for compensation over allegations of assault on people in custody, including one from the family of a young teenager who died in a Tipperary garda station.

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

A 16-year-old boy, who attacked three gardaí in an effort to stop them from arresting one of his friends, has been ordered to do 100 hours community service in lieu of two months detention.

A man has been arrested in Dublin after heroin with a street value of €400,000 was seized in a Garda operation.

GARDAÍ believe they have caught a serial rapist suspected of assaulting at least four women over recent months.

Gardaí in Dublin are asking for the public's help in tracing a missing 28-year-old man.

NIGHT-TIME revellers watched in horror as the doorman of a busy city centre pub was gunned down in a drive-by attack, the tenth gangland- style shooting since the start of the year.

A murder hunt is underway in Dublin following the shooting dead of a doorman outside a Dublin pub last night.

AN escaped convict who suffered a broken ankle and shinbone after jumping from the third floor of a hospital window was expected to be back in custody last night.

COCAINE and heroin seized by gardaí in a raid on a house in Dublin was imported by a gang of young dealers who have been linked to a number of murders in recent years.

The investigation to try to identify the murdered man whose body was found inside a suitcase in Dublin's Royal Canal at the weekend has gone international.