“DID you hear that?” asked Ciara as she ended a phone call with her mother. “Mum’s going to come over on Saturday night so we can go out.”

A man has appeared in court in Dublin charged with the carjacking of a woman's car in Rathgar last Friday.

A 15-year-old arrested in connection with the hijacking of a taxi in Dublin has been charged.

Gardai at Terenure have seized cannabis resin, cocaine and a small amount of cannabis herb with a total street value of €250,000.