A toddler due to celebrate her second birthday today is fighting for her life after falling from a third story window.

A number of violent robberies against taxi drivers in Dublin have led Gardaí to set up a dedicated unit to tackle the problem.

Gardaí are investigating the alleged false imprisonment of a 19-year-old woman in Dublin.

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating reports of an alleged false imprisonment involving a 19-year-old woman.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan is open, conditionally, to amending the law to clamp down on vulture funds.

A reknowned Irish player of an online game which requires physical visits to landmark sites died during a late-night mission, an inquest has heard. 

Homeless people and those living in emergency accommodation were among those who protested on the steps of Cork City Hall last night demanding an urgent response to the housing crisis.

Almost 120 families will be housed in a development announced yesterday in Dublin, putting a dent in the growing homelessness crisis in the capital.

Enda Kenny has promised to appoint a new Cabinet-level minister for housing if Fine Gael enter government.

Political parties have called for action to protect home-owners, small businesses, and tenants from vulture funds.

A five-year-old boy and a teenager have died in two separate drownings in Dublin and Cavan.

A five-year-old boy has died after falling into a pond in Tyrellstown in west Dublin.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering a father of five in Tyrellstown has heard how the victim's body was set alight.

Tears flowed for infants and parents parting at the classroom door for the first time, but they are not the only ones marking new beginnings this week.

Neighbours in a West Dublin housing estate where 15 year-old schoolboy Toyosi Shittabey was stabbed to death, have begun giving evidence in the trial of a 26 year-old man accused of murder.

Protesting workers at the Mulhuddart plant of haulage firm Target Express have held talks with company management.

There have been dramatic scenes in court today at the conviction of a 40-year-old Dublin man for the murder of Adel Essalhi.

A motorist will be sentenced today for the manslaughter of a British man in a road rage attack.

A man will be sentenced today for the road rage killing of a British motorist.

A man has admitted the road rage killing of an English motorist in Dublin.

Thirty one members of the Dublin County Amateur Boxing Board have been told by a judge to pay a €60,000 costs bill arising out of an unsuccessful legal foray against their parent body, the Irish Amateur Boxing Association.

The Central Criminal Court has heard that a Dublin man accused of murdering 15-year-old schoolboy Toyosi Shittabey has died after being taken to hospital this morning.

Two men appeared in court today charged in connection with the seizure of a €2.4m haul of heroin.

A failed asylum seeker is challenging his detention after his deportation flight to Nigeria had to turn back.

The Government has formally recognised multi-denominational body Educate Together as a second-level patron.

Five new schools have been approved for growing populations in Dublin’s commuter belt.

A 21-YEAR-OLD woman was arrested last night in connection with the brutal murder of a man in Tyrellstown in west Dublin who had his throat cut.

A man in his late thirties has been arrested in connection with the murder of a man in Dublin.

Gardaí are expected to launch a murder inquiry after the discovery of a body in a ditch in West Dublin yesterday.

A post-mortem examination will be carried out today on the body of a man which was found in a ditch.

HAILUU NETSIYANWA was born in Zimbabwe but his accent is more Howth than Harare, he plays Gaelic football and says he feels Irish.

Two brothers have been charged with the murder of a 15-year-old Nigerian boy in west Dublin last April.

A man is undergoing surgery after being assaulted in Dublin's Tyrellstown.

YOU climb out of bed in the morning to survey the trail of destruction already zig-zagging to the half-open front door. You summon the courage to slowly peel open another credit card bill.

The funeral of teenager Toyosi Shittabey who was fatally stabbed in West Dublin on Good Friday, is due to take place this afternoon.

Local people have gathered for a rally at Hartstown Community School in west Dublin this afternoon following the death of Junior Cert student Toyosi Shittabey.

A rally will be held later today at the school where 15-year-old stab victim Toyosi Shitabbey was a third-year student.

Integration Minister Mary White has said she is shocked and saddened at the death of a 15-year-old Nigerian boy in Tyrellstown in Dublin.

A 16-year-old boy has died in a stabbing incident in Dublin tonight.

An Bord Pleanála has refused permission for the development of Ireland's largest adventure centre planned for West Dublin, which could have created 1,000 jobs.

A Nigerian man who came to Ireland as a student but stayed on illegally when his visa expired has been given a seven-year sentence for possession of over €300,000 of cocaine.