AN ELDERLY Dublin man escaped death after a gas explosion ripped through his city centre apartment yesterday.

A 53-YEAR-OLD woman died in a house fire in north Dublin in the early hours of yesterday morning.

A 53-year-old woman died in a house fire in north Dublin today.

The family of a 31-year-old homeless woman who died after being struck by a truck on Dublin’s quays could not be located, her inquest heard tonight.

The Government should scrap a 2003 VAT increase on petrol and diesel in light of rising fuel costs, it was claimed today.

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating an armed robbery at a pub in the city centre early this morning.

A LIMERICK man’s faith in the justice system has been restored following the decision to appeal the sentence given to one of his son’s killers.

Gardaí in Dublin have launched a murder investigation following the death of a man in Beaumont hospital last Friday.