A row over a move in a chess game is believed to have been a factor in the latest in a series of violent deaths across Ireland since the start of the new year.

The man who died in suspicious circumstances in Finglas yesterday morning has been named as 29-year-old Vincent Maher.

A man was stabbed to death in a violent late night row over a chess game, detectives believe.

Gardaí are investigating the death of a man at a house in Castleknock in west Dublin overnight.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the death of a 29-year-old man in Dublin overnight.

Detectives want to speak to revellers at a house party after a man was found dead in suspicious circumstances.

Gardaí in Finglas are investigating the discovery of a body of a 29-year-old man in an apartment on Wellmount Road, Finglas at 11am today.

A COUNTY councillor spoke yesterday about how he came across a horrific head-on crash which claimed the lives of two people.

Gardai in Dublin are appealing for witnesses to a hit and run in the city this morning which has left a young woman in a critical condition in hospital.