Gardaí are appealing for witnesses

Gardaí confirmed they were satisfied the hoax was a threat

Officers are appealing for anyone who may have seen a Seat Leon with the registration plate KV12-KHP in the Kerry, Limerick and Cork North areas

The incident happened in south central Dublin on Tuesday night. Gardai are now trying to establish how the Chinese suspect got his hands on the pistol

The incident occurred at around 1pm on Sunday, May 31 at St Peter and Paul’s Cemetery on the Stradbally Road in Portlaoise.

Sources have told the Irish Mirror that the man charged over the Belfast knife attack spent less than a day in the Republic after arriving in Dublin from France before crossing into Northern Ireland.

It is suspected that the victim - who has over 70 convictions to his name including for firearms related offences and violent disorder, was deliberately targeted in this hit and run attack.

Gardai and emergency services attended the scene on Tuesday morning

Gardai are now trying to find the driver who fled the scene

'He tried to appear unfazed, cracking a smile and a wink - but conviction and sentencing mark a significant victory for gardaí'

'He watched and tracked our Dad for nine long months, with countless chances to walk away, to change his mind and just choose a different path. But he didn’t,' Kristopher Kirwan said outside court.

Heimir Hallgrímsson’s men are due to play Israel later this year and it’s increasingly likely that the home game will be played in a neutral country.

The hearse was being driven in a dangerous manner

Gardaí have launched an investigation after a man in his 30s was found unresponsive

Detective Superintendent Dave Gallagher said the conviction was the result of An Garda Siochana's determination to pursue those involved in serious violence and threats to life

Jerry McCabe was shot dead by an IRA gang during a raid on the post office in Adare, Co Limerick, in June 1996

Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to this collision to come forward

“I was scared for my family and afraid my house would be petrol bombed. I was terrified," Patricia Connor told gardai during interviews

Hannah O’Connor (26) told gardai she is “not a member of a crime group but a partner of a man who makes demands and refusing these demands is not an option,” Dundalk Circuit Court heard.

Mr Balogun, a student at Maynooth University and living in Dundalk, Co Louth, was fatally attacked after attending a gig at a premises on Grafton Street in the early hours of Monday morning, June 1.

A court has heard that Qayyum Balogun was allegedly chased by a group of 14 men before being set upon by six people in the moments leading up to the fatal stabbing in Dublin city centre.

In a heartbreaking interview with the Irish Mirror, Alex Coughlan's mother Brigid and sister Zara spoke at length about the kind and caring son and brother they knew - and how they want him to be remembered 'for who he was, not just what happened to him'.

The male in his 20s is due to appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin on Friday morning.

The seizure was made after Revenue officers stopped and searched an accompanied freight unit that had disembarked from a ferry arriving from Dunkirk, France on Thursday, June 4.

The incident took place at a Supervalu store in north County Dublin. Gardai say a man was later arrested.

In the video the suspect, who has now fled to the UK, raps about telling the feds that 'I don’t know sh*t,' and says 'pigs want me in the box, ain’t waiting for no corner kick'

Gardaí from the DMR North Central Division charged the individuals as part of Operation Táirge

A man remains in Garda custody

A mother and daughter from Drogheda have been jailed for 18 months after admitting laundering more than €500,000 on behalf of the Boylan organised crime group.

One motorist was caught speeding at 74km/h above the limit