A round up of today's other news stories in brief
Gardaí arrest three following Dublin shooting
Three people have been arrested following a shooting which took place in Dublin yesterday afternoon.
No one was injured in the incident in which a man on a motorcycle fired shots at a car parked outside Molly's Pub on Ballybough Road at about 3pm.
The three are being held at Mountjoy Garda station under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act and can be detained for 72 hours.
Seven bailed over festive day riots
Seven youths were brought before the Children's Court yesterday to be charged with offences in connection with riots that broke out in Finglas, Dublin, on St Patrick's Day.
Three 16-year-old boys, two boys aged 17 and two other youths, now 18, were remanded on bail by Judge Bryan Smyth for two weeks pending directions from the DPP.
The alleged offences happened in the Berryfield and Cardiffsbridge Road areas in Finglas.
Man acquitted in forgery trial
A man accused of possessing false driving licences, insurance certificates and motor taxation discs has been cleared of the charges by direction of Judge Tony Hunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
James Meleady of Ballybough Road, Fairview, had pleaded not guilty to possession of 16 forged documents at his home on February 27th, 2006.
The jury had heard that six "blank and false" Irish driving licences, a "false driving licence" in the name of another man, three "false motor tax discs" and six blank "fake FBD" insurance certificates had been found in Mr Meleady's residence.
However, Judge Hunt directed the jury to acquit Mr Meleady following an application by Seán Guerin, defending.
"Legally speaking, there is no case to answer," Judge Hunt said. "The evidence is not such that you could be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt.
"The result is that I'm bound, whatever my personal views in the matter might be, to withdraw the case from you and direct you to return a verdict of not guilty'."
Man convicted of sexual assault
A man who was said to have been in a psychotic state has been convicted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of sexually assaulting a young woman.
Eugene O'Neill (52), Shanganagh Grove, Shankill, Co Dublin, had pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting the woman in her home in south Dublin on November 19th, 2006. The jury returned an 11-1 majority verdict after over five hours of deliberation and a five-day trial.