Police in Spain are understood to be looking for a British man, who lives locally, after a Dublin man was shot dead yesterday on the Costa del Sol.

John O’Neill’s family said he was an innocent man with no criminal record.

The 40-year-old father-of-two from Coolock was on holiday in Spain with his family when he was shot outside a bar in Benalmadena.

A 64-year-old Dublin resident who was reported missing on Lake Erie Saturday, July 24, was found dead Monday, July 26.

Gregory Shaw, 7685 Fishel Dr. S., Dublin, was initially reported missing at 1:43 p.m., the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office said in an information release.

The sheriff’s office said it received a 9-1-1 call from someone on a sailboat reporting Shaw in the water and that they had lost sight of him in Lake Erie about one mile north of the entrance to the Portage River.

Dublin chairman Gerry Harrington is hoping that Anthony Daly stays on as manager of the county’s hurling team, despite exiting the Championship with a surprise loss to Antrim.

Daly is considering his future in the post, having a year left of his planned three year stint with the county.

Harrington told www.hoganstand.com: ‘I have spoken with Anthony and he has asked for some time to consider his position.

Gardaí investigating the murder of Stephen Byrne in Dublin yesterday evening say his killer arrived and left the scene on a bicycle.

The 32-year-old was shot a number of times in the head and body near his home in Sheriff Street at around 4.45pm. More >

A 39-year-old man has appeared before Blanchardstown District Court charged with assaulting his wife at their home in Mulhuddart in Dublin last Monday.

Andrez Benko was charged with assaulting his wife, Joanna, and causing her harm at Ladyswell Road.

Joanna, 31, was beaten with a hammer while she slept in bed. The couple’s three-year-old son was downstairs at the time.

The trial of a Dublin man charged with the rape of a homeless woman nearly two years ago has collapsed at the Central Criminal Court.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had pleaded not guilty to raping the then 19-year-old woman at a Dublin address on 13 October 2008.

Mr Justice Paul Carney directed the jury to return a verdict of not guilty as the evidence called by the prosecution supported an offence under the 1990 Criminal Law Rape Amendment Act, which deals with oral rape, anal rape and rape by the association of implements.

RUSSELL Brand may have sworn himself to monogamy, but he was every inch the lothario at the Irish premiere of his new movie last night.

The 35-year-old comic, who is set to marry singer Katy Perry later this year, flirted outrageously with female fans outside the Savoy in Dublin city centre last night. More >

Ebrahim Rahimpour, the Iranian Ambassador to Ireland (June 16th), states that the Iranians who protested at a meeting addressed by the Iranian foreign minister in Dublin did so “with the purpose of gaining refugee status in Ireland”.

Mr Rahimpour could not have known the status or the motives of the protesters beyond the public statements which they made and therefore his statement is without substance.

Dublin manager Pat Gilroy has named a new-look starting line-up for the Leinster SFC clash against Wexford on Sunday.

Five players have been handed Championship debuts for the Metropolitans’ Croke Park engagement.

The full-back line has been completely overhauled and includes Mick Fitzsimons, Philly McMahon and Rory O’Carroll.

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