Gardaí list 30 men 'at risk' of being shot dead soonGardaí policing a volatile criminal feud in Dublin's north inner city have drawn up a list of over 30 men they believe are at…Sat May 05 2007 - 01:00
Cab seizes €4.5m of US insurance fraudster's assetsThe Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab) has secured a High Court order freezing property and cash valued at almost €4Sat May 05 2007 - 01:00
Call for independent board to oversee GardaGardaí want an independent police board to oversee An Garda Síochána and end what they see as undue political interference in…Thu May 03 2007 - 01:00
Gardaí warn they will press case if nurses make gainsGRA conference: The Garda Representative Association (GRA) has given its first indication that it will press for better conditions…Thu May 03 2007 - 01:00
Members threatened by criminalsOrganised crime gangs are offering to pay gunmen thousands of euro for the contract killing of gardaí who are investigating their…Wed May 02 2007 - 01:00
McDowell concerned over prisoner's callTánaiste and Minister for Justice Michael McDowell has said he has serious concerns with how the Irish Prison Service is being…Wed May 02 2007 - 01:00
Conroy rules out pepper spray for all gardaíGarda Representative Association conference: Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy has decided to reject a recommendation by the Garda…Wed May 02 2007 - 01:00
Gardaí to call for new stations with high securityGardaí are calling for new high-security Garda stations to hold serious gangland criminals who can be detained for up to seven…Tue May 01 2007 - 01:00
Drug boss killed by his own gangGardaí investigating the murder last December of leading drug dealer Martin "Marlo" Hyland believe three of his closest gang …Mon Apr 30 2007 - 01:00
GRA wants co-ordinated road deaths crackdownGardaí are to press for a new adequately-funded Government initiative to tackle road deaths that would see members of the force…Mon Apr 30 2007 - 01:00
Limerick criminal is killed in ambush on motorbikeGardaí believe a gunman who shot dead a father of three in Limerick city yesterday morning had intimate knowledge of his movements…Fri Apr 27 2007 - 01:00
Minister shares concern at fall in reporting of rapeThe legal system is failing to provide full protection to the victims of sexual crimes and a referendum is needed to address …Fri Apr 27 2007 - 01:00
Prison alert over ricin traces findA section of Limerick Prison was sealed off last night after traces of the deadly poison ricin were found at the jail.Fri Apr 27 2007 - 01:00
Minister says resourcing, Garda reform paying offMinister for Justice Michael McDowell has welcomed the falling crime rate in the first quarter of the year, saying the programme…Thu Apr 26 2007 - 01:00
Couple ordered headstones, coffins as well as burial plotsBackground: Gardaí say there was no indication the Dunnes were planning to end their own lives in the near future.Wed Apr 25 2007 - 01:00
Call for courts to refuse bail to major criminalsOrganised crime gangs would be seriously disrupted if the courts refused bail to major criminals at the request of a senior Garda…Sat Apr 21 2007 - 01:00
Gardaí urged to co-operate with ombudsman commissionAssociation of Garda Superintendents annual conference: Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy has urged members of the force to co-…Fri Apr 20 2007 - 01:00
Superintendents seek longer careersGarda superintendents have urged Tánaiste and Minister for Justice Michael McDowell to allow them to continue working until they…Fri Apr 20 2007 - 01:00
Gardaí seconded to ombudsmanFour Garda superintendents have been seconded to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission to assist in the investigation of complaints…Thu Apr 19 2007 - 01:00
Garda Reserve recruits very thin on the groundThe rate of recruitment to the Garda Reserve is so slow that Garda superintendents across the country have been asked to find…Mon Apr 16 2007 - 01:00
Prison service to outsource jobsThe Irish Prison Service is to outsource key drug treatment, counselling and psychologists' positions in a bid to overcome recruitment…Mon Apr 16 2007 - 01:00
Five are held as raids net guns and drugsFive men were arrested by gardaí over the weekend after firearms and drugs were found in separate operations in DublinMon Apr 16 2007 - 01:00
McDowell defends Bill to triple limit on donationsMinister for Justice Michael McDowell has defended as "fair" planned legislation that will treble the value of a donation a politician…Fri Apr 13 2007 - 01:00
Woman injured in Dublin shooting incidentGardaí are investigating the circumstances in which a young woman was shot and apparently dumped on a west Dublin street on Tuesday…Thu Apr 12 2007 - 01:00
Defence Minister to act on bullying of femalesSome 27 per cent of female members who responded to a major Defence Forces survey said they had been bullied or harassed over…Fri Apr 06 2007 - 01:00
Call for all armed gardaí to carry stun gunsStun guns should be made available to all Garda members who carry firearms and not only the Emergency Response Unit (ERU), the…Thu Apr 05 2007 - 01:00
Garda watchdog will not tolerate false complaintsAGSI conference: Members of the public who make vexatious or nuisance complaints about gardaí will face criminal prosecution…Thu Apr 05 2007 - 01:00
Gang murder witnesses 'are refusing to testify'Witnesses to gangland killings are refusing to testify against suspects or are leaving the witness protection programme, making…Wed Apr 04 2007 - 01:00
Cabinet approves use of stun guns for Garda response unitThe Garda's Emergency Response Unit (ERU) is to begin using stun guns following approval by Cabinet yesterday.Wed Apr 04 2007 - 01:00
Maj Gen Earley appointed as chief of staff of Defence ForcesThe Government has announced the appointment of Maj Gen Dermot Earley as the new chief of staff of the Defence Forces.Wed Apr 04 2007 - 01:00
Call for gardaí to get better firearms trainingGardaí need more modern firearms and better weapons training if they are to confront Ireland's growing gun culture as safely …Wed Apr 04 2007 - 01:00
Superintendent to serve no notice, retires on half-pay pensionThe Garda traffic superintendent arrested last week on suspicion of drink driving will not return to work to serve his notice…Mon Apr 02 2007 - 01:00
AGSI delegates to be told of increasing gangland violenceThe annual conference of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) is to hear calls for worsening gangland violence…Mon Apr 02 2007 - 01:00
CCTV units in situ this year - MinisterTánaiste and Minister for Justice Michael McDowell has announced 17 new CCTV systems will be in place in towns and city suburbs…Sat Mar 31 2007 - 01:00
Father of Saulite's two sons opposes their move to RigaThe family of murdered Latvian woman Baiba Saulite said yesterday they want to bring her two children to live with them in Riga…Wed Mar 28 2007 - 01:00
Drug dealer murdered in professional way - gardaíGardaí investigating the murder of drug dealer Roy Coddington in Co Meath on Thursday believe he was shot dead in a professional…Sat Mar 24 2007 - 00:00
Review group wants changes to suspects' right to silenceAn expert group appointed by the Government to examine the balance in criminal law has proposed wide-ranging changes which would…Sat Mar 24 2007 - 00:00
Murder inquiry after beach shootingA murder investigation was under way last night after a drug dealer was shot dead in a gangland-style attack in Co MeathFri Mar 23 2007 - 00:00
A third of prisoners released early from prisonMore than a third of prisoners are being released early before they have served their sentences or because they have qualified…Thu Mar 22 2007 - 00:00
Case highlights need for reform - MinisterThe treatment of Frank Shortt by some members of An Garda Síochána was so bad there "was no alternative but for the Government…Thu Mar 22 2007 - 00:00
Thousands of cigarettes seized from Riga flightsCustoms officers have disrupted a major criminal gang which was smuggling so many cigarettes from Latvia into Ireland that its…Thu Mar 22 2007 - 00:00
Dublin murder rate is fastest growingDublin's homicide rate is increasing faster than other European capital cities, a new book by the ESRI will reveal.Tue Mar 20 2007 - 00:00
More than 600 mobile phones seized in MountjoyMore than 600 mobile telephones were seized from inmates in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, last year, The Irish Times has learned.Mon Mar 19 2007 - 00:00
Over 400 prisoners to vote in electionMore than 400 inmates have registered to vote in the forthcoming general election, it has emerged.Mon Mar 19 2007 - 00:00
New Garda Ombudsman group to begin inquiries from MayThe new Garda Ombudsman Commission is to begin investigating complaints, including those against Garda members, from the second…Mon Mar 19 2007 - 00:00
Prisoners released early to make room for othersOvercrowding in Cork Prison is so acute that prisoners are being released early to make way for new committals, the prison's …Sat Mar 17 2007 - 00:00
Gardaí to investigate victim's links to drug tradeGardaí investigating the murder of a Dubliner in the west of the city on Wednesday night are investigating his links to the drugs…Fri Mar 16 2007 - 00:00
Officers held for selling phones, drugs to inmatesGardaí believe they have uncovered a smuggling operation in at least two prisons in Dublin, where prison officers were selling…Fri Mar 16 2007 - 00:00
Sister of Dublin man shot dead to meet US presidentThe sister of Dubliner Joseph Rafferty, who was shot dead by a former member of the IRA, is to meet US president George W Bush…Fri Mar 16 2007 - 00:00
