Patrick Quirke facing steep learning curve inside prison‘There is ... fear and sometimes depression when it dawns on them where they are’Fri May 03 2019 - 07:15
Patrick Quirke conviction leaned heavily on circumstantial evidenceDefence case that gardaí made serious errors failed to sway a majority to conclude reasonable doubtThu May 02 2019 - 01:40
Gardaí target drug smuggling gang in 18 separate raidsCars, watches and designer clothes seized by armed officers in co-ordinated actionWed May 01 2019 - 20:14
Gardaí vent frustration over dilapidated stationsGRA conference hears officers on verge of walking out if new stations not deliveredWed May 01 2019 - 17:32
Gardaí call for special tax breaks to combat higher living expensesConference hears high rents in cities impacting younger gardaí due to lower payTue Apr 30 2019 - 20:02
Minister for Justice says he is not ‘negligent’ of Garda resourcing issuesPublic being misled about resources available to Garda, says senior GRA memberTue Apr 30 2019 - 19:03
Families face extortion by feuding gangs in DroghedaGarda appoints inspector to help people who have run up massive debts with drug dealersTue Apr 30 2019 - 08:47
Minister says gang members in Drogheda all known to gardaíGRA conference calls for armed units in all of the 28 Garda divisionsMon Apr 29 2019 - 21:05
No plans to ban marches with paramilitary trappingsDepartment of Justice cites freedom to march, however repugnant the messageMon Apr 29 2019 - 00:48
Irish people can now be prosecuted in Ireland for assault and rape committed abroadNew laws are aimed mainly at combating domestic violence and protecting womenMon Apr 29 2019 - 00:35
Gardaí call for armed units across the country as gang feuding spreadsRank-and-file Garda members are also seeking a full-time riot squad for DublinMon Apr 29 2019 - 00:24
Protesters gather outside Simon Harris’s home againGardaí investigate demonstration by group calling him ‘one of Ireland’s biggest embarrassments’Sun Apr 28 2019 - 20:47
Drogheda feud escalates with three arson attacks overnightGardaí suspect incidents on Saturday night are linked to ongoing violent gang disputeSun Apr 28 2019 - 14:10
Drogheda house badly damaged in arson attack hours after shootingFeud related violence escalates in Co Louth townFri Apr 26 2019 - 09:49
Up to nine shots fired at target of ‘callous and reckless’ Drogheda shootingMurder attempt third incident in week linked to worsening gangland feudFri Apr 26 2019 - 09:48
Man injured in ‘indiscriminate’ Co Louth shootingMembers of public including children ‘endangered’ during attack in Drogheda, say gardaíThu Apr 25 2019 - 21:11
Cultural reform underplayed by many gardaí, Policing Authority saysAssessment finds flawed linking of need for change with dissatisfaction at austerity cutsThu Apr 25 2019 - 00:01
Fall in crimes solved by Garda of ‘significant’ and ‘considerable’ concernPolicing Authority reveals 20 per cent fall in number of motorists caught speeding last year despite 150 more personnelThu Apr 25 2019 - 00:01
Two suspects arrested after cocaine, cannabis seizure in DublinDrugs with estimated value of €715,000 discovered during west Dublin operationWed Apr 24 2019 - 12:01
Csaba Orsos got ‘death he feared most. He had an aversion to water’Conviction of Marta Herda for murder restored his reputation to his family, says gardaThu Apr 18 2019 - 09:24
Fewer than 10% of uninsured drivers caught annually, Agsi members toldGarda representative group seeks devices to check vehicles via real-time databaseWed Apr 17 2019 - 18:41
Gardaí have no role in evictions and ‘need roles clarified’, says associationAgsi says public need to understand gardaí are only at eviction to police public disorderWed Apr 17 2019 - 10:37
Harris insists Garda promotions would be examined on meritSergeants, inspectors complain some members losing out due frivolous complaintsTue Apr 16 2019 - 18:07
More than 80% of sergeants, inspectors have ‘no idea’ on reforms’ effectsAgsi say almost nine out of 10 personnel do not know changes will impact roles in futureTue Apr 16 2019 - 15:35
Garda double-jobbing allegation grave but not straightforwardFee and security licence facts must be clarified on claim overshadowing Agsi conferenceTue Apr 16 2019 - 01:00
Agsi must resolve ‘difficulties’ to build trust in GardaAmid whistleblower claims, Flanagan calls on Garda leaders to adhere to high standardsMon Apr 15 2019 - 20:37
Garda group defends role in alleged double-jobbing rowAt least two senior members of Agsi decide not to attend annual conference in CavanMon Apr 15 2019 - 11:36
Commissioner asked to clarify roles of gardaí at evictionsConcerns over gardaí being called in at evictions to be raised at AGSI conferenceMon Apr 15 2019 - 01:00
Two arrested over suspected human trafficking, prostitution in midlandsWomen are detained in Mullingar following Garda search of two propertiesSun Apr 14 2019 - 13:40
Garda Commissioner declines to sign off several promotionsDrew Harris’s refusal to promote gardaí linked to their being subject of inquiriesSat Apr 13 2019 - 01:27
Dessie O’Hare’s 40-year kidnap sentence cannot be reactivatedEx-INLA ‘Border Fox’ is likely to serve less than five years for latest convictionsThu Apr 11 2019 - 21:50
The life and crimes of Dessie O’Hare, Border Fox‘Dessie O’Hare's reputation alone would be enough to terrify most people’Thu Apr 11 2019 - 17:00
Dubai-based members of Kinahan gang targeted in Cab raidsSix premises raided in targeted action against criminal gangThu Apr 11 2019 - 16:32
Dessie O’Hare jailed for seven years for assault and false imprisonmentJudge says violent side of personality of ‘Border Fox’ is source of continuing concernThu Apr 11 2019 - 11:12
Garda has no vision for future of force, appraisal concludesFrontline gardaí disconnected from modernisation plans, says Policing Authority reportThu Apr 11 2019 - 00:01
Jim Mansfield jnr threatens legal action against RTÉBusinessman claims RTÉ linked him to former INLA man Dessie O’Hare as a matter of factWed Apr 10 2019 - 17:37
Parkinson’s disease medicines repackaged as Xanax for sale on Irish marketPeople who believe they are taking sedatives are consuming completely different drugsTue Apr 09 2019 - 14:52
Some ATMs cashed up without security measures, gardaí warnGardaí believe spate of ATM thefts motivated by cash being easily accessedMon Apr 08 2019 - 00:13
Three still in custody after monkey and machine guns seized by gardaí in DublinThree arrested in operation targeting organised crime; marmoset is taken into care of DSPCASat Apr 06 2019 - 13:10
Garda recruitment drive targets people from all minority groupsOnly 1% of the Garda force is non-Irish or from an ethnic minority groupThu Apr 04 2019 - 19:21
Man arrested over shooting outside Blanchardstown schoolSuspect in his 20s being questioned over incident which has been linked to drug feudWed Apr 03 2019 - 21:15
O’Hare says he was working for Mansfield at time of assaultFormer INLA member ‘The Border Fox’ to be sentenced next week for attack on ex-CityWest employeeWed Apr 03 2019 - 14:33
Sex crimes in Ireland: Why are they rising to record levels each year?Cultural and societal changes seen as encouraging more victims to come forwardMon Apr 01 2019 - 01:14
Government response to sex-crime report surge criticisedRape Crisis Centre identifies cultural shift towards reporting sexual crimesMon Apr 01 2019 - 01:00
Dubliner stabbed to death by man known to him, gardaí believeGardaí do not believe killing linked to feuding in west DublinSun Mar 31 2019 - 21:01
Gerry Hutch named as feud leader in secret testimonyMain protagonists in Kinahan-Hutch feud are identified for the first time in affidavitsSat Mar 30 2019 - 00:38
Five held after anti-gang raids targeting Hutch murder attempt suspectsPatsy Hutch was being targetted by armed men intercepted by GardaThu Mar 28 2019 - 20:02
Garda stations closed as community policing was undervalued – reportGardaí should be redeployed to tackle rural crime, isolation says Oireachtas committeeThu Mar 28 2019 - 16:18
Masked gang attacks five people in Co Laois home of retailerCash and jewellery taken by the raiders who fled house on footWed Mar 27 2019 - 21:28
Limerick suspicious package ‘identical’ to UK letter bombsGardaí liaising with UK police after An Post sorting office evacuated on Friday morningFri Mar 22 2019 - 11:16
