Tales from the block: surviving in solitaryIrish inmates can spend up to 40 days at a time in 23-hour-a-day confinement, entirely alone or with just a few others, despite recent improvementsSat Dec 19 2015 - 04:15
Partners of Garda officials paid €200 Christmas bonusRank-and-file gardaí react angrily to news of payouts to spouses of GRA executivesSat Dec 19 2015 - 01:00
Dishonest motorists escaping justice, says judgeWilliam Hamill says legal loopholes create system where honest are punishedSat Dec 12 2015 - 13:48
Judge highlights serious flaws in justice systemAnalysis: Giving incorrect information means people can often be beyond the lawSat Dec 12 2015 - 01:00
Hit and run suspect may have left own car at scene of botched robberyMan detained by gardaí at courthouse where he was to appear on unrelated chargesTue Dec 08 2015 - 20:07
Family of missing Trevor Deely still ‘hopeful’ after 15 yearsBereft father Michael Deely retains faith: ‘If you give up hope, you give up everything’Mon Dec 07 2015 - 01:00
Front-line policing ‘reduced’ to fill garda admin jobsGarda Inspectorate’s ‘snapshot’ study finds that sometimes only 40% of gardaí are on operational dutiesMon Dec 07 2015 - 01:00
Garda staff groups dissatisfied at handling of policing reportAGSI and GRA express disappointment at not being consulted about the final documentMon Dec 07 2015 - 01:00
Issues of the Week: The ‘tiger’ robbery returns to DublinUpgraded security measures have limited the appeal of tiger robberies for criminalsSun Dec 06 2015 - 09:05
Culture of ‘insular and stagnant’ Garda desperately needs changeSome of the findings in report are, quite simply, jaw droppingSat Dec 05 2015 - 06:00
Gardaí fear gang leaders may attempt more tiger robberiesSurveillance increased on four suspected crime bosses, all due in court next yearSat Dec 05 2015 - 01:00
Garda hopeful kidnap van may offer forensic cluesFamily of three ‘traumatised’ after ordeal at hands of armed gangFri Dec 04 2015 - 01:00
Detectives seek armed gang in Dublin kidnap robberyCriminal gang forces man working with cash-in-transit company to hand over €200,000Thu Dec 03 2015 - 19:52
Pearse McAuley: A violent terrorist with a lengthy recordRepublican met future wife while jailed for killing of Detective Garda Jerry McCabeWed Dec 02 2015 - 18:46
Garda murderers freed from jail after three decadesMartin McHugh and Noel Callan shot Sgt Patrick Morrissey dead in Louth in 1985Wed Dec 02 2015 - 15:11
AK47s among ‘dissident’ cache found in MonaghanGardaí make discovery during extensive search and excavation in Scotstown areaTue Dec 01 2015 - 15:49
Solicitor arrested for allegedly smuggling phone for prisonerWoman allegedly gave phone to convicted rapist in a jail outside Dublin last yearTue Dec 01 2015 - 13:37
State’s inaction on torture protocol is ‘embarrassing’UN official criticises Coalition’s failure to allow inspections of prisons and Garda stationsFri Nov 27 2015 - 01:00
Analysis: Women marrying men in Ireland they had never met beforeOperation Vantage gives gardaí power to object to marriages they believe are bogusThu Nov 26 2015 - 10:09
Gardaí arrest 11 in suspected sham marriage scamUp to 1,000 bogus marriages may have been arranged by Dublin-based gangThu Nov 26 2015 - 01:00
Garda Traffic Corps numbers plummeting, committee hearsRSA says road deaths this year on course to be the lowest on recordWed Nov 25 2015 - 18:54
Two men arrested after machete murder in MeathChristopher Nevin, a 27-year-old married man, was fatally assaulted in NavanMon Nov 23 2015 - 23:07
Hopes U2 can help bring closure for 1974 justice campaignVictims, relatives of deceased in Dublin, Monaghan bombs are guests at concertsMon Nov 23 2015 - 21:30
Lithuanian murder suspect held as part of Operation TriviumGardaí arrest 12 and seize 26 vehicles during EU-wide move against mobile foreign gangsMon Nov 23 2015 - 21:21
Mali attack not to affect Irish troop deployment – CoveneyIslamist terror attack in capital leaves 29 dead as Mali special forces storm hotelSat Nov 21 2015 - 01:00
Irish Army has experience to draw upon for Mali challengeMinister rejects suggestion that neutrality would be compromised by latest missionSat Nov 21 2015 - 01:00
Paralysed sex offender to be monitored by private guardsMartin Davoren (61) will serve his five-year sentence at home in the first case of its kindFri Nov 20 2015 - 01:00
Family claims gang members killed missing coupleWillie Maughan (34) and Anastasija Varslavane (21) were last seen in Meath in AprilFri Nov 20 2015 - 01:00
Doubts in Defence Forces over dealing with terror actsSimon Coveney tells officers’ association to desist from creating unnecessary fearsThu Nov 19 2015 - 01:00
Staff issues in Defence Forces as officers take private sector jobsRepresentative Association of Commissioned Officers says vacancies causing pressureThu Nov 19 2015 - 01:00
Defence Forces could not cope with ‘continual’ terrorismComdt Earnán Naughton expresses concern at ability of forces to respond to attacksWed Nov 18 2015 - 17:26
Rise in cattle theft a threat to food traceability system - IFATendency to under-report crime means official data not reflecting reality, says IFAWed Nov 18 2015 - 14:21
Gardaí investigate sex abuse claims against former politicianFemale alleges the suspect behaved inappropriately to her when she was a childWed Nov 11 2015 - 11:42
Young Asian men driving resurgence in asylum applicationsNumber of asylum seekers coming to Ireland on increase for the first time since 2002Mon Nov 09 2015 - 01:00
Asylum claims in Ireland up while deportations fallClaims by Pakistani nationals increase the most, followed by BangladeshisMon Nov 09 2015 - 01:00
Gardaí cannot enter private dwellings for forced deportationsHigh Court ruling restricts rights of officers when arresting failed asylum seekersFri Nov 06 2015 - 01:00
Electronic tagging and Operation Thor plans criticised by Fine Gael’s John DeasyDeasy believes €5 million had been committed under the plan would mostly be used to fund Garda overtimeThu Nov 05 2015 - 21:57
Rural crime should not be ‘overhyped’ Muintir na TíreAnalysis: fear of crime can be almost as harmful as effects of crime, says groupWed Nov 04 2015 - 22:02
Ireland should follow Portugal on drug laws, report suggestsProposals for Government suggest possession should be similar to road traffic offenceWed Nov 04 2015 - 20:44
People ‘foolish’ to use guns against burglars, hearing toldLive: Committee hears firing warning shots is ‘ridiculous’ and makes victims of familiesWed Nov 04 2015 - 12:10
A lot less to Operation Thor than meets the eyeElectronic tagging seems to have been a ministerial afterthoughtWed Nov 04 2015 - 01:00
Some prison officers ignore gang activities, judge saysWorkers criticise Judge Michael Reilly for offering unsubstantiated opinions in reportTue Nov 03 2015 - 21:46
IRA garda killer is member of Louth crime prevention groupTommy Eccles of the Cooley Community Alert Group was jailed for 40 yearsSat Oct 31 2015 - 01:00
Sinn Féin’s influence on Cooley group a source of disquiet, says councillorGroup chairman defends former IRA man’s role on crime prevention bodySat Oct 31 2015 - 01:00
Burglary rates rising faster in Dublin than in rural areasCapital accounts for more than 80% of national increase, CSO figures showFri Oct 30 2015 - 01:00
Garda force ‘very attuned’ to people’s concerns around rise in burglariesCrimestoppers says fear of crime exceeds risk of being victimFri Oct 30 2015 - 01:00
Family of high-speed Garda pursuit fatality to sue forceCriminal John Joyce who fatally injured Diana Harton (43) on bail for serious offencesThu Oct 29 2015 - 01:00
Sligo murder suspect subdued with Taser stun gunSuspect known to dead woman Natalie McGuinness (23) was from Easkey, Co SligoThu Oct 29 2015 - 01:00
Family of dead woman ‘more angry with gardaí’ than killerDiana Harton family questions Garda tactics used to stop drunk driver in 160km/h chaseWed Oct 28 2015 - 16:38
Courts Service defend drink-driving convictionsCommentary on 40% conviction rate ‘inaccurate’, according to courts serviceTue Oct 27 2015 - 01:00
