Up to four teenagers wanted over rape of 16-year-oldGARDAÍ HAVE begun a rape investigation after a 16-year-old girl was attacked by a group of teenagers, which included another …Wed Nov 23 2011 - 00:00
Irish illegal drug use 'in decline'The consumption of illegal drugs has peaked across the Republic and is now in decline among most age groups for most drug types…Tue Nov 22 2011 - 00:00
Crackdown on foreign national fugitivesCHANGES TO the way the Garda force is searching for suspects wanted for crimes in other European countries have led to a widespread…Mon Nov 21 2011 - 00:00
State has EU's most acute heroin problemTHE REPUBLIC has the most acute heroin problem in Europe and is also ranked in the top three European countries for drug-related…Wed Nov 16 2011 - 00:00
Man tried to raise alarm after tying up partnerGARDAÍ BELIEVE the man who tied up and gagged his partner in her Co Roscommon home made a call to a friend to raise the alarm…Sat Nov 12 2011 - 00:00
Shatter to use early releases to ease overcrowdingPRISONS: THE CONSTRUCTION of prisons at Thornton Hall in Dublin and Kilworth in Cork has been put on hold by the Government, …Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Woman rescued in RoscommonGardaí are investigating the discovery of woman tied up and gagged in a house in Co Roscommon, who they believe had been there…Thu Nov 10 2011 - 00:00
Opinions within the force about Garda watchdog body remain mixedTHE SENTENCING in Waterford on Monday of a serving Garda sergeant and two former gardaí represented the first time in the Garda…Wed Nov 09 2011 - 00:00
Lack of jail places blamed on previous governmentMINISTER FOR Justice Alan Shatter has said the last government is to blame for the fact that 15 per cent of the prison population…Mon Nov 07 2011 - 00:00
Defence out of step as hundreds of posts filledTHE DEFENCE Forces have been effectively exempted from the public sector recruitment moratorium, with recruitment now at levels…Mon Nov 07 2011 - 00:00
Murder inquiry begins after victim shown to have died violentlyGARDAÍ HAVE launched a murder investigation after a postmortem on the remains of Dubliner Ciarán Noonan revealed he died violently…Mon Nov 07 2011 - 00:00
Extraditions running at all-time highTHE NUMBER of wanted people being extradited from the Republic under European arrest warrants has reached record highs, with …Sat Nov 05 2011 - 00:00
Abducted man is presumed deadGARDAÍ SEARCHING for a man who was beaten by a gang who then abducted him from a Dublin street believe he is deadThu Nov 03 2011 - 00:00
Convicted killer gets cosmetic surgeryA CONVICTED killer serving a life sentence who is regarded as the leader of one of the Republic’s most violent drugs gangs has…Thu Nov 03 2011 - 00:00
Shatter move on Garda watchdog postsMINISTER FOR Justice Alan Shatter is seeking expressions of interest from parties interested in taking up the three most senior…Wed Nov 02 2011 - 00:00
State plans to dock fines from social welfare paymentsTHE GOVERNMENT is framing radical legislation that would see Revenue-style powers being attached to people’s social welfare payments…Wed Nov 02 2011 - 00:00
Parental home of garda attackedGardaí are investigating a pipe bomb attack on the parental home of a serving Garda member.Wed Nov 02 2011 - 00:00
Reduction in crime rate since start of recession continuesTHE REPUBLIC’S crime rate has continued the decline witnessed since the start of the recession, with many types of crime showing…Sat Oct 29 2011 - 01:00
How crime stopped paying for cash-strapped drug gangsTHE IMPACT of the recession on drug gangs is captured perfectly in the latest crime statistics.Sat Oct 29 2011 - 01:00
Number of Garda retirements a 'recipe for disaster'THE ASSOCIATION representing more than 12,000 rank-and-file gardaí has described as a “recipe for disaster” the revelation that…Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
Inquiry into fairground deathTHE GARDA is trying to establish how a woman fell to her death from a fairground ride outside the O2 arena in Dublin after attending…Wed Oct 26 2011 - 01:00
Convicted fuel smuggler runs vast network of filling stationsPROFILE: THE MAN at the centre of the controversy surrounding a cheque for €5,000 allegedly collected by presidential candidate…Wed Oct 26 2011 - 01:00
McCabe widow says McGuinness met killer on the runTHE WIDOW of Det Garda Jerry McCabe, who was shot dead by the Provisional IRA during a botched armed robbery in 1996, has said…Fri Oct 21 2011 - 01:00
Galvin and RTÉ mimic 'had words'GARDAÍ WERE called to a confrontation in a Dublin pub after words were exchanged between the Kerry footballer Paul Galvin and…Fri Oct 21 2011 - 01:00
Dublin man requests immediate extradition to SpainA DUBLIN man is to be extradited to Spain immediately after telling a judge he wanted to be sent there “straight away”.Thu Oct 20 2011 - 01:00
Garda who killed raiders cleared of wrongdoingA DETECTIVE with the Emergency Response Unit who shot dead two post office raiders, one of them unarmed, acted with “proportionate…Thu Oct 20 2011 - 01:00
Gardaí who shot robbers dead to be clearedA REPORT by the Garda Ombudsman Commission into the shooting dead by gardaí of two men, one of them unarmed, during an attempted…Wed Oct 19 2011 - 01:00
Flaws found in proposed laws on prostitutionMEN WHO spend money on women during “one-night stands” might find themselves criminalised under proposed new laws that would …Tue Oct 18 2011 - 01:00
Garda diversion scheme growingTHE GARDA’S youth diversion programme last year dealt with more than 300 children aged 11 years or younger, a new youth justice…Tue Oct 18 2011 - 01:00
Ex-chief justice Keane critical of referendumFORMER CHIEF Justice Mr Justice Ronan Keane has criticised the Government’s referendum on reducing the pay of serving judges …Tue Oct 18 2011 - 01:00
Spanish inquiry into death of Irish studentTHE FAMILY of an Irish student who died in Spain in unexplained circumstances were today due to travel from their home in Cork…Mon Oct 17 2011 - 01:00
The no-body killingsLots of victims are involved in crime, so they live very secretlySat Oct 15 2011 - 01:00
Dispute may have led to knife attack at partyGARDAÍ ARE trying to establish whether five people were stabbed at a party in the middle of the night as part of a dispute between…Mon Oct 10 2011 - 01:00
Gardaí arrest gang linked to spate of burglariesGARDAÍ HAVE arrested a gang they believe has stolen between €150,000 and €250,000 worth of electrical goods and jewellery in …Sat Oct 01 2011 - 01:00
Gardaí arrest man and woman over Dublin shootingGARDAÍ INVESTIGATING the wounding of a man in a gun attack in south Dublin last week have arrested two suspects.Fri Sept 30 2011 - 01:00
Gardaí arrest eight in dissident operationGARDAÍ BELIEVE they have prevented a mortar attack on the security services in the North, following the arrest of eight suspected…Fri Sept 23 2011 - 01:00
Shortall wants to end below-cost alcohol salesMINISTER OF State for Health Róisín Shortall has said she is in favour of introducing a minimum price for alcohol being sold …Fri Sept 23 2011 - 01:00
Ninth man held after dissident raidsA ninth man has been arrested this morning as part of a major investigation into dissident republican activities.Fri Sept 23 2011 - 01:00
Fears raised over potent cannabisTHE GOVERNMENT’S leading adviser on illegal drugs has expressed concern about the high potency of cannabis being cultivated in…Fri Sept 23 2011 - 01:00
Groups call for tighter vetting rulesA NUMBER of child welfare, sporting and cultural organisations have called on the Government to tighten proposed legislation …Thu Sept 22 2011 - 01:00
Gardaí believe drugs haul linked to international gangGARDAÍ AND Revenue’s Customs officers believe they have disrupted the activities of an international drugs gang operating in …Wed Sept 21 2011 - 01:00
Man stable in hospital after Dublin gun attackA MAN is recovering in hospital after being shot in an apparent punishment-style attack in south Dublin yesterday evening.Wed Sept 21 2011 - 01:00
More than 200 Garda stations could be closed due to cutsGARDA COMMISSIONER Martin Callinan has asked chief superintendents around the country to draw up a list of Garda stations that…Mon Sept 19 2011 - 01:00
Man in fatal stabbing case due in court todayA MAN is expected to appear in court as early as today following his arrest for questioning over the stabbing to death of a woman…Mon Sept 19 2011 - 01:00
Victim of gangland killing ambushed by armed duoA MAN shot dead in a lunchtime gangland attack on a busy housing estate on Thursday was ambushed by two men with guns and was…Sat Sept 17 2011 - 01:00
Cannabis worth €1m seized in two raidsGARDAÍ HAVE seized cannabis plants and specialist growing equipment with a combined value of almost €1 million in separate raids…Sat Sept 17 2011 - 01:00
Gangland victim knew his life was in dangerA MAN shot dead in a gangland ambush after visiting his partner and young son had recently come back from abroad to see the newborn…Fri Sept 16 2011 - 01:00
Credibility of key Smithwick witness questionedA FORMER assistant commissioner of An Garda Síochána, Joe Egan, has questioned the credibility and reliability of a key witness…Thu Sept 15 2011 - 01:00
Man shot dead in north DublinA large area of a busy north Dublin housing estate has been sealed off by gardaí following the shooting dead of one of the capital…Thu Sept 15 2011 - 01:00
Six arrested over murder of man in JuneGARDAÍ HAVE arrested six people in connection with the murder of a man who died of head injuries a week after he was beaten in…Thu Sept 15 2011 - 01:00
