Garda criticised in human rights reportAn independent human rights audit of An Garda Síochána has found that procedures and operating practices within the force "can…Fri Apr 01 2005 - 01:00
Gardai believe gang knew of stop-offsStaff manning cash-in-transit vans regularly stop for coffee at the Artane petrol station in Dublin, where a Brinks Allied van…Thu Mar 31 2005 - 01:00
Cocaine problem to be tackledThe mid-term review of the National Drugs Strategy 2001-08 will recommend the immediate tackling of Ireland's growing cocaine…Wed Mar 30 2005 - 01:00
Student en route to IrelandThe Nigerian student Olukunle Elukanlo is due back in Dublin tomorrow morning, the Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed…Wed Mar 30 2005 - 01:00
Gardai question man over drug findGardaí were last night questioning a man in connection with the discovery on Thursday of cocaine and cannabis with an estimated…Sat Mar 26 2005 - 00:00
1,300 firearms stolen in last three yearsMore than 1,300 firearms, mainly shotguns, have been stolen in the Republic in robberies over the last three years, gardaí have…Sat Mar 26 2005 - 00:00
Garda to set up weekend checkpoints on all roadsOne thousand gardaí will mount checkpoints across the country over the Easter weekend in a bid to clampdown on motoring offences…Fri Mar 25 2005 - 00:00
Irish children deported from UKThe Department of Foreign Affairs last night confirmed it has been in touch with the British authorities about the apparent illegal…Fri Mar 25 2005 - 00:00
Call for radical overhaul of community policingGarda sergeants and inspectors want a radical overhaul of the community policing structures within the force in the interests…Thu Mar 24 2005 - 00:00
McDowell may amend Bill to protect emergency workersMinister for Justice Michael McDowell has said he will consider a call by gardaí to make it a specific criminal offence to impede…Tue Mar 22 2005 - 00:00
IRA has echoes of Nazi brown shirts, says McDowellRepublican paramilitaries have "historical echoes" from the Nazi brown shirts to the Mafia and continue to pose a threat which…Tue Mar 22 2005 - 00:00
Gardai suspect criminal gang got tip-offGardaí investigating the abduction of the Richardson family from Raheny, Dublin, on Sunday night and theft of €2 million from…Wed Mar 16 2005 - 00:00
Man still being held in O'Reilly murder inquiryGardaí investigating the murder last year of Rachel O'Reilly were last night continuing to detain a man arrested yesterday morning…Wed Mar 16 2005 - 00:00
Gardai hopeful exhumed O'Reilly note can be readGardaí investigating the murder of Rachel O'Reilly at her home near Naul, Co Dublin, last October are confident they will be …Mon Mar 14 2005 - 00:00
Ballymun tower reduced to rubble - in five secondsHundreds of Dubliners braved cold conditions yesterday morning to witness a little piece of Dublin's history, and a big part …Mon Mar 14 2005 - 00:00
Workers to meet contractor on safety issuesConstruction workers involved in the demolition of Ballymun flats in Dublin are to meet representatives of the main UK contractor…Mon Mar 14 2005 - 00:00
Keeping a boy at juvenile centre costs €250,000The annual cost of keeping each juvenile offender in Oberstown Boys' Centre has reached €250,000 a year.Sat Mar 12 2005 - 00:00
Shot fired in €120,000 raid in ArklowGardaí are seeking three men in connection with an armed raid in Arklow, Co Wicklow, yesterday during which up to €120,000 was…Sat Mar 12 2005 - 00:00
Mulhern fails to get court case dismissedThe son-in-law of former taoiseach Charles Haughey has failed in his efforts to have criminal charges against him dismissed.Fri Mar 11 2005 - 00:00
Gardai exhume remains of Rachel O'ReillyGardaí investigating the murder of Rachel O'Reilly at her home in Naul, Co Dublin, last October yesterday exhumed her remains…Wed Mar 09 2005 - 00:00
McDonald's fined for child labour law breachA franchise owner of the McDonald's fast-food restaurant chain was yesterday convicted on three counts of allowing a 15-year-…Sat Feb 26 2005 - 00:00
Confidence in system must be restored by retrial, say parentsMurphy family reaction: The parents of Brian Murphy, the teenager beaten to death outside Club Anabel nearly five years, have…Fri Feb 25 2005 - 00:00
Murphy family hurriedly leave the court after verdictsCourt sketch: Within seconds of the Court of Criminal Appeal setting aside Dermot Laide's manslaughter conviction and Desmond…Fri Feb 25 2005 - 00:00
People are afraid to speak, say sisters of McCartneyThe sisters of Robert McCartney, the Belfast man allegedly murdered by members of the IRA, have said fear of the IRA was playing…Thu Feb 24 2005 - 00:00
Employers targeted in radon awareness driveEmployers in regions with high recorded levels of radioactive radon gas will be targeted by the Radiological Protection Institute…Wed Feb 23 2005 - 00:00
Senior garda's wide UN experienceLebanon: Deputy Commissioner Peter Fitzgerald, who has been appointed to head the UN investigation into the killing of the former…Mon Feb 21 2005 - 00:00
IRA wanted Bulgarian bank to launder cash, gardai claimGardaí believe those behind the massive money-laundering operation discovered in Cork last week were working with a Bulgarian…Mon Feb 21 2005 - 00:00
Conroy says trail is pointing to bank accountsPress conference: The Garda Commissioner, Mr Noel Conroy, has said that his officers are facing a long and painstaking investigation…Sat Feb 19 2005 - 00:00
Gardai saw businessman as crucial link to bank raid in BelfastThe Garda operation: A businessman being questioned by gardaí was the link which connected gardaí to the £2Fri Feb 18 2005 - 00:00
Three posts at senior level in Garda filledThe Government has announced the appointment of three new Assistant Commissioners of An Garda SíochánaWed Feb 16 2005 - 00:00
Lenihan denies part in 'nobbling' welfare officeThe Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Mr Brian Lenihan TD, has said he did not use his ministerial position to "…Mon Feb 14 2005 - 00:00
Garda inquiry treated with 'urgency'The Garda Commissioner has said an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment at the Garda training college in Templemore…Fri Feb 11 2005 - 00:00
Newspapers and agency found not in contemptTwo national newspapers and one of the State's best known news agencies escaped sanction at the Central Criminal Court yesterday…Thu Feb 10 2005 - 00:00
Inquiry demanded into Garda harassment claimThe Minister for Justice should take immediate steps to ensure allegations of sexual harassment at the Garda training college…Thu Feb 10 2005 - 00:00
Gangs importing replica gunsWest Dublin criminal gangs have been importing replica sub-machine-guns and assault rifles over the Internet capable of firing…Thu Feb 10 2005 - 00:00
Questions on technical checks introduced to driving testCandidates sitting a driving test will be required to know how 10 parts of their vehicles are checked and serviced under new …Tue Feb 08 2005 - 00:00
IMMA patron Gordon Lambert dies at 85The Irish Museum of Modern Art has paid tribute to its largest benefactor, Mr Gordon Lambert, who has diedWed Feb 02 2005 - 00:00
Costing doubts over plan for drug-free jailsGovernment plans to introduce a drug-free policy into Irish prisons have come under attack after it emerged that the programme…Wed Feb 02 2005 - 00:00
Donegal murder inquiry opensGardaí in Co Donegal last night opened a murder inquiry following a post-mortem examination on the body of a man found with severe…Mon Jan 31 2005 - 00:00
Garda's tapes stolen in DonegalA key witness at the Morris Tribunal has had tapes relating to the tribunal stolen during a robbery at her home in Letterkenny…Sat Jan 29 2005 - 00:00
Four-year rape sentence criticisedThe Rape Crisis Centre has strongly criticised what it sees as the leniency of a four-year sentence handed down to a Cork rapist…Sat Jan 29 2005 - 00:00
New laws will target property developersCAB reaction: Criminal Assets Bureau sources said last night that new laws will help the bureau target property developers and…Tue Jan 25 2005 - 00:00
New crime figures prompt criticismOpposition parties said the latest crime figures could not disguise the fact that the Government had presided over a significant…Tue Jan 25 2005 - 00:00
Judge says Garda computer system has 'collapsed'The Garda computerised database, PULSE, has collapsed, and gardaí have been forced to handwrite important court documents such…Sat Jan 22 2005 - 00:00
Garda detection plan aims to cut road deathsThis year gardaí aim to achieve a 15 per cent increase in the number of drink-driving and speeding detections to combat the growing…Sat Jan 22 2005 - 00:00
Shelbourne loses race jibe caseThe Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin, has been ordered to apologise to a former employee and pay her €9,000 after the Equality Tribunal…Thu Jan 20 2005 - 00:00
Prisoners injured as rival factions clashSeven republican prisoners at Portlaoise Prison, Co Laois, were hospitalised yesterday after an early morning fight at the prison…Tue Jan 18 2005 - 00:00
Plans for electronic tagging of offenders criticisedPlans by the Minister for Justice to introduce electronic tagging for some offenders have been criticised by Opposition parties…Tue Jan 18 2005 - 00:00
Tests show dealers adulterating illegal drugsDrugs for sale on Irish streets are being mixed with cancer treatment drugs, anaesthetics used by dentists, and medicines used…Mon Jan 17 2005 - 00:00
McDowell to introduce Bill to allow electronic taggingThe Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, is to seek Cabinet approval shortly for the introduction of electronic tagging for offenders…Mon Jan 17 2005 - 00:00
