Gardaí seize copy of constitution of Black Axe crime gang in major firstRaids carried out against members of Black Axe gang, also known as Neo Black Movement, which is linked to theft and money launderingTue Feb 24 2026 - 19:58
Mobile phone use behind the wheel worsens: ‘We’ve seen motorway drivers watching Netflix’Gardaí detected wrongful usage of phones by drivers more often than any other road offence last yearTue Feb 24 2026 - 09:00
Hit-and-run driver who killed Mia Lily Keogh O’Keeffe (16) was unaccompanied learner, gardaí believeVehicle was found at driver’s family home so badly damaged gardaí were surprised it could be driven from sceneTue Feb 24 2026 - 06:00
Where is Larry Murphy now? Convicted rapist’s name back in headlines 15 years after he fled IrelandFamilies of Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob faced another anxious week as gardaí conducted a new searchSat Feb 21 2026 - 06:00
UN human rights report on Garda pepper spray ‘ill-informed and inaccurate’, Minister saysRapporteurs criticised use of strong spray and potential deployment of TasersFri Feb 20 2026 - 19:00
Temple Bar attack victim’s injuries make identification difficult as gardaí pursue suspectsMinister and Garda Commissioner say Dublin still a ‘safe city’ in wake of city centre assaultFri Feb 20 2026 - 15:32
UN body condemns Garda Tasers and spraysSpecial rapporteurs contact Government, including over public order policing at pro-Palestine protest at Dublin Tunnel last yearThu Feb 19 2026 - 06:00
Larry Murphy linked to search over disappearances of Deirdre Jacob and Jo Jo DullardGardaí receive information of alleged burial at now disused quarry near Wicklow-Kildare border close to Murphy’s former homeMon Feb 16 2026 - 20:48
Arrests of deportees intensify overcrowding in Irish prisonsIntended deportees ‘compete for floor space’ with violent offenders despite committing no crimesMon Feb 16 2026 - 06:00
Inspector has ‘deep reservations’ over injuries to inmate who died while restrainedIvan Rosney (36) became unresponsive when carried and wearing a spit hoodFri Feb 13 2026 - 16:30
Gardaí investigate apparent petrol bomb attack on Limerick mosqueNo injuries were reported in incident during early hours of Thursday morningFri Feb 13 2026 - 08:48
Gerry Hutch says ‘karma’ will follow Jonathan Dowdall, former Sinn Féin councillor who testified against himThe Monk also confirms he will contest upcoming Dublin Central byelection due to be held in MayThu Feb 12 2026 - 21:20
Gerry Hutch’s mask slips again as ego drives newest Dáil bidDubliner’s plans to run in upcoming city centre byelection mean his criminal past, and present, must be discussedThu Feb 12 2026 - 18:33
Gardaí not investigating allegations of Epstein sex trafficking in Ireland for ‘politicians and notable men’Unidentified woman alleges she was brought into country as a 13-year-old for sexual exploitationWed Feb 11 2026 - 09:00
Man (20s) arrested on suspicion of murder of Daniel ArueboseSuspect, who is Irish, was deported from Brazil to Ireland and was detained at Dublin AirportTue Feb 10 2026 - 20:19
Garda suspensions more than double as accusations of abuse riseIncrease, up to 42 from 18 in 2024, comes after several high-profile cases resulted in convictions for force membersTue Feb 10 2026 - 06:00
George Mitchell quits US education body as further Epstein files are releasedMitchell Institute says it is considering a ‘potential name change’Fri Feb 06 2026 - 20:00
Garda’s gangland team being drafted in to catch scrambler users in Finglas, DublinClampdown follows killing of Grace Lynch (16), who was hit by speeding scrambler driver as she crossed road in Finglas last monthFri Feb 06 2026 - 15:47
Recruit who lost 10.5 stone to pass fitness tests achieves ‘big ambition’ of becoming gardaEx-undertaker and firefighter Conor Finan (38) graduated from Templemore Garda College on FridayFri Feb 06 2026 - 15:00
Gardaí look to speak to bus driver following fatal Dublin city crashPedestrian in his 80s killed as three others, including driver, a woman in her 50s, treated for injuriesFri Feb 06 2026 - 06:00
Defence Forces condemns Israeli chemical drop in southern LebanonOver 350 Irish troops serving as part of Unifil multinational deployment near ‘Blue Line’ border areaMon Feb 02 2026 - 16:09
Several people injured following crash involving Garda squad car Three-vehicle crash occurred in Walkinstown, west Dublin on Sunday morningSun Feb 01 2026 - 19:38
Regency attack: 10 years on, why were no Hutch gang members arrested after gun seizures? Standalone weapons investigation did not lead to key surveillance evidence being fed into wider inquiriesSun Feb 01 2026 - 15:00
Dublin inner city violent death arose from dispute at nearby house, gardaí believeInvestigators believe they know the identities of those present at Foster Terrace and have established a suspectSun Feb 01 2026 - 14:10
Oberstown youth detention centre spent €84,000 on unsuccessful attempt to fill one roleExpenditure of €230,000, over two years, related to vacant human resources role took place outside official procurement processMon Jan 26 2026 - 06:00
Leading Irish drug dealer with ‘Family’ gang arrested at Dublin Airport Man (40s) suspected of leading the Family drug gang, with operations in Ireland and Spain, arrested as he tried to leave RepublicSun Jan 25 2026 - 23:06
Two men charged after gardaí surveilled alleged drugs meetingCannabis, cash and ‘white powder’ seized in operation by Garda Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau in Co Meath Thu Jan 22 2026 - 14:35
‘I’ll handcuff myself to Leinster House if he doesn’t lose his job,’ says ex-wife of garda who assaulted her Margaret Loftus says ex-husband Bolger was able to exert power over her to point of sentencing, including censoring her victim-impact statementTue Jan 20 2026 - 06:00
How the Irish cannabis market has been transformed by legalisation in other countriesCanada and Thailand also sources of multimillion-euro uptick in supply of drug to Irish market in past two yearsSat Jan 17 2026 - 06:00
US becomes main cannabis supplier to Irish market as drug smuggling boomsAmerican producers take biggest share in cannabis supply as Trump warns other countries flooding US with drugsSat Jan 17 2026 - 06:00
No prosecution for Garda ombudsman officer accused of attending Hutch partyDPP has decided against bringing case against man who went to event after Gerry Hutch was acquitted of murdering David ByrneWed Jan 14 2026 - 12:44
House seized from one of Dublin’s biggest drug dealers set to be auctionedDavid Waldron’s house in Cabra was extended to more than twice its size with proceeds of drug dealing before being seized Mon Jan 12 2026 - 16:48
Relatives feared for safety of Oísin Reddin (12) in ongoing custody battle with fatherLatest hearing in custody battle was due the week after next for boy who gardaí believe was murdered by his father, Wayne O’ReillyFri Jan 09 2026 - 19:05
Father killed son before travelling to ex-partner’s house for suicide, gardaí believeGardaí awaiting results of postmortems on the remains of Wayne (48) and Oisín O’Reilly (12)Fri Jan 09 2026 - 08:21
Father and son (11) found dead at two separate Dublin houses namedGardaí suspect murder-suicide following discovery of remains of Wayne O’Reilly (48) and son OisínThu Jan 08 2026 - 21:38
Senior garda urges people to report friends and family for drink drivingTotal of 765 motorists caught driving while intoxicated over Christmas and new year periodWed Jan 07 2026 - 13:35
Gardaí investigate New Year’s Day attack on two men in north DublinOne victim lost significant amount of blood and suffered apparent knife wounds to fingers during attack in his homeSun Jan 04 2026 - 18:10
Four victims of Finglas petrol bombing discharged from hospitalGardaí continue to appeal for witnesses to New Year’s Eve attack in which family home was wrongfully targetedFri Jan 02 2026 - 17:55
‘There was panic’: Neighbour tells of rescuing children from Finglas home targeted by arsonistsCrime gang firebombed family home, trapping mother and youngsters, in case of mistaken identityFri Jan 02 2026 - 06:00
Petrol bombing of Dublin home was second mistaken identity attack on same familyGardaí suspect fire that gutted three-storey home on New Year’s Eve linked to violent incident last year Fri Jan 02 2026 - 06:00
Gardaí believe wrong house attacked in Finglas petrol bombing that injured fiveSome of the five people, including children, jumped from windows as flames quickly gutted three-storey family homeThu Jan 01 2026 - 12:41
Major drug seizures lead to surge in cocaine prices and increased dilutionGardaí have seized cocaine that was below 2% purity, meaning the drug was composed almost entirely of other substancesSat Dec 27 2025 - 06:04
A year with no gangland gun murders: How one Dublin attack ‘changed everything’Clampdown after Dublin hotel attack was more effective than response to murders of Jerry McCabe and Veronica Guerin, says senior detectiveSat Dec 27 2025 - 06:00
Prisoner electronic tagging first part of criminal justice system to be privatisedSystem, including equipment and software, to be provided by company that will also monitor tagged prisoners Mon Dec 22 2025 - 06:00
Gardaí identify suspected prime mover in death of toddler found buried near Donabate, Co DublinInvestigation upgraded from missing persons to homicide inquiry four years after Daniel Aruebose died and was buriedSat Dec 13 2025 - 06:07
Defence Forces has no rules of engagement for dealing with drones despite rising threatDevices sighted in skies of Dublin Bay on night Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy landed in StateSat Dec 13 2025 - 06:05
Four prisoners arrested over assault with suspected links to fatal Edenderry fire releasedAssault in Midlands Prison took place hours before firebomb attack that killed four-year-old Tadhg Farrell and his grand-aunt Mary HoltFri Dec 12 2025 - 18:14
Funeral of Tadgh Farrell (4) hears mother’s tribute to ‘my sweet little boy’Gardaí from the Serious Crime Unit began carrying out searches at three properties on Friday morningFri Dec 12 2025 - 18:05
Ireland’s air traffic control operators not notified of drone activity during Zelenskiy visitQuestions emerge over how vital security information was shared as anti-drone tech included in €1.7bn defence packageFri Dec 12 2025 - 06:00
Homicide investigation opens into the death of Dublin toddler Daniel ArueboseBoy’s remains were found on open ground in Donabate, north Dublin, last SeptemberThu Dec 11 2025 - 19:17
