Gardaí question struck-off solicitorSTRUCK-OFF solicitor Thomas Byrne was being questioned by gardaí last night as part of their inquiry into alleged deception and…Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
Man (75) found dead in Dublin pubGardaí have begun an investigation into the death of a 75-year-old man by a gunshot wound in a well-known Dublin pub, writes…Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
Station closed for renovationsRURAL GARDA STATIONS: MINISTER FOR Justice Alan Shatter has been criticised over the decision to shut down a Garda station currently…Thu Dec 08 2011 - 00:00
Senior officers 'shocked' by lack of consultationARMY REORGANISATION: SENIOR OFFICERS in the Defence Forces are shocked by the lack of consultation by Minister for Justice and…Wed Dec 07 2011 - 00:00
Department of Justice suggests cuts to Garda guns and traffic corpsTHE DEPARTMENT of Justice has recommended the number of gardaí carrying firearms be reduced by almost three-quarters to save …Wed Dec 07 2011 - 00:00
Gardaí consider plot to kill 'Sunday World' crime journalist as seriousGARDAÍ ARE treating seriously a plot to kill a crime journalist over an article focusing on the private life of a man regarded…Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
Olympic council chief quits 2012 group citing lack of progressOLYMPIC COUNCIL of Ireland president Pat Hickey has resigned from a task force established to help Ireland capitalise on the …Mon Nov 28 2011 - 00:00
Gardaí appeal for witnesses after woman stripped naked and beatenAN 18-YEAR-OLD woman is recovering after being stripped naked and beaten with a stick on the head and body in a field in Co Longford…Sat Nov 26 2011 - 00:00
BMX track in Meath to set fans' hearts racingDUST DOWN the Raleigh Burner and get the helmet and padded race suit out; after a break of more than 20 years, BMX racing is…Sat Nov 26 2011 - 00:00
New Irish Prison Service head namedMinister Justice and Defence Alan Shatter has announced the appointment of Probation Service director Michael Donnellan as new…Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Gardaí arrest 11 as part of inquiry into fatal feudGARDAÍ INVESTIGATING a feud between two families which has claimed two lives have carried out 20 searches, including at cells…Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Man who shot dead father of two in tussle over gun sentenced to 12 yearsA DUBLIN man who brought a sawn-off shotgun to a dispute with the intention of shooting a man in the legs but who then accidentally…Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Family targeted despite killer's surrender to GardaWHEN WAYNE Doherty was shot dead he was given a funeral with paramilitary trappingsFri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
11 held in Dublin gangland raidsEleven people arrested by gardaí investigating a family-based feud that has already claimed two lives are still in custody this…Thu Nov 24 2011 - 00:00
Garda may have to foot State visits security billMINISTER FOR Justice and Defence Alan Shatter has suggested the Garda Síochána may have to absorb some of the €36 million cost…Thu Nov 24 2011 - 00:00
Irishman arrested as drug seized in GreeceA CONSIGNMENT of herbal cannabis valued at more than €2 million has been seized by the police in Greece in an operation aided…Thu Nov 24 2011 - 00:00
Illegal drug use in decline for first time in a decadeTHE CONSUMPTION of illegal drugs has peaked and is now in decline for the first time in at least a decade, a new study has found…Wed Nov 23 2011 - 00:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
