Failure to increase allowances is hampering Naval Service recruitment, conference hears“No more do the young people of Ireland believe the Defence Forces can sustain the basic hierarchy of human needs” PDForra meeting toldWed May 10 2023 - 19:00
‘Comrade’ of Cafferkey arrested while travelling to Ireland to inform family of Mayo man’s deathPhilip O’Keefe, Irish citizen who fought with Cafferkey against Islamic State in Syria, arrested by UK counterterrorism police on way to IrelandWed May 10 2023 - 05:00
Irish troops start training Ukrainian forces in CyprusChief of Staff tells PDForra conference that training is ongoing in demining and bomb disposalTue May 09 2023 - 19:22
RAF jets may have entered Irish airspace, Martin saysTaoiseach refuses Dáil debate on revelationsTue May 09 2023 - 19:09
Energy infrastructure at risk from Russian cyberattacks, Oireachtas committee to hearAttacks more likely as Russia falters in Ukraine, according to Institute of International and European AffairsTue May 09 2023 - 05:00
Prison officer stabbed with home-made blade during escape attempt in DublinConvicted murderer attempted to escape during a medical appointment but was restrainedMon May 08 2023 - 16:28
Man arrested over murder of Angela Canavan in Sligo released without chargeThe grandmother was found with severe head injuries in her home a week agoMon May 08 2023 - 15:47
Who protects Irish skies? The secret air defence deal that dates back to the Cold WarIreland’s air defence agreement with the UK dates to the early days of the Cold War and remains in place today, despite legal concernsMon May 08 2023 - 05:00
Secret Anglo-Irish air defence agreement dates back to the Cold War eraThe agreement remains in place, despite concerns raised by ministers and military officers over the yearsMon May 08 2023 - 05:00
Defence Forces monitor armed Russian naval vessel off west coastOne of the ships, the Admiral Grigorovich, has been involved in cruise missile attacks on UkraineSun May 07 2023 - 19:33
Man arrested on suspicion of murdering woman in Co SligoBody of Angela Canavan found in her home with mutliple head injuriesSun May 07 2023 - 11:49
Nato warns Ireland over Russian maritime surveillance activityThreats to subsea cables will be a key focus of Ireland’s work with Helsinki based hybrid threats centreThu May 04 2023 - 13:06
Delay in drafting policy on personal relationships between gardaí and criminals‘Notifiable associations’ policy recommended by Garda Síochána Inspectorate in 2020 to lessen risk of internal corruptionThu May 04 2023 - 05:00
Draft terms of reference produced for inquiry into Defence Forces abuseWomen of Honour group criticises terms as overly narrow and raises concerns about transparencyTue May 02 2023 - 17:40
Investigation launched after death of woman in Sligo in ‘unexplained circumstances’Woman was found by gardaí in house in Sligo Town on Monday eveningTue May 02 2023 - 11:30
Homeless soldier with infant child denied military accommodationDepartment of Defence says ‘provision of residential accommodation not provided to members of Defence Forces’Fri Apr 28 2023 - 19:00
Seven prisoners hospitalised after taking drugs thrown over wallIrish Prison Service director general Caron McCaffrey concedes drugs problem getting worseFri Apr 28 2023 - 13:10
Gardaí release without charge man arrested in Gsoc investigator inquiryMan (60s) was arrested as part of investigation into officer’s attendance at party for Gerard HutchFri Apr 28 2023 - 07:53
Prison overcrowding being driven by 50% rise in number of sexual offendersNumber of people serving sentences for sexual offences increases by 50 per centFri Apr 28 2023 - 00:01
New prison may be needed to handle overcrowding, Minister for Justice saysThere are 4,400 spaces in the system but the need to separate gangs means the true capacity is about 4,200Thu Apr 27 2023 - 13:19
Man arrested as part of inquiry into Gsoc investigator’s attendance at Hutch partyArrested man held for questioning under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice ActThu Apr 27 2023 - 10:10
Chronic overcrowding in prisons allows bullies to ‘thrive’ and will only get worse, Minister to hearSimon Harris to announce 400 new prison places over the next five years in response to crisisThu Apr 27 2023 - 05:00
Trooper Shane Kearney undergoing further surgery after Lebanon attackThe Defence Forces said the operation will “hopefully” be the last one the 22-year-old requiresWed Apr 26 2023 - 14:10
AI speed cameras capable of detecting phone and seatbelt use considered by GardaNew technology may form part of €100m system operated by a private companyTue Apr 25 2023 - 05:00
Sudan conflict: evacuation of Irish citizens slows but continues on EU partner planesIrish diplomats and soldiers will travel to country in small teams on Tuesday to process fleeing Irish citizens’ identification documentsMon Apr 24 2023 - 20:08
Special Criminal Court review group split on whether court should be retainedMinority opinion in favour of abolition may be awkward for Government which believes non-jury court still neededMon Apr 24 2023 - 05:00
Garda examining attendance of Gsoc investigator at Hutch acquittal partyGsoc official had been involved in investigating suicide of Det Supt Colm Fox during previous Hutch trialSun Apr 23 2023 - 19:16
Defence Forces team being deployed to Sudan to help evacuate Irish citizensMore than 150 Irish citizens in Sudan seek help as evacuation operation in Khartoum at ‘highly sensitive’ stageSun Apr 23 2023 - 18:02
Gsoc officer’s alleged attendance at party with Gerard Hutch ‘a serious matter’, says MinisterMinister says confidence in gardaí remains strong after ‘isolated’ controversy which led to officer’s resignationSat Apr 22 2023 - 11:57
Gsoc officer resigns amid allegations he was at party which Gerard Hutch attended on MondayA spokesperson for Minister for Justice told The Irish Times that Department of Justice and the Minister were aware of the incidentFri Apr 21 2023 - 20:58
Inside the Gerard Hutch PR machine: ‘Whether it was intentional or not, he did very well at marketing himself’For some of his victims, the view of Gerard Hutch as a Robin Hood figure is hard to stomach but there is a different view in Dublin’s north inner cityFri Apr 21 2023 - 19:12
Man (20s) dies after being stabbed during row at hostel in Portobello, Dublin 8Gardaí arrest man in his 40s after incident on Harrington StreetWed Apr 19 2023 - 17:38
Jonathan Dowdall leaves a trail of questions for Sinn Féin as he retreats into witness protectionSinn Féin’s political rivals sure to make hay out of party’s alleged knowledge or otherwise of Dowdall’s criminal pastWed Apr 19 2023 - 05:00
Jonathan Dowdall accepted into witness protection despite Hutch acquittal State witness criticised by judge for ‘pattern of lying’, meaning court obliged to treat evidence with ‘scepticism and extreme care’Wed Apr 19 2023 - 01:00
Child victim of bulldog attack sues over failure to prosecute ownerMother told it was not a criminal matter as incident happened on private propertyTue Apr 18 2023 - 21:24
Hutch trial highlights worrying Garda failuresAnalysis: For many, it beggars belief that, in advance of the most high-profile organised crime trial in decades, tracking data relating to Gerry Hutch was deletedMon Apr 17 2023 - 21:02
Far-right sympathiser was buying explosives for terror attack in Ireland, gardaí believeMark Wolf was also preparing to start making his own guns using a newly purchased 3D printerMon Apr 17 2023 - 03:30
Alleged Balkan war criminal found living in Ireland after many yearsVojislav Buzaković extradited to Croatia to face charges relating to abduction and abuse of civilians in early 1990sFri Apr 14 2023 - 11:57
Car involved in Galway crash belonged to relative of teenage occupantLukas Joyce and Kirsty Bohan, both 14, died in the single-vehicle collision in Headford on MondayThu Apr 13 2023 - 16:48
Fourfold increase in prisoners sleeping on floor as officials warn of safety risks in MountjoyIt is understood prison officials are considering purchasing bunk beds to alleviate the problemMon Apr 10 2023 - 05:00
Plans to spend over €3.2m on renting private jets for Government officialsTwo jets to be leased to fill gap caused by ongoing mechanical issues with Air Corps LearjetMon Apr 10 2023 - 05:00
Defence Forces members ‘practically defamed’ by abuse report, says representative groupRepresentative Association of Commissioned Officers said it ‘cannot simply allow all members to be tarred with the same brush’ by report's ‘generalised language’Sat Apr 08 2023 - 00:30
Man (42) questioned over Eddie Hutch murder considered one of the country’s most dangerous criminalsTaxi driver had been shot dead in Dublin north inner city in February 2016Fri Apr 07 2023 - 12:31
Garda unit set up to investigate ‘predators’ in Defence ForcesOperation will collate information and attempt to identify “predators”, Garda Commissioner saysWed Apr 05 2023 - 15:05
Culture wars fail to eclipse staffing concerns at Garda conference'We’ve more important things to worry about' was a phrase uttered more than once by gardaí at AGSI gatheringTue Apr 04 2023 - 17:17
Garda body will co-operate with Biden visit but may withdraw labour at later date over roster disputeAgsi members will take industrial action ‘on a particular day’ if a resolution is not found and the dispute continues to escalateTue Apr 04 2023 - 13:42
Garda representative chief refuses to rule out industrial action during Biden visit‘At this point in time I can’t reassure our members on anything,’ says Antoinette Cunningham on day one of AGSI annual conferenceTue Apr 04 2023 - 05:00
Garda representative chief welcomes ‘clarity’ from Eoin Ó Broin over eviction tweetControversy over the post, along with rosters and gender recognition directive, expected to dominate three-day Garda conferenceMon Apr 03 2023 - 14:26
Sharp rise in serious offending last year with near doubling of murdersOne of the few crime categories to see a decrease was fraud offences which peaked during the pandemicSat Apr 01 2023 - 05:00
How drug debts are used to control Irish communities: ‘Men are forced to go to jail on someone’s behalf’A distressing new criminal trend is spreading misery throughout the State, and anyone could be targetedSat Apr 01 2023 - 05:00
