Membership of prison visiting teams plummetsPRISON VISITING committees, some of whose recent annual reports were highly critical of conditions they had witnessed in Irish…Mon Jan 02 2012 - 00:00
Man dies from injuries in Mullingar incidentGARDAÍ ARE expected to launch a murder investigation following the death of a man who had been in a critical condition in recent…Mon Jan 02 2012 - 00:00
Capital rings in new year with street concertAN ESTIMATED 10,000 revellers enjoyed the inaugural New Year’s Eve free open air concert in Dublin city centreMon Jan 02 2012 - 00:00
High Court refuses US bid for Garland extraditionTHE HIGH Court has rejected an application by the US authorities to extradite veteran republican Seán Garland for his alleged…Thu Dec 22 2011 - 00:00
Cab secures order freezing €4.6m in bank accounts of alleged fraudsterTHE CRIMINAL Assets Bureau has secured an order from the High Court allowing it to freeze €4Thu Dec 22 2011 - 00:00
Ombudsman needed to examine prison deaths, says trustTHE DEATH of Shane Rogers while on suicide watch at Cloverhill Prison underlines the need for a prisons ombudsman, the Irish …Thu Dec 22 2011 - 00:00
Suspect questioned again over missing Mayo womanTHE CHIEF suspect in the disappearance and presumed murder of Sandra Collins from Co Mayo was last night being questioned by …Wed Dec 21 2011 - 00:00
Ten years' jail for rapist over sex assault of childCONVICTED CHILD rapist and gangland criminal Stephen “Rossi” Walsh has been jailed for 10 years for the sexual assault and defilement…Wed Dec 21 2011 - 00:00
Appeals for help over weekend incidentsTHE GARDA Síochána Ombudsman Commission has appealed for the public’s assistance in its efforts to identify a man found in a …Mon Dec 19 2011 - 00:00
Gardaí seek witnesses as man in critical condition after assaultGARDAÍ HAVE launched an investigation after a man was left critically ill following an assault in the early hours of yesterday…Mon Dec 19 2011 - 00:00
Bill to force public to report abuse suspicionsANYONE WHO who fails to pass on to gardaí a suspicion of a serious criminal offence, including sexual crimes, against a minor…Mon Dec 19 2011 - 00:00
Minister says Garda stations may be soldSOME 39 Garda stations earmarked for closure could be sold to individual gardaí or used for community activities under a new …Mon Dec 12 2011 - 00:00
A gangland drama based on real lifeWHEN LOVE/HATE first aired on RTÉ1, last autumn, the critics weren’t overly kindSat Dec 10 2011 - 00:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
