Veronica Guerin

More articles about the journalist Veronica Guerin

Irish law must keep up with modern criminal world and improve international buy-in, Cab says

Oireachtas Justice Committee hears operating environment had changed in decades since original Proceeds of Crime Act passed

Tue Apr 16 2024 - 20:26

Gemma O’Doherty given further week to turn up in court over alleged contempt

Case concerns an action by Edel Campbell who is suing Ms O’Doherty over use of deceased son’s image

Fri Feb 23 2024 - 16:08

Jury fails to reach verdict in Jimmy Guerin’s defamation case against Gemma O’Doherty

The case will now go into the next session of civil jury cases in February for a re-trial

Tue Nov 28 2023 - 16:30

The Dublin riots have changed everything. Law and order are now top of the political agenda

Pretending that ‘this isn’t us’ is like pretending that the city is adequately policed or that the streets aren’t frequently filthy

Sat Nov 25 2023 - 06:00

Jimmy Guerin’s defamation action against Gemma O’Doherty adjourned to next week

Judge said he was conscious of ‘people getting home this evening’

Fri Nov 24 2023 - 17:22

Jimmy Guerin claims in defamation case against Gemma O’Doherty that she implied he was a paedophile

Claims were made during hour-long broadcast in which Ms O’Doherty alleged media covers up paedophilia

Tue Nov 21 2023 - 17:17

How a new wave of Irish criminals are flaunting their wealth, and using it to generate fear

The head of the Criminal Assets Bureau on money laundering and high spending in the criminal underworld

Sat Nov 04 2023 - 06:00

‘I would be delighted if it could happen’: The push for the FAI to honour Veronica Guerin

For Helena Stapleton, if her ‘best pal’ was honoured on Saturday it would be a silver lining to the FAI’s planned event that has caused so much anger

Fri Sept 22 2023 - 15:45

The day Veronica Guerin played soccer for Ireland against England: Dalymount Park, 1981

The murdered journalist was also a talented footballer. Guerin’s former team-mates want the FAI to honour her

Fri Sept 22 2023 - 06:00

John Gilligan comes across as smirking and shifty in Confessions of a Crime Boss

Television: Confessions of a Crime Boss alarmed Ministers concerned it might sanitise the drug dealer. He doesn’t come out well from the first episode

Tue Sept 05 2023 - 06:00

John Gilligan gets suspended sentence and fine in Spanish court after plea deal over drugs and weapons charges

Prosecutors had initially linked gun found buried in John Gilligan's back garden to murder of crime reporter Veronica Guerin

Mon Sept 04 2023 - 16:39

Hildegarde Naughton has ‘grave concerns’ over TV series featuring interview with John Gilligan

The Minister of State, who is responsible for National Drugs Strategy, said she would not watch documentary due to be broadcast on Monday

Sun Sept 03 2023 - 19:12

Print media operating in ‘increasingly difficult environment’ – Minister

Helen McEntee tells Dáil she is committed to reforming defamation law

Thu May 12 2022 - 01:00

Safety levels for Dutch journalists plummet with drug gang shootings

Hague Letter: Aggression towards reporters also driven by Covid curbs and migrant issue

Tue May 10 2022 - 19:46

Future of the Garda: Gangs, gender-based violence and cybercrime pose challenges

Policing set to become more complex in better educated and more diverse Republic

Mon Feb 21 2022 - 19:25

John Gilligan to face prosecution in Spain on drugs and gun charges

Judge who investigated the gang he allegedly led ruled he had found enough evidence

Fri Nov 12 2021 - 12:13

Twenty-five years of the Cab: The agency forcing Irish criminals to flee abroad

In the News: Criminal Assets Bureau established to target finances of gangland groups

Mon Nov 01 2021 - 09:37

Irish gangland figure John Traynor dies in the UK

Traynor was a suspect in the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin in 1996

Tue Oct 26 2021 - 16:40

Public contacts Cab ‘three or four times a week’

Concerned citizens encouraged to continue helping as 25th anniversary marked

Sat Oct 16 2021 - 01:01

'Our worst nightmare': Shooting of Dutch journalist shows grip of international gangs

Europe Letter: Peter R de Vries shooting linked to global web of crime that includes Kinahans

Thu Jul 08 2021 - 01:00

Legalising drugs: ‘Drug use should be treated as normal adult behaviour’

Irish youth workers have banded together to seek an end to drug prohibition to remove criminal risk from users

Sat Jul 03 2021 - 06:00

After the murder of Veronica Guerin in 1996, everything changed

Former minister for justice Nora Owen recalls the killing 25 years ago and its aftermath

Sat Jun 26 2021 - 02:00

Gangland 2021: A world Veronica Guerin would not recognise

‘The big change is the numbers of men who’d be willing to murder someone for money. Young fellas see it as a badge of honour to kill someone’

Fri Jun 25 2021 - 15:16

100 extra gardaí bolster Cab as ‘eyes and ears’ to spot criminal wealth

Special training in cryptocurrency as Garda seeks to keep pace with organised gangs

Fri Apr 23 2021 - 21:30

John Gilligan loses European legal challenge against Cab

European Court of Human Rights rejects drug dealer’s claims over assets confiscation

Thu Mar 18 2021 - 11:56

‘I’ll blow your f**king legs off’: Crime and neglect in Dublin city centre

Crime in Dublin’s inner city, a result of decades of neglect, has intensified under lockdown

Sat Feb 13 2021 - 06:00

Spanish police raid cannabis grow house linked to John Gilligan

Four arrested in raids targeting operation believed run by former Dublin gangland boss

Wed Feb 10 2021 - 15:07

John Harbison worked on some of State’s most high-profile murder cases

State’s first forensic pathologist carried out postmortems in Kerry babies, Toscan du Plantier and Guerin cases

Sat Dec 19 2020 - 15:44

Arrest in Spain halts John Gilligan’s efforts to get back into Irish drugs trade

Veteran Dublin criminal had been trying to expand drug and gun smuggling operation

Thu Oct 29 2020 - 18:08

Drugs and gun seized amid arrest of John Gilligan in Spain

Spanish police are investigating whether recovered weapon was used in Guerin murder

Fri Oct 23 2020 - 16:06

John Gilligan arrested along with two others in southern Spain

Gardaí are making inquiries to try and establish the circumstances of his arrest

Thu Oct 22 2020 - 10:32

Gemma O’Doherty denies trying to evade service of legal proceedings

Brother of murdered journalist Veronica Guerin suing activist over online comments

Tue Aug 18 2020 - 16:51

The Irish Times view on the Special Criminal Court: An admission of the State’s failures

The long-term solution must be to design a court system that can deal with the realities of crime in the 21st century

Wed Jun 24 2020 - 20:05

Joel Schumacher: the director who made Colin Farrell a star and helped invent the 1980s

The late film-maker defined an age, made movies whole generations hugged to their bosoms

Mon Jun 22 2020 - 23:51