DPP to examine use of artificial intelligence in response to increasingly large caseloads
Number of court dates before the Central Criminal Court, which hears cases of rape and murder, have increased by 149%
Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan signals tougher line on immigration and increased deportations
Efforts needed to reduce the number of people applying for international protection, O’Callaghan says
Stoneybatter: Suspect has no known links to victims, who remain in hospital with serious injuries
Three victims, men aged between their 20s and 40s, remain in hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries
Transgender prisoner policy delayed as officials struggle to find appropriate model
Most favour flexible approach which deals with inmates on a case-by-case basis
Gardaí use ‘less than lethal’ weapon to disarm and arrest man following robbery
It is understood gardaí shot man with less than lethal 40mm impact round, which caused him to drop the knife
‘He had his key in the door when it happened’: Stoneybatter residents stunned by sudden violence
Three men hospitalised after being stabbed in attack in Stoneybatter area of Dublin
Three men hospitalised after being stabbed in attack in Stoneybatter area of Dublin
Gardaí apprehended a suspect on Manor Place
Media regulator announces €5.7m in new funding for local news and court reporting
Coimisiún na Meán awards majority of grants to local media outlets
Drugs gang used fleet of cars modified with secret compartments to supply Dublin
Vehicles discovered along with 182kg of cocaine and 4kg of cannabis in Mountmellick, Co Laois
State agrees €2m settlement in Air Corps chemical ‘tubbing’ case
Central to Gary Coll’s claims was that he underwent ‘tubbing’, a form of hazing where workers were submerged in a bath of unspecified chemicals and oil
DPP considers charges against Gerry Hutch over alleged Garda corruption
Hutch is suspected of helping run a criminal organisation, an offence which can carry a life sentence
Irish military aircraft deployed to monitor Russian ‘shadow fleet’ vessel
Defence Forces says the Metagas Everest tanker, which is the subject of US and UK sanctions, is a ‘vessel of interest’
Apartment-style modular prison cells to cost at least €530,000 each
Units will provide step-down accommodation for 34 inmates at Loughlan House, Shelton Abbey and Castlerea prisons
Naval Service goes to sea without working guns as maritime threats mount
Personnel shortage means only one ship can patrol Ireland’s vast economic zone at a time - and even that rate may have to be reduced
The rise of anti-immigrant ‘community watchdogs’ across Ireland
Last year saw the emergence of numerous groups formed to share information about alleged criminal offending, and in some cases patrol local areas