Gardaí begin enhanced stop and search regime in Dublin cityMove comes in response to recent spate of knife attacks and public order issuesThu Feb 04 2021 - 22:31
Gardaí trying to defuse tensions between food delivery workers and local youthsPatrols increase in Dublin’s inner city in hope of averting future violenceTue Feb 02 2021 - 04:21
Irish gang forging negative Covid-19 tests for European travellers, Europol warnsPolice agency says ‘Rathkeale Rovers’ involved in sophisticated counterfeitsMon Feb 01 2021 - 17:57
HSE hands out almost 50,000 crack pipes in five years as number of users risesPipes distributed to reduce risk of hepatitis C as number of users in Ireland risesMon Jan 25 2021 - 01:00
Covid-19 pandemic impacting Garda mental health, new figures suggestGarda’s internal 24-hour helpline sees highest increase in calls last yearSat Jan 23 2021 - 20:03
Garda trauma: Sean was a garda for six weeks when he saw his first bodyServing and retired gardaí describe the ordeal of dealing with crashes, suicides and violent crimesSat Jan 23 2021 - 06:00
Harsh new punishments for human trafficking plannedNew legislation to mandate tougher sentences for traffickers who endanger livesSat Jan 23 2021 - 01:00
Woman arrested after Dublin Lord Mayor harassed and racially abusedHazel Chu says she fears for her daughter’s safety after messages from far-right groupsFri Jan 22 2021 - 15:41
Coronavirus: Record 93 deaths reported with hospitals in ‘precarious position’Nphet records 2,001 further cases while Donnelly says 94,000 have received vaccineTue Jan 19 2021 - 20:18
More than 70 new gardaí graduate after modified trainingProgramme saw trainees spend less time in classrooms during pandemicTue Jan 19 2021 - 18:03
Man arrested after jumping barrier at Leinster House entranceGarda apprehends individual after he attempted to breach security at Dublin complexTue Jan 19 2021 - 17:51
Large increase in number of Covid-19 travel fines issued by gardaí‘There is a lesson not being learned here. The message isn’t getting through’Mon Jan 18 2021 - 15:08
Gardaí search for three youths after woman attacked with knifeVictim pushed to ground and kicked while out for walk in Balbriggan, DublinMon Jan 18 2021 - 13:51
Spike in people caught driving while on cocaine after State entered first lockdownCannabis remains most commonly detected substance by gardaí targeting drug-drivingMon Jan 18 2021 - 01:00
Woman charged with attacking shop worker after face mask requestAlleged assault with a weapon occurred in Sligo town on Saturday eveningSun Jan 17 2021 - 19:04
President leads tributes to HIV/Aids campaigner Fr Michael KellyJesuit priest, who has died aged 91, remembered for his intellect, ‘positivity and compassion’Fri Jan 15 2021 - 22:52
Covid-19: Warning over Brazil variant as 50 more deaths recordedAnyone who arrived into State from Brazil is urged to self-isolate and identify for testingFri Jan 15 2021 - 21:07
Ireland to remain exempt from tighter UK travel rulesIrish travellers will not have to quarantine on arrivalFri Jan 15 2021 - 19:22
Stories from the ‘homes’: The TD who landed woman in ‘trouble’ and the girls forced to ‘cut timber’From overcrowding to no running water, infant mortality were high in many homesWed Jan 13 2021 - 15:44
‘This will teach you, offer it up for the sins you committed’ woman told after painful birth at Sean RossTipperary home had exceptionally high infant mortality rate, even for the timeTue Jan 12 2021 - 16:25
People breaching Covid-19 travel restrictions now face €100 fineGardaí receive range of new powers to enforce coronavirus measuresMon Jan 11 2021 - 18:51
George Nkencho shooting: Racial tensions in Dublin’s suburbsOnce-strong relationship between gardaí and west Dublin community has worsenedSat Jan 09 2021 - 06:00
Specialist non-lethal tactic not available to gardaí on day of Nkencho shootingGardaí shot suspect following assault on shopkeeper and threats to officersSat Jan 09 2021 - 01:00
Allegations of property theft by staff at Midlands Prison investigatedWhistleblower accuses some personnel of stealing prison property and selling or keeping itWed Jan 06 2021 - 01:42
Gardaí investigate sending of racist letter to George Nkencho’s familyMail sent to relatives of young man shot dead by police last week is to be fingerprintedTue Jan 05 2021 - 19:46
Gardaí replace large-scale Covid travel checkpoints with posts on smaller roadsShort-term randomised mobile operation aims to encourage motorists to turn backTue Jan 05 2021 - 19:22
George Nkencho’s sister says she opened door to him before he was shotGloria Nkencho will tell Gsoc she informed gardaí her brother had mental health issuesTue Jan 05 2021 - 01:00
Fatal assault victim believed to have been involved in earlier collision in KildareFather of two named as Mark Loughlin from OffalyMon Jan 04 2021 - 15:44
George Nkencho shooting: Inquiry will look at graduated use of forceRetired garda urges people not to judge incident based on phone footage lacking contextSat Jan 02 2021 - 01:17
Video of fatal Garda shooting of man in front garden of Dublin house to be examinedProtest outside Blanchardstown Garda station after death of George Nkencho (27)Thu Dec 31 2020 - 16:56
Garda ombudsman to investigate shooting dead of man by gardaí in Co DublinSpecialist officers called to lengthy standoff after reports suspect was armed with a knifeWed Dec 30 2020 - 19:53
GRA president raises concerns over association’s ‘militancy’Lobbying body ‘needs to be looked into before it spins out of control’ – MulliganTue Dec 29 2020 - 21:22
Legislation criminalising sharing of intimate images without consent signed into law‘Coco’s Law’ is named for Nicole Fox, who took her own life after online harassmentMon Dec 28 2020 - 16:17
Domestic abuse victims to be allowed seek barring orders remotelyRemote hearings will be possible from at least 26 women’s refuges under new planMon Dec 28 2020 - 03:45
Murder and burglary fell in 2020, but domestic violence rose2020 in review: In almost every crime trend, the pandemic was the primary driving factorSat Dec 26 2020 - 06:00
Fishermen severely burned by ‘fireball’ on sinking boatFV Kayleigh presumed to have sunk off Cork coast following blaze onboardWed Dec 23 2020 - 18:27
Prisoners decline Christmas temporary release due to Covid fearsJust 36 inmates being released for festive period down from 113 last yearWed Dec 23 2020 - 17:52
Ex-militiaman convicted of murdering two Irish peacekeepers in 1980Mahmoud Bazzi (76) jailed for 15 years by military tribunal in LebanonMon Dec 21 2020 - 23:51
Garda issues first ‘immediate closure order’ against premises in northwestGardaí find pubs with up to 200 people on-site with no food or social distancingMon Dec 21 2020 - 19:07
Kinahan targeted in US court case alleging money launderingCivil case taken under anti-organised crime lawsMon Dec 21 2020 - 18:16
Impact of Covid-19 pandemic revealed in latest crime statisticsOne of the few crime categories to show an increase was drugs and weapon possessionMon Dec 21 2020 - 14:40
Facebook seeks exemption from Government’s proposed hate speech lawsTechnology companies worried about ‘onerous obligations’Sun Dec 20 2020 - 21:06
Britain travel Q&A: What you need to know about flights, ferries and refundsGovernment announced a complete ban on flights from Britain for at least 48 hoursSun Dec 20 2020 - 19:25
Cork gardaí break up ‘car meet’ attended by up to 800 peopleMan (20s) arrested, one vehicle seized during event with little evidence of social distancingSun Dec 20 2020 - 18:58
Holocaust denial may become an offence under new legislationOfficials believe State must comply with international obligations on hate speechFri Dec 18 2020 - 01:00
Hate speech law not about ‘catching people out’, says MinisterLaw will target those who ‘intentionally or recklessly’ incite hateThu Dec 17 2020 - 15:39
Sharing hate speech on social media to become criminal offence under new planGovernment plans to protect social-media companies from prosecutionThu Dec 17 2020 - 05:51
Planned hate speech laws will contain higher bar for prosecutionStronger sentences planned for offences motivated by hate for ethnic or religious groupThu Dec 17 2020 - 01:57
Government must walk a tightrope on hate speech plansIncoming legislation on hate speech likely to generate significant debateThu Dec 17 2020 - 01:02
Defence Forces: First steps in reform to be approved by CabinetCommission will examine forces’ future but many within military fear its scope is limitedTue Dec 15 2020 - 01:00
