Right-wing environmentalist and ‘Trump loyalist’ behind derogatory Jim Gavin postsKieran Kelly, former Waterford fisherman now living in Indonesia, declined to share any evidence for claims made onlineMon Sept 22 2025 - 21:48
Dublin Airport security alert stood down after assessment by Army bomb disposal teamPrecautionary evacuation of terminal 2 followed ‘report of an item of airline luggage of concern’, An Garda Síochána says Sat Sept 20 2025 - 14:10
Government quietly donates air defence systems to UkraineTransfer consisted of radar systems designed to link up with Swedish made missiles launchersSat Sept 20 2025 - 06:00
Gardaí set for new approach in Daniel Aruebose inquiryInvestigators can now adapt their approach to probe following discovery of remains Sat Sept 20 2025 - 06:00
Inmate died after concealing drugs during temporary release for the death of infant son The man reported being pressured to bring drugs back into Limerick Prison during his release in November 2020Wed Sept 17 2025 - 06:00
Garda and DPP welcome tougher people-smuggling rules New legislation makes it easier for authorities to prosecute gangs illegally bringing people into the StateWed Sept 17 2025 - 06:00
Threats against Simon Harris being treated as ‘national security’ issueGardaí employ antiterrorism legislation to catch perpetrators as details of additional threats emergeMon Sept 15 2025 - 06:00
Suspicious ATM withdrawals lead to arrests over alleged money-launderingGardaí seize more than €90,000 in cash and detain man and womanSun Sept 14 2025 - 16:54
Man arrested over assault on man in his 80s in TipperaryGardaí are seeking witnesses to the assault in Tipperary town on Friday nightSun Sept 14 2025 - 08:55
Gardaí investigating threats against Simon Harris and family seek Interpol assistanceData requested from social media companies suggests some threats came from internet user outside IrelandSat Sept 13 2025 - 14:25
Irish intelligence officers sent to train at US military facilities Defence Forces Intelligence School established in Ireland to aid expansion of domestic serviceFri Sept 12 2025 - 06:00
Former TD arrested for allegedly claiming late parents’ pensionsEx-politician suspected of failing to report his parents’ death to the Department of Social Welfare Thu Sept 11 2025 - 11:57
Gardaí arrest two as part of Conor McGregor perjury inquiryFormer MMA fighter ordered to pay Nikita Hand €250,000 damages after a High Court jury found he had assaulted her Thu Sept 11 2025 - 11:32
Gardaí investigate bomb threat to Simon Harris’s Wicklow home in major security operationConspiracy between several people online resulted in multiple calls to Garda stations, gardaí suspectSun Sept 07 2025 - 17:14
Gardaí to ask Brazil for help in speaking to father of missing childInvestigators double size of search area in north Dublin for remains of boy presumed deadFri Sept 05 2025 - 18:19
Why did An Garda Síochána give money to Cognyte, an Israeli surveillance company?Payments may have been disclosed inadvertently Thu Sept 04 2025 - 20:00
Macron says 26 states ready to send troops in postwar ‘reassurance force’ for UkraineTaoiseach says Ireland open to participating in ‘appropriately mandated’ missionThu Sept 04 2025 - 17:59
Garda Síochána paid substantial sums to Israeli spyware firmCognyte Technologies, which has close ties to Israeli security services, manufactures a range of espionage techThu Sept 04 2025 - 06:00
Conflicting witness statements emerge concerning missing boy, presumed deadAccount provided to investigators last week states child killed at age of three by someone known to himWed Sept 03 2025 - 18:34
Woman (30s) arrested over threat to kidnap Simon Harris’s children freed without chargeInvestigation involving counter extremism gardaí resulted in west Dublin arrestWed Sept 03 2025 - 08:04
Gena Heraty kidnap: Irish Government did not pay a ransom, officials sayMissionary and aid worker Gena Hearty abducted with several others outside Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince Mon Sept 01 2025 - 06:00
Increase in military-grade ‘status-symbol’ weapons among Irish crime gangsFirearms such as automatic rifles used as ‘status symbols’ and to ‘intimidate rivals’Mon Sept 01 2025 - 06:00
Man in serious condition in hospital following Dublin city centre attackSeveral areas of Westmoreland St and O’Connell St were cordoned off by investigators Sun Aug 31 2025 - 12:48
Russian ‘shadow fleet’ among pressing security threats to Ireland, Defence Forces chief saysPressing threats to the State include espionage, misinformation, cyberattacks and suspicious maritime activitySat Aug 30 2025 - 06:13
New Defence Forces chief: ‘Ireland has to be able to provide a defence to repel any initial invasion’Rossa Mulcahy plans to oversee recruitment push that bolsters force by 4,000Sat Aug 30 2025 - 06:00
Irish woman Gena Heraty kidnapped in Haiti has been released along with other captivesMissionary who ran orphanage near capital was taken at start of AugustFri Aug 29 2025 - 18:59
Ireland proposes EU-led peace mission in Lebanon as UN operation winds downSimon Harris’s plan would see countries working together to train up Lebanese armyFri Aug 29 2025 - 09:05
Maritime authorities have detained 13 ships serving Limerick’s Aughinish Alumina plant in five yearsSafety concerns, lack of training and poor crew conditions among problems flagged during inspection of vesselsFri Aug 29 2025 - 06:00
What will the Unifil wind-down mean for the Irish military? Any new deployment, whether in Africa or Ukraine, likely to be more dangerousThu Aug 28 2025 - 21:09
UN Security Council votes to keep peacekeepers in Lebanon until 2027Irish peacekeepers would remain in Lebanon for two years ahead of drawdown periodThu Aug 28 2025 - 17:51
Lebanon could turn into Gaza without UN peacekeeping force, ex-Defence Forces chief saysUN Security Council to vote this week on whether to renew Unifil mission’s mandate for another yearTue Aug 26 2025 - 10:23
Irish troops will continue in overseas missions even if Unifil ends, says defence forces chiefUN’s peacekeeping mission in Lebanon under threat on Monday as Israel and US oppose deploymentMon Aug 25 2025 - 06:00
Israel claims Lebanese intelligence officer covered up murder of Irish peacekeeper Seán RooneyPrivate Seán Rooney died after his UN vehicle came under attack in Lebanon in 2022Sat Aug 23 2025 - 15:00
‘Serious concerns’ over conspiracy theory group forming shadow system of county councilsOrganisation’s activities ‘risk misleading or exploiting citizens’, says elected Fianna Fáil figureSat Aug 23 2025 - 06:00
The new IRB: a band of conspiracy theorists who have set up a parallel Irish ‘government’This fringe group, drawn from the ranks of anti-lockdown protesters and business people laid low by the crash, have a cabinet, local co-ops and even a network of ‘courts’Sat Aug 23 2025 - 06:00
English tourist in critical condition following assault in Temple Bar Man (40s) taken to Beaumont Hospital with serious injuries to headThu Aug 21 2025 - 17:46
Garda suspended following death of man in Dublin city centreSuspension over incident does not mean the garda is accused of any offenceThu Aug 21 2025 - 13:13
Defence Forces lost ammunition for six months, sparking theft inquiryCo Kilkenny base searched without success before rounds eventually located in a loosely tied sandbagTue Aug 19 2025 - 12:00
Garda Ombudsman investigates after man injured following interaction with gardaí in Dublin city Incident occurred near the Holiday Inn on O’Connell Street in Dublin during the early hours of FridayMon Aug 18 2025 - 16:51
Four men injured following violent altercation in Co ClareIncident occurred on Main Street in Miltown Malbay on Sunday eveningMon Aug 18 2025 - 14:21
Foreign spies intent on stealing sensitive information ‘among threats to State’Ireland may be target for foreign spies intent on stealing intellectual property and sensitive information, security services plan suggestsMon Aug 18 2025 - 06:00
Just one staff member left in Defence Forces nursing serviceOutsourcing Army Nursing Service would be prohibitively expensive and less effective, official report had saidMon Aug 18 2025 - 06:00
Some roads policing gardaí ‘unproductive’ and ‘unconcerned’ with doing good job, report saysCrowe report found that some managers were afraid to pull up officers for poor performanceThu Aug 14 2025 - 20:13
Plenty of blame to go around for serious failings highlighted in roads policing report Without a fundamental shift in culture, the problems outlined in the Crowe report will persist in the GardaThu Aug 14 2025 - 18:40
Prosecutors in Lebanon appeal against sentences imposed on men convicted of killing Pte Seán Rooney Authorities to seek to track down Mohammed Ayyad, sentenced to death in absentiaTue Aug 12 2025 - 20:49
President condemns ‘despicable attacks’ on Indian people as extra Garda patrols deployed in parts of Dublin Michael D Higgins said recent rise in reported assaults on members of Indian community ‘diminish all of us’ Tue Aug 12 2025 - 15:05
Money to pay Reserve Defence Forces members ran out due to recruitment ‘surge’Departmental documents show officials realised they did not have the money to pay reservists for part of 2024Tue Aug 12 2025 - 10:00
Gardaí struggle to reassure Indian community amid spate of high-profile attacksNo statistical indication of a rising threat to Indians exists, but that is a hard message to deliver Tue Aug 12 2025 - 06:00
India Day postponed after ‘spate of attacks’ on community Annual celebratory event, due to be staged in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, has been held since 2015Mon Aug 11 2025 - 18:00
Irish prison cells likely to be fitted with remote monitors following spike in inmate deathsRemote ‘signs of life’ monitors will alert prison staff if inmates show signs of medical emergencySat Aug 09 2025 - 06:00
