Missing mother and child foundA mother and her two-year-old child who had been reported missing have been located safe and well, gardaí confirmed today.Wed Aug 24 2011 - 01:00
Can the State effectively treat sex offenders?JUST OVER ONE year on from the release from prison of Larry Murphy, a startling fact emerged that failed to cause even a fraction…Tue Aug 23 2011 - 01:00
Double murder suspect expected in Turkish courtTHE CHIEF suspect in the double murder in Turkey of two Irish women may appear for his first public court hearing today since…Mon Aug 22 2011 - 01:00
Large increase in seizures of heroin over last yearTHE VALUE of heroin seized in the Republic so far this year is almost three times as high as seizures of the drug for all of …Thu Aug 18 2011 - 01:00
Minister seeks approval for senior Garda postsMINISTER FOR Justice Alan Shatter is to ask the Cabinet to approve the appointment of three senior Garda officers to the rank…Thu Aug 18 2011 - 01:00
Fewer probation referrals despite jail overcrowdingTHE NUMBER of people being referred by the courts to the Probation Service as an alternative to prison fell last year, despite…Wed Aug 17 2011 - 01:00
Security guards for senior Quinn staffQUINN GROUP chief executive Paul O’Brien and two other senior executives at the company have had private security guards assigned…Thu Aug 11 2011 - 01:00
Sharp decline in payment of fines imposed by courtsCOMPLIANCE RATES in paying fines imposed by courts as punishment for criminal offences has dropped significantly because of the…Wed Aug 10 2011 - 01:00
Arsonists damage Quinn executive's home and carA CAR outside the home of businessman Paul O’Brien, the man appointed chief executive to the Quinn Group by receiver KPMG, has…Wed Aug 10 2011 - 01:00
Fines expunged as defaulters turned away from overcrowded prisonsANALYSIS: THE IRISH Prison Service’s treatment of people sent to jail because they did not pay a fine imposed by the courts …Wed Aug 10 2011 - 01:00
Call for Minister to exclude violent offenders from early release schemeVIOLENT CRIMINALS who have been jailed by the courts should not be eligible for an early release scheme aimed at easing prison…Tue Aug 09 2011 - 01:00
Laws take effect to help gardaí tackle white-collar crimeLEGISLATION AIMED at strengthening Garda powers when investigating white-collar crime and legally protecting those who turn whistleblower…Tue Aug 09 2011 - 01:00
Fewer than 15% of offenders on sex register supervisedFEWER THAN 15 per cent of the 1,100 convicted sex offenders on the sex offenders register are receiving treatment or supervision…Tue Aug 09 2011 - 01:00
Prisons are playing down overcrowding, studies showTHE IRISH Prison Service is considerably underestimating the extent of overcrowding in many jails in the Republic, according …Mon Aug 08 2011 - 01:00
Early release considered to deal with prison crisisMINISTER FOR Justice Alan Shatter is considering releasing long-term prisoners early as a way of controlling worsening prison…Mon Aug 08 2011 - 01:00
Lebanon suspect had Irish passportGARDAÍ AND the Department of Foreign Affairs are trying to establish whether a man arrested in Lebanon with a substantial consignment…Fri Aug 05 2011 - 01:00
Mountjoy to stay open when new jail builtMOUNTJOY PRISON is to remain open even after the planned new Thornton Hall prison that was to replace it is completed and operating…Fri Aug 05 2011 - 01:00
Evidence in white-collar trials to be simplifiedJURIES DELIBERATING on white-collar criminal trials, including those relating to the banking crisis, will be aided by a range…Thu Aug 04 2011 - 01:00
Tobacco haul worth €2.5m intercepted at Dublin PortREVENUE’S CUSTOMS service and the Garda have seized one of the largest consignments of contraband tobacco found in Ireland, with…Thu Aug 04 2011 - 01:00
An Post defends security measuresAN POST has defended its security arrangements following a hostage-taking and robbery in which more than €550,000 was stolen, …Thu Aug 04 2011 - 01:00
Gardaí try to establish cause of pub blazeGARDAÍ ARE trying to establish the cause of a fire that destroyed a well-known public house following an armed raid at the premises…Wed Aug 03 2011 - 01:00
Lounge and owner attracted wrong kind of publicity over past yearBACKGROUND: The Dublin publican hit the headlines after ‘banning’ the Queen and her familyWed Aug 03 2011 - 01:00
Breaking out of a vicious cycleCYCLING: Racing Through the Dark: The Fall and Rise of David Millar , By David Millar Orion, 288pp. £10.99Sat Jul 09 2011 - 01:00
Man held in property fraud inquiryA BUSINESSMAN was arrested yesterday by gardaí investigating complaints of fraud by a number of property investors.Fri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
Former journalist says newspaper in Ireland also hacked phones for storiesIRISH EDITION: A JOURNALIST who worked for the News of the World in the Republic has alleged the phone hacking practices used…Fri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
Raiders pour petrol over man and threaten to burn himGARDAÍ ARE investigating a robbery in which an armed gang beat up a petrol station owner and then poured petrol over him and …Thu Jul 07 2011 - 01:00
Irish gang linked to rhino horn tradeThe European policing agency Europol has said an Irish crime gang is a key player in the illegal trade in rhino horns globally…Thu Jul 07 2011 - 01:00
Post office inquiry to be extended to CarlowA GARDA investigation into the alleged misappropriation of some €1Thu Jul 07 2011 - 01:00
Recovery not possible if 'every single spending cut' opposedTHE ECONOMY will never recover if “every single spending cut and every single reform” in the public sector is resisted, Tánaiste…Mon Jul 04 2011 - 01:00
Burglary, kidnapping, smuggling, fuel fraud: Ireland's rising crimesAS THE TRUCK moved from Dublin Port across the city, the undercover Customs team did its best to follow as discreetly as possible…Mon Jul 04 2011 - 01:00
How crime stopped payingAfter 15 years of market growth, drug gangs are struggling with collapsed consumer demand and a liquidity crisisSat Jul 02 2011 - 01:00
Gang escapes with €100,000 after post office kidnappingA MAN is recovering after being abducted by an armed gang that held him hostage and threatened to shoot him unless a large cash…Wed Jun 29 2011 - 01:00
Gardaí question man after Walsh sexual assault claim is withdrawnDETECTIVES WERE last night questioning a man on suspicion of making a false statement to gardaí in which he alleged the music…Wed Jun 29 2011 - 01:00
Man arrested over Walsh claimsA man has been arrested by gardaí for questioning about false allegations against the music industry manager Louis Walsh.Tue Jun 28 2011 - 01:00
Investigation of teenage girl's alleged rape in nightclub likely to be lengthyTHE GARDA investigation into the alleged rape of a 15-year-old schoolgirl by a 14-year-old boy at a south Dublin nightclub is…Sat Jun 25 2011 - 01:00
The child abduction stories that feed parents' fearsWhen an incident like this appears in the papers as ‘an attempted kidnapping’, it just creates unnecessary panic for parents …Sat Jun 25 2011 - 01:00
Boy (14) questioned by gardaí over rape claim at junior discoA BOY aged 14 has been questioned by detectives and detained at a south Dublin Garda station overnight after a 15-year-old girl…Sat Jun 25 2011 - 01:00
Irish troops leave for south Lebanon on UN missionTHE FIRST of two large deployments of Irish troops to south Lebanon was expected to get under way in the early hours of this …Thu Jun 23 2011 - 01:00
'Blitz raids' targeted at cigarette smugglersREVENUE’S CUSTOMS officers are conducting a major investigation into cigarette smuggling and are carrying out an average of one…Thu Jun 23 2011 - 01:00
Killeen failed to answer ombudsman's reportsFORMER MINISTER for defence Tony Killeen failed to respond to almost half of the reports sent to him last year by Defence Forces…Wed Jun 22 2011 - 01:00
Defence body wants military careers extended by 10 yearsTHE ASSOCIATION representing about 8,000 soldiers, sailors and aircrew of the Defence Forces, PDforra, has called for the military…Wed Jun 22 2011 - 01:00
Killeen 'ignored' Defence complaintsFormer minister for defence Tony Killeen failed to respond to almost half of the reports sent to him last year by Defence Forces…Tue Jun 21 2011 - 01:00
Drug seizures and use at lowest level since before boomNARCOTICS DEMAND: DRUG SEIZURES in the Republic plummeted to a near 15-year low last year and are now back at levels not seen…Mon Jun 20 2011 - 01:00
Cab paid €3.1m to exchequer after disposal of criminal assetsPROCEEDS: THE CRIMINAL Assets Bureau (Cab) paid more than €3 million into State coffers last year from seized assets and collected…Mon Jun 20 2011 - 01:00
Then & Now: Malcolm MacarthurHE IS UNDOUBTEDLY Ireland’s most infamous inmate, having literally become imprisoned by the macabre celebrity that has grown …Sat Jun 18 2011 - 01:00
Funding blamed for recruitment suspensionMINISTER FOR Justice Alan Shatter has expressed regret at the decision to suspend Garda recruitment because of the poor state…Fri Jun 17 2011 - 01:00
Attempted schoolgirl abduction reported to Bray GardaGARDAÍ ARE investigating a report that a 10-year-old schoolgirl managed to escape from a man who tried to abduct her in his car…Thu Jun 16 2011 - 01:00
Garda jobs moratorium 'temporary'Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has said he regrets the suspension of Garda recruitment but hopes to resume hiring recruits…Thu Jun 16 2011 - 01:00
Figures show Garda retirements at three-year lowTHE RATE of retirements from An Garda Síochána has slowed to a three-year low and is running at less than half its peak of two…Thu Jun 16 2011 - 01:00
Garda may extend initiative against kerb crawlersTHE GARDA Commissioner is considering rolling out a nationwide operation targeting men who buy sexual favours from prostitutes…Wed Jun 15 2011 - 01:00
