Record numbers of heroin users treatedTHE NUMBER of heroin users in treatment has reached record levels since the recession began and is increasing most significantly…Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Alcohol test scheme bizarre, says FGPLANS TO use children to carry out test purchases of alcohol so gardaí can assess what bars, clubs and off-licences are selling…Thu Sept 23 2010 - 01:00
Gangland shooting suspect had secured private security licenceA MEMBER of a gang suspected of the killing of drug dealer Seán Winters holds a security licence from the Private Security Authority…Wed Sept 15 2010 - 01:00
Ten still held over Dublin murderTen people are still being questioned in connection with Sunday evening's gangland shooting in Portmarnock, Co Dublin.Tue Sept 14 2010 - 01:00
Man shot dead in attack near Portmarnock Dart stationA MAN has been shot dead in north County Dublin in an attack which bore all the hallmarks of a gangland killing.Mon Sept 13 2010 - 01:00
€2.2m seized by State from criminals smuggling cashSOME €2.2 million in cash seized in ports and airports has been forfeited to the State so far this year.Mon Sept 13 2010 - 01:00
Cash seizures on the rise as gangs try to get money out of countryBACKGROUND: The proceeds of drug dealing, fuel and cigarette smuggling form the bulk of money intercepted by customs officials…Mon Sept 13 2010 - 01:00
Teenager shot in TemplemoreGARDAÍ ARE trying to established if an improvised gun was used in a shooting near the Garda Training College, Templemore, Co …Fri Sept 10 2010 - 01:00
Three suspects in shooting released without chargeTHREE SUSPECTS arrested for questioning about the shooting of a man that has left him in a permanent vegetative state have been…Wed Sept 08 2010 - 01:00
Raiders trying to hide cash when arrestedGARDAÍ BELIEVE five men arrested in connection with the robbery of almost €300,000 and abduction of a bank manager’s wife were…Mon Sept 06 2010 - 01:00
Ahern tries to clarify position on ATM chargeMINISTER FOR Justice Dermot Ahern has backtracked on his suggestion that more charges for ATM transactions might limit Ireland…Sat Sept 04 2010 - 01:00
Ahern may look at higher ATM fees after €300,000 robbery and kidnapIRISH BANKS may need to impose much larger ATM fees on their customers if the number of bank robberies involving hostage taking…Fri Sept 03 2010 - 01:00
Traynor awaiting extradition to UK to finish sentenceCRIMINAL JOHN Traynor is in custody in the Netherlands having been arrested last week as part of a joint operation by the Dutch…Fri Sept 03 2010 - 01:00
Prison officers to vote on strike actionPRISON OFFICERS at Mountjoy jail are to ballot for strike action as part of a worsening row with prison management that has already…Wed Sept 01 2010 - 01:00
Prison officers to ballot for actionPrison officers at Mountjoy Prison have decided to ballot for industrial action in an escalation of their dispute with the Irish…Tue Aug 31 2010 - 01:00
Dublin schoolgirl had been strangledGARDAÍ INVESTIGATING the murder of 12-year-old Michaela Davis say there may have been a possible sexual element to her killing…Mon Aug 30 2010 - 01:00
Garda drug seizure nets 270kg of cannabis worth €2mTHE GARDA have made the biggest cannabis seizure so far this year following an intelligence-led operation into a major organised…Fri Aug 27 2010 - 01:00
Garda and HSE urged to effect key reformsHEAD OF the Garda Síochána Inspectorate Kathleen O’Toole has urged the force and the HSE to implement immediately key reforms…Thu Aug 26 2010 - 01:00
Prison dispute escalates as planned talks are cancelledA DISPUTE between prison officers and management at Mountjoy Prison and within the Irish Prison Service escalated last night …Thu Aug 26 2010 - 01:00
Food security expected to top agenda at hunger conference in New YorkMINISTER FOR Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin and US secretary of state Hillary Clinton are to co-host an international hunger …Mon Aug 23 2010 - 01:00
Inquiries follow suicide of woman in MountjoyGARDAÍ AND the Irish Prison Service have launched separate inquiries into the suicide of a female prisoner in the women’s Dóchas…Thu Aug 19 2010 - 01:00
One-fifth of Defence Forces served overseas last yearALMOST ONE in five members of the Defence Forces served on overseas missions last year, according to the joint annual report …Wed Aug 18 2010 - 01:00
Builders arrested in debt collection inquiryTWO BUILDERS and a number of gangland criminals have been arrested as part of a Garda investigation into figures from the construction…Wed Aug 18 2010 - 01:00
Met by flashing cameras and obscenities from the crowdSOME MEMBERS of the media had been camped out since Tuesday waiting for the moment, but when it finally came, the exit from the…Fri Aug 13 2010 - 01:00
Convicted rapist Larry Murphy released from jailConvicted rapist Larry Murphy has been released from Dublin’s Arbour Hill prison after serving 10½ years of a 15-year jail term…Thu Aug 12 2010 - 01:00
Rapist not obliged to supply address to gardaí for seven daysCONVICTED RAPIST Larry Murphy will have a week of freedom from prison before he has to inform gardaí where he is living as part…Wed Aug 11 2010 - 01:00
Two hoax devices linked to deadly feudTHE DISCOVERY of two hoax explosive devices is being linked to a dispute between criminals and members of a republican movement…Wed Aug 11 2010 - 01:00
Daughter was main witness in trialOF THE three people present during the murder of Brendan McGrath, his daughter, Veronica McGrath, was the only one not charged…Tue Jul 27 2010 - 01:00
Callely expenses a 'matter for gardaí'Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern has said he has no role in deciding if gardaí should investigate the expenses claims of Senator…Thu Jul 22 2010 - 01:00
Two arrested in murder investigationGARDAÍ INVESTIGATING the murder of a man who was stabbed to death in his family home have arrested two people for questioning…Thu Jul 22 2010 - 01:00
Boy (16) arrested in Dublin gangland murder inquiryGARDAÍ INVESTIGATING the shooting dead of Dublin criminal Stephen Byrne have arrested a boy aged 16Fri Jul 16 2010 - 01:00
Gardaí continue murder inquiryGardaí in Dublin are continuing to investigate the murder of Colm Owens last Friday.Mon Jul 12 2010 - 01:00
Two men carry out gun murder in FinglasA MAN shot dead in the Republic’s 16th gun murder of the year was wounded up to six times in the head and upper body by two men…Sat Jul 10 2010 - 01:00
Gardaí investigate Finglas murderGardaí are today carrying out house-to-house inquiries into the fatal shooting yesterday of a man in Finglas, Dublin.Sat Jul 10 2010 - 01:00
Gardaí link haul of guns to murdersGARDAÍ INVESTIGATING the shooting dead of Paul and Kenneth Corbally in west Dublin on Monday have found two guns they believe…Fri Jul 02 2010 - 01:00
Couple freed in cocaine factory caseA couple held in connection with the discovery of a “sophisticated cocaine factory” in Tallaght have been released.Wed Jun 30 2010 - 01:00
Two men killed and teenage boy wounded in gun attackGARDAÍ ARE investigating the shooting dead of two men and the wounding of a 16-year-old boy during a suspected drug-related machine…Tue Jun 29 2010 - 01:00
Witness to killings questionedGardaí investigating the shooting dead of two men and the wounding of a 14-year-old boy during a suspected drug-related machine…Tue Jun 29 2010 - 01:00
Cocaine valued at €11m seized in DublinCOCAINE WITH an estimated street value of more than €11 million and two handguns have been seized by gardaí investigating one…Tue Jun 29 2010 - 01:00
Gardaí confirm identity of remains found in car bootTHE BADLY decomposed remains of a murdered woman found in the boot of a car have been confirmed as those of missing 30-year-old…Fri Jun 25 2010 - 01:00
President laments 'huge loss' of EarleyPRESIDENT MARY McAleese has led tributes to former chief of staff of the Defence Forces Dermot Earley, who has died after being…Thu Jun 24 2010 - 01:00
€200,000 stolen as housemate of bank worker held hostageTHE RAID in which more than €200,000 was stolen from AIB by an armed gang unfolded over a 12-hour period during which time one…Wed Jun 23 2010 - 01:00
Ahern seeks tiger robbery reportMinister for Justice Dermot Ahern has requested a report from gardaí into a so-called tiger robbery of an AIB branch during which…Wed Jun 23 2010 - 01:00
Postmortem on body found in carA postmortem examination is to be carried out today on the body of a woman which was discovered in the boot of a car in west …Wed Jun 23 2010 - 01:00
Courts sentencing criminals at quicker rate than State can provide prison spacesANALYSIS: Prison overcrowding is forcing the early release of huge numbers of convicted criminalsMon Jun 21 2010 - 01:00
Garda dismissed over alleged links to criminal gangA GARDA has been dismissed from the force after an internal investigation into the leaking of confidential information to a criminal…Sat Jun 19 2010 - 01:00
New chief of staff of Defence Forces appointedTHE GOVERNMENT has announced the appointment of Maj Gen Seán McCann as the new chief of staff of the Defence ForcesThu Jun 10 2010 - 01:00
Army got 105 complaints in 2009, 27 from dismissed manAN ARMY officer who was recently dismissed from the Defence Forces after using offensive language to his superior had lodged …Wed Jun 09 2010 - 01:00
Gardaí question two men after botched armed robberyGARDAÍ ARE questioning two men linked to dissident republicanism following a botched armed robbery during which a taxi driver…Wed Jun 09 2010 - 01:00
Over 100 Defence Forces complaintsAn army officer who was recently dismissed from the Defence Forces after calling his superior officer a "little prick" lodged…Tue Jun 08 2010 - 01:00
