Surge in drug crime but Garda drug units remain depletedTotal number of gardaí assigned to drug units continues to declineThu Oct 04 2018 - 20:33
Life sentence prisoners served on average 18 years before being releasedAlmost all lifers are murders, many never in trouble with Garda until killing victimThu Oct 04 2018 - 18:10
Garda overtime being curtailed, not banned, says Justice MinisterSpend on overtime up to the end of September came to €95.1 millionWed Oct 03 2018 - 22:09
Drones being used by criminals to spy on farms and rural propertiesInstallation of CCTV helps, but criminals simply move on to the next area, Oireachtas committee hearsWed Oct 03 2018 - 19:21
Child sex dolls seized in Garda raids against child pornOfficers find locations of those viewing abuse images using their internet protocol (IP) addressesTue Oct 02 2018 - 13:08
Gardaí make further arrests in Munster sex abuse inquiryTotal of 23 arrests in wide-ranging investigation in two tranches several months apartMon Oct 01 2018 - 21:52
Charlie Flanagan praises ‘progressive’ prison service directorMichael Donnellan retiring after seven years in role, during which service transformedFri Sept 28 2018 - 01:00
Harris flags Garda role in future housing protestsMasked officers at North Frederick Street demonstration in an ‘invidious situation’Thu Sept 27 2018 - 21:34
Policing Authority strongly questions wisdom of proposed Garda reformsCommission on Future of Policing in Ireland has suggested changes to Garda oversightThu Sept 27 2018 - 15:29
Cars, handbags and €145,000 seized as Cab raids target drug gangSearches of 14 premises in Dublin and Wicklow include motor dealership and homesThu Sept 27 2018 - 11:21
Gardaí arrest 18 on ‘day of action’ against criminals in Carlow-KilkennySuspects arrested for questioning about crimes including theft, assault, fraud and burglaryWed Sept 26 2018 - 11:40
Garda’s High Court action could halt 400 promotions to sergeantGarda claims candidates with lower interview scores were selected over himWed Sept 26 2018 - 00:31
Report hails success of anti-repeat offending programmesGovernment urged to roll out Dublin-based programmes nationallyTue Sept 25 2018 - 11:45
Crime gangs using car garages to smuggle drugs and valuablesIncreasingly sophisticated practice exploits lack of regulation in the used car marketMon Sept 24 2018 - 00:41
Gangland criminals ‘streetwise but not educated’, says Cab chiefCrime gangs more savvy but are being undone by need to flaunt wealth, says ClavinMon Sept 24 2018 - 00:09
Five arrested after €1.7m Kinahan cash seizuresGardaí strike significant blow to drugs cartel with hauls in Wexford and west DublinSun Sept 23 2018 - 20:41
Big cuts in Garda overtime ordered by Drew Harris to reduce costsCommissioner says he has cut both discretionary and administrative overtimeThu Sept 20 2018 - 20:37
Gardaí in specialist units ‘not superior’ to local gardaí – commissionAbility to build community relationships should be rewarded with Garda promotionsThu Sept 20 2018 - 01:00
Q&A: Are ideas for Garda reform new or recycled?Some proposals have been recommended before and simply not implementedThu Sept 20 2018 - 01:00
Tomorrow’s Garda recruits might progress on merit, not ‘pull’Commission’s recommendations would put community policing at centre of the forceThu Sept 20 2018 - 01:00
Garda should refocus on community policing, reform report saysCommission calls for creation of national centre for intelligence collation and analysisWed Sept 19 2018 - 03:43
Garda reform ideas are good, but will they ever happen?Commission’s recommendations costly to implement and rivalled by housing crisisWed Sept 19 2018 - 00:58
Garda Síochána set to undergo radical reform up to 2022New programme for force focuses on human rights, community policing and oversightWed Sept 19 2018 - 00:02
Gardaí should lose power to decide if people are prosecuted, reform report saysCommission calls for creation of a national centre for intelligence collation and analysisTue Sept 18 2018 - 15:31
Investigation into alleged sexual assault on woman (18) in DublinScene on Poolbeg St has been preserved and gardaí at Pearse St are leading investigationTue Sept 18 2018 - 12:46
Garda inquiry under way into social media postsOne garda involved in policing housing protest referred to on Facebook as ‘dog’ and ‘scum’Mon Sept 17 2018 - 00:43
Photographs of gardaí in hoods ‘do not inspire confidence’Policing Authority welcomes Drew Harris comment that use of ‘hoods’ by gardaí ‘was not correct’Fri Sept 14 2018 - 01:00
Balaclavas worn to prevent social media harassment, claim GardaGardaí say since water charge protests, photos and names being posted to intimidateThu Sept 13 2018 - 21:36
Four arrested after raids targeting burglary networkGarda members search 11 addresses in Enniscorthy linked to suspected gang membersThu Sept 13 2018 - 16:58
Use of ‘hoods’ at housing protest ‘not correct’ – Garda CommissionerDrew Harris says gardaí had been physically, verbally and racially abused during protestThu Sept 13 2018 - 15:36
Claim and counterclaim over end of Dublin ‘occupation’Gardaí wearing balaclavas were not supporting an illegal action, as has been claimedThu Sept 13 2018 - 01:00
Four arrested in illegal online TV streaming investigationSeventeen bank accounts into which €700,000 has been lodged have been frozenWed Sept 12 2018 - 15:34
Garda staff move to defend overtime spendingComments come ahead of meeting with new Garda Commissioner Drew HarrisMon Sept 10 2018 - 01:00
New Garda chief says public trust local gardaí more than senior managementGarda reform will not be on same scale as RUC-PSNI process, says Drew HarrisSun Sept 09 2018 - 18:12
New Garda Commissioner Drew Harris faces first big challengeClashes with both Government and officers about overtime may test leadership approachSat Sept 08 2018 - 01:00
Man held over Bray Boxing Club murder linked to drug dealingBobby Messett died after being shot in the head during an attack at Pete Taylor’s gymFri Sept 07 2018 - 16:46
Drew Harris to meet senior gardaí to assess budget at his disposalMinister says force has ‘unprecedented’ resources and eye should be kept on how funds spentFri Sept 07 2018 - 15:15
Be ‘operationally honest’, Garda Commissioner tells recruitsHarris says: ‘We are here to serve the people, not ourselves, not the organisation; the people’Fri Sept 07 2018 - 13:09
Fraud cartel controlled 300 Irish bank accounts and stole €15mGardai investigating money laundering by west African group raided addresses in five countiesThu Sept 06 2018 - 16:24
14,000 bikes reported stolen in 2½ years, but true figure higherGardaí say trend of not reporting bike thefts must come to an endThu Sept 06 2018 - 14:58
Irish troops complete move back to Syrian side of Golan Heights‘The Irish were originally deployed to the Syrian side. But they withdrew to the Israeli-occupied area after fighting related to the civil war in Syria compromised their safety’Wed Sept 05 2018 - 21:12
Drug crime rises in Dublin amid surge in consumptionNew research suggests more people than ever in Ireland are taking illegal drugsWed Sept 05 2018 - 18:54
Drew Harris survives an interrogation by Dublin mediaGarda Commissioner shows little sign of stress during meeting at Phoenix Park HQWed Sept 05 2018 - 00:32
Garda Commissioner responds to criticism saying: ‘I am Irish’‘I’m not sure how much of an outsider I am really . . . I’m from the island of Ireland’Tue Sept 04 2018 - 15:10
Drew Harris: Garda take an outside chance on new commissionerNew inter-country security appointment is rare, and come with risksSat Sept 01 2018 - 06:00
Sharp rise in parents seeking help for back-to-school costsCharity says transition year costs have become significant source of stressTue Aug 28 2018 - 01:00
Man (23) alleges he was stabbed by 9-year-old when families clashedIncident happened in Inchicore, Dublin and involved two rival familiesWed Aug 22 2018 - 16:45
Woman who drove into gates of Government Buildings releasedGardaí treating incident as low-level protest action rather than a major security alertTue Aug 21 2018 - 20:15
Victims of fatal Donegal car crash are namedMan in his 20s is released from custody after Bundoran incident in which two people diedMon Aug 20 2018 - 20:55
Tributes to two young adults killed in Donegal road crashOnly occupant of the car who did not require hospitalisation released from custodyMon Aug 20 2018 - 00:50
