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
Intel gathered following HSE attack leads to dismantling of ransomware gangOperation targeted international group said to be responsible for ‘serious ransomware attacks’Fri Aug 08 2025 - 20:20
Russian oil tanker operating under false flag enters Irish-controlled watersAgeing ‘shadow-fleet’ vessel is carrying thousands of tonnes of sanctioned crude to IndiaFri Aug 08 2025 - 16:26
Social media algorithms are boosting videos of attacks on asylum seekers, Irish campaign group saysVideos being posted online of homeless asylum seekers culminate in attacks on them and their tentsFri Aug 08 2025 - 06:00
Records falsified relating to mentally ill inmate found dead in Cloverhill Prison, watchdog finds ‘Mr O’ died in Cloverhill Prison the day before he was to be transferred to hospitalTue Aug 05 2025 - 15:52
Gena Heraty kidnapping: Tánaiste speaks to Haitian minister to try to bring end to Irish woman’s ‘horrendous ordeal’Co Mayo woman was working in orphanage in Port-au-Prince where eight people were takenTue Aug 05 2025 - 09:14
Probation officials begin training to deal with radicalised criminals engaged in violent extremismA project has also been set up to help steer 12- to 24-year-olds away from involvement in crime in Dublin’s north inner city Tue Aug 05 2025 - 07:31
Tánaiste says ‘no stone unturned’ in efforts to locate Irish woman kidnapped in HaitiIrish missionary Gena Heraty among eight kidnapped from orphanage on SundayTue Aug 05 2025 - 06:00
Man arrested as part of investigation into fatal stabbing of Mark Carroll in FinglasThe 34-year-old was stabbed to death in a house in Finglas in June 2024Mon Aug 04 2025 - 16:01
Garda injured while arresting sword-wielding suspectMan (40s) charged in connection with incident and is due before court on MondaySun Aug 03 2025 - 18:45
Criminals set up fake Irish Government agency for counterfeit maritime certsForged documents allow ships to pass port inspections, skirt employment law and safety rulesFri Aug 01 2025 - 06:00
‘A sham trial process’: Mother of Private Seán Rooney criticises Lebanese court‘What happened in Lebanon was not justice,’ says Natasha Rooney Thu Jul 31 2025 - 17:03
Man (23) remanded in custody charged with assault causing harm to garda on Capel Street in DublinAbdullah Khan also charged with production of a ‘Tactix’ knife with intent to cause intimidation or harm on Tuesday eveningThu Jul 31 2025 - 10:00
Three women avoid jail for money laundering on behalf of major crime gangTrio allowed Drogheda-based Boylan group to lodge funds into their bank accountsWed Jul 30 2025 - 16:40
Garda stabbed multiple times in ‘unprovoked’ Dublin city-centre attackOfficer on routine patrol taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuriesTue Jul 29 2025 - 21:33
Lebanese authorities know where man sentenced to death for killing Pte Seán Rooney is, Irish officials believeRooneyTue Jul 29 2025 - 16:47
Irish soldier Seán Rooney: Man sentenced to death over killing in LebanonTaoiseach welcomes conviction of main defendant, but says it is unsatisfactory that the man is still at largeMon Jul 28 2025 - 22:28
Book of evidence served on alleged Kinahan associate Sean McGovern over murder chargeAccused, extradited from Dubai earlier this year, appears before court charged with murder of Noel ‘Duck Egg’ KirwanMon Jul 28 2025 - 13:54
‘He kept saying: what wrong have I done? Why me?’ An Indian man is left stripped and bloodied on an Irish streetAn apparently racially motivated attack in Tallaght has caused ‘outrage, fear and concern’ among the Indian community in Ireland. But it was not an isolated incidentSat Jul 26 2025 - 06:30
Transgender prisoner, understood to be Barbie Kardashian, held in ‘dungeon-like’ unit Individual is understood to be named Barbie Kardashian, who was jailed in 2023 for threatening to torture, rape and murder motherFri Jul 25 2025 - 06:00
Prison officer allegedly used riot shield to repeatedly strike inmate in vanAllegations of abuse of inmates by staff in Irish Prison Service has increased since 2019, according to European committee reportThu Jul 24 2025 - 08:00
Report provides rare insight into Irish military intelligence unitIrish military intelligence unit seeks more powers to tackle State security threats Thu Jul 24 2025 - 07:46
Why is a Russian ‘shadow fleet’ using Irish waters?Tankers are engaging in suspicious and sometimes bizarre behaviour, raising both environmental and national security concernsMon Jul 21 2025 - 06:00
Dramatic increase in number of Russian ‘shadow ships’ in Irish-controlled watersNaval Service and Air Corps have stepped up monitoring of the vesselsMon Jul 21 2025 - 06:00
Significant rise in Irish people seeking State help to avoid US deportationAt least 41 sought assistance this year, but the number of Irish deported from US may be significantly higherMon Jul 21 2025 - 06:00
Man violently assaulted and partially stripped by gang in TallaghtIt is understood attackers falsely accused man of acting inappropriately around childrenSun Jul 20 2025 - 15:10
Garda will not reopen Bishop Eamonn Casey investigationFormer Bishop of Galway, whose remains were removed from cathedral crypt, had been accused of sexually abusing multiple children.Sun Jul 20 2025 - 14:16
More than €10,000 raised for legal defence of Dublin firefighter accused of rape in BostonTerence Crosbie is due to be retried in US after jury failed to reach verdictFri Jul 18 2025 - 18:39
Prison service embarks on €400m building project to ease overcrowdingNew facility planned for Thornton Hall site in Dublin, but funding yet to be allocatedThu Jul 17 2025 - 06:00
Court ruling would give newly arrived asylum seekers more rights than homeless people, Minister claimsSuch a ruling by the ECJ would be ‘very hard to justify’ to Irish citizens and other member states, says Jim O’Callaghan Wed Jul 16 2025 - 19:38
Gardaí to use gait analysis and voice recognition to identify suspectsForce has long called for facial recognition powers to analyse increasingly prevalent digital evidenceMon Jul 14 2025 - 06:00
Man (71) was beaten to death in Limerick with bag containing drinks bottles, gardaí believeMan arrested after Michael Hayes sustained head injury during altercation in Watergate area late on ThursdayFri Jul 11 2025 - 15:31
Cable ties and no hot drinks: The reality of deportation flights from Ireland State has €5m contract with UK-based company used by British government for similar operationsFri Jul 11 2025 - 06:00
Sanctioned Russian ship intercepted by Coast Guard after docking in LouthShtandart is subject to European sanctions imposed following Russia’s 2022 invasion of UkraineWed Jul 09 2025 - 18:54
‘We do not support Putin’: On board the sanctioned Russian ship in Killiney BayCaptain Vladimir Martus says he built the Russian navy replica ship with his own handsTue Jul 08 2025 - 19:42
Russia could block UN missions involving Irish personnel in Bosnia and Mediterranean, Harris warnsTánaiste says renewal of mandates for these missions face potential challenges at UN Security Council Mon Jul 07 2025 - 06:00
‘Ireland’s first serial killer’ John Shaw could be freed from prison in early 2026Murderer is applying for parole and could be freed from Dublin prison early next year, 50 years after the murders of Elizabeth Plunkett and Mary DuffyMon Jul 07 2025 - 06:00
Power struggle led to corporate watchdog’s garda roles not being filledChief executive claimed ‘unprecedented unwillingness to accept decisions’ Sun Jul 06 2025 - 06:00
How the Defence Forces carried out its most daring operation in decadesEight crew members received a combined 129 years in prison in total following Operation PianoSun Jul 06 2025 - 00:01
Hizbullah and Iran suspected of involvement in MV Matthew smuggling operationInvestigators believe Kinahan organised crime group among transnational gangs linked to €157m seizure Sat Jul 05 2025 - 14:24
Elizabeth Plunkett: How murdered woman’s family discovered they were not ‘relevant victims’ in serial killer caseIreland’s longest-serving prisoner, who confessed to kidnapping and killing a 23-year-old Dublin woman in 1976, was never convicted of her murderSat Jul 05 2025 - 06:00
Cork cocaine seizure: Four men arrested as drugs worth some €35m seizedGardaí foil international drug smuggling operation as half tonne of cocaine found near CourtmacsherryTue Jul 01 2025 - 11:25
Police ombudsman investigating circumstances of Evan Fitzgerald’s deathWicklow man (22) took his own life after discharging a firearm in Carlow shopping centreTue Jul 01 2025 - 06:00
The South Dublin criminal from a wealthy family who became a close associate of the Kinahan gang O'Sullivan was known as a skilled drug trafficker before specialising in EncroChat phones, which allow criminals to communicate under the radarSat Jun 28 2025 - 06:00
Carlow gunman Evan Fitzgerald had other weapons, Garda investigation found Investigators concerned about inability to determine source of items, which may have been from burglary or onlineSat Jun 28 2025 - 06:00
Gardaí believe single supplier is selling Irish criminals 3D-printed gunsThe pistols can be created using readily available materials on a standard, commercially available 3D printerFri Jun 27 2025 - 17:39
