The fear is that the progress towards independent oversight may be reversed

Roaming criminals less likely to strike if every village had reserve gardaí

Opinion: Blizzard of controversies suggests it’s time for a rethink of police system

Hopes for change rest on politicians with an interest in controlling the force

Why did two State bodies come to a condition of deep mutual distrust?

Opinion: The Taoiseach has appeared to have no understanding that the commision does not answer to the Government

Opinion: Whistleblower episode is just a symptom of much deeper issues of accountability in the way the State is policed

Opinion: Comparison of situation in Ireland to that in Rhodesia was invalid and maladroit

Opinion: Evidence suggests IRA were well capable of gathering intelligence that led to killings without any help from anyone

Vicky Conway’s history of An Garda Síochána both interprets the evolution of the force and judges where it stands today

Opinion: We can take some satisfaction from the fact that we had the discipline to extract ourselves from the mire

Dublin’s Victorian-era policemen were early adopters of crime-solving technologies, and the Phoenix Park of the 1880s was home to (...)

Great reportage heightens the senses while supplying the facts, as this compendium shows

Opinion: We have become largely inured to the obscenities of organised crime

Opinion: Sector offers talented young people an alternative to emigration

Independence of the two security agencies has served the State well in the past

Bernstein’s survey of the liberalising effect of new media might be less optimistic had it been written after the Edward Snowden r(...)

The courts must adapt to the new reality, which is that there is no such thing as an ‘unprejudiced’ jury any more

The Dáil purports to do a 21st century job but shelters behind 19th century privileges

The Dáil purports to do a 21st century job but shelters behind 19th century privileges

The political establishment may feel it went too far in establishing the Garda commission as it now stands

The Seanad has provided a platform over the decades for some of the most considered voices in Irish public life

How much influence does Rupert Murdoch wield?

Do the judges have genuine grievances and who exactly should they be angry with?

An Irishman’s Diary: Durrow might look to Moneygall