Proportion of prison inmates casting postal ballots has declined over the past decade

Older women are particularly at risk, according to safeguarding body

Public Accounts Committee hears the HSE is currently auditing 46 additional cases

Vehicles worth an estimated €700,000 are taken from a Dublin car dealership

Dublin man was due to appear on robbery charges at courthouse adjoining prison

Policing Authority criticises delay in receiving answers from Garda

State conceded accused was legally insane at the time of road collision that killed teenager

Data Protection Commissioner to begin investigation into such projects next month

Board warns it will have to close its office in coming weeks if State funding not restored

Solicitor for Polish criminal ordered to personally reimburse the State’s legal costs

Bobby Messett was not the target. Another assassination ends in the death of an unintended victim

Prisons have been struggling to stem traffic of illicit mobile phones into facilities for years

Internal report also suggests rehabilitation should start as soon as sentences begin

Bobby Messett was a ‘sports fanatic’ who was ‘in the wrong place at the wrong time’

Donegal-based GRA members warn they are not equipped to tackle current threats

Minister promised to examine ‘cold process’ for victims after Belfast rape trial

Gardaí investigating student’s death seek information on altercation outside chip shop

Investigators search for victim’s phone as they try to piece together his final hours

Gardaí concerned Border would drive subversives’ recruitment of young people

Lack of diversity on force a ‘time bomb’, claims Garda Representative Association

Bookmaker was driving to race meeting when car halted by a number of armed men

Commissioner asked to vastly increase mental health support for members

Dónall Ó Cualáin says deaths of Ana Kriegel, Jastine Valdez, Cameron Reilly ‘appalled public’

‘I can shoot a target or a piece of wood from 20ft away but I’m not told how to duck or dive’

Garda management examining the cost of outfitting members of force with ‘body cams’

Gardaí believe student may have been strangled and are seeking his mobile phone

One woman was told by garda he would be too embarrassed to take her statement

Inquiry under way after postmortem confirms teenager died in ‘violent circumstances’

Mourners asked to keep Valdez family in their thoughts

Armed officers arrived at scene in Priorswood after shots fired

The ‘Garda Incident’ began at 7.57pm on May 19th, with a tip-off from a female caller

The Children Act 2001 defines the age of criminal responsibility as 12 years

Judge warns reporters and social media users of boy’s legal entitlement to anonymity

Accused said nothing except to confirm to the judge that it was his first time in court

Boy says he was attacked on his way home from park where teenager vanished

‘We would not expect this type of violence in Ireland, it’s a European country’

Gsoc examining shooting of Mark Hennessy who was believed to be carrying a knife

Two months after the acquittal of Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding, the city is trying to move on

Judge reserves judgment on whether rugby player should be awarded his legal fees

Pilot programme a joint endeavour by HSE and Department of Education to boost supports

Nine in 10 are concerned about their online security following Facebook scandal

European Champions Cup winners mingle with devoted fans at Donnybrook Stadium

Operation part of human-trafficking investigation

Board deals with offenders sentenced to eight years or more, many of whom jailed for murder

Provision contained in opposition Parole Bill which has been accepted by the Government

Many of the country’s 31 city and county councils have different registration rules

Garda stations and local authorities dealt with requests from would-be voters until 5pm

Most of the 29 prisoners awaiting transfer are in the UK

Officers had to use a lighter to burn through ligature as knife could not be found

New body will examine potential widening of jury pool and laws against internet research

Businesses on O’Connell Street using high-pitched ‘mosquito alarms’ to combat loitering

Family who lost two daughters at the hospital brought the case due to delay in report

Three baby deaths at Portiuncula due to serious failings, report finds

Problems with staffing, training and communications contributed to problems, Portiuncula report states

Fears of prosecution for copyright infringement means few cases are reported, watchdog says

Court of Appeal also significantly increases prison terms of offenders sentenced in lower courts

Limerick woman ‘does not have any trust’ in CervicalCheck management after revelation that 17 affected women have died

Compulsory retirement ages may be discrimination unless ‘objectively justified’

Collision occurred around 6pm on Saturday

Dublin to Belfast Enterprise Service which runs on route suspended until further notice

Internet Safety Advisory Committee no more than ‘a talking shop’, claims Barnardos chief

Mr Justice Alan Mahon will retire for Appeals Court to take the position

A tweet about middle-class girls and a question about the judge’s tone of voice among issues discussed in absence of jury

Media bid to lift restrictions on legal argument in rape trial set for Wednesday

Judge ordered that there be no reporting on the Belfast rape trial legal argument

Are rape trials as they currently stand a fair way to deal with the crime? Victims share their experiences of the legal system

Solicitors for Paddy Jackson to sue Labour Senator Aodhán Ó Riordáin over comments

Juror’s posts under ‘Broadsheet’ article addressed reasons for jury’s decision in the case

Rugby players rape trial judge ordered reporting curbs to remain in place

Defence solicitor says comments pollute public discourse and raise concerns over integrity of process

Accused Paddy Jackson, Stuart Olding, Blane McIlroy and Rory Harrison not guilty on all counts

Chief Supt said woman has not expressed any regrets about making the complaint

Three of the four Belfast trial defendants were rugby players

Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding cleared of rape, Blane McIlroy and Rory Harrison also acquitted

Judge tells jurors the accused men’s good character should be taken into account

Jurors told ‘not to sit in judgment’ on police or to punish them for perceived failures

To convict the jurors must be convinced the prosecution has proved all elements of the individual charges

Judge completes first stage of her address to the jury in the trial of Irish rugby players

Rory Harrison’s counsel says he is ‘kind, honest and modest’

Counsel for Blane McIlroy claims alleged rape victim trying to protect her reputation

Stuart Olding counsel says police made a ‘cardinal error’

Study says overall murder rate and media profile of convict are factors in decision

“So he plays for Ireland? So what? Don’t think he’s trying to play the rugby card’

Lawyers for defence and prosecution make closing arguments in trial of Ireland rugby players

Prosecution counsel begins closing address to jury at rugby players’ rape trial

Jury has been told it will begin deliberations by late next week

Evidence finishes in trial, closing speeches from counsel to be heard on Wednesday

Belfast rape trial: Witness accused of perverting course of justice by misleading police

Rugby player’s friend Rory Harrison denies trying to ‘manage’ woman at centre of case

Prosecution homes in on discrepancy as accused take the stand

Man accused of exposing himself to woman directly after she was allegedly raped

Man accused of exposing himself to a woman directly after she was allegedly raped

Rape accused says not fanciful that he would kiss woman ‘open mouthed’ after she gave teammate oral sex

Rugby player says reference to ‘she’ meant night out and ‘very loose’ meant good fun

Ireland player had just finished a successful international tour at the time of alleged rape

Ireland rugby player tells trial he engaged in a ‘threesome or spitroast’ of woman

Rugby player tells jury his hobbies include miming to rap and drawing super heroes

Jury members agree to sit on Saturday to make up for lost time in rugby players’ trial

Focus on social media texts between rugby players as prosecution completes evidence

Failure to test rugby player’s clothing queried before prosecution finished case