Justice plan to overhaul local community safety partnerships to replace joint policing committees

New partnerships a step towards a more collaborative, responsive and locally driven approach, Minister says

Local authority councillors may chair new community safety partnerships

A pilot scheme in three areas - Longford, Waterford and Dublin North Inner City - may be rolled out more widely and will include a broader membership including residents and community representatives

Figures for street violence in Cork are up but locals say they don’t tell full story

‘Covid skewed the figures, it will probably take three years to get a truer picture’

GRA seeks urgent meeting with commissioner over comments on ‘discretion’

Garda body demands clarity on Drew Harris’s definition of ‘preference’ versus ‘discretion’

Homeless campaigner Anthony Flynn found dead

Councillor founded Inner City Helping Homeless but was recently suspended by charity

Cocaine has become king as Irish towns struggle with drug issues

Clonmel gardaí see huge increase in drug trade over last 18 months

Gardaí investigate organisers of 38 Dublin protests so far this year

Knife crime decreasing despite public fears, councillors told

Violent clashes at anti-lockdown protest in Dublin condemned

Up to 100 gardaí involved in operation as protesters and counter-protesters gathered on Saturday afternoon

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Working-class neighbourhoods menaced by fireworks

‘Nothing is cancelling out the noise. I wear headphones ... it’s explosion after explosion’

Cocaine in Galway: ‘It’s not snowing, there is a blizzard’

‘There will be a lost generation if we don’t engage with this as quickly as possible’

Healy-Rae brothers and their friend appeal convictions for assault

Three given suspended sentences for attacking man after row in queue for Kenmare chip van

Why drug crime is rising in Cork and Waterford

Garda action and increased drug consumption are contributing to higher detections

Cocaine in Ireland: ‘The average consumer is a farmer or nurse... It’s universal’

Gardaí and drug workers say cocaine is being used in even the smallest rural village

Call for more gardaí in Drogheda as gang feud escalates