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Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has told the Policing Authority he intends to come within budget, adding that he has informed senior Garda management who control budgets to find ways of making savings. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
Garda Commissioner tells senior officers to reduce spending for rest of year

Garda officers have been told to make savings so the force can stay in budget this year at a time when Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has said some fo(...)

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris. File photograph: Cyril Byrne
Garda chief dismisses report of emergency plan for Border

The Garda Commissioner has dismissed reports there are emergency plans to move hundreds of gardaí to the Border in the event of a no-deal Brexit in Ma(...)

Mr Justice Charleton accepted evidence by HSE staff member Laura Brophy about how she made the mistake and called it an ‘horrendous coincidence’. File photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
‘No need’ for tribunal if Tusla owned up to false rape allegation

If Tusla had owned up to mistakenly accusing garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe of rape, there would likely have been no need for the Disclosures (...)

Garda figures on a range of subjects have proven problematic in recent years. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
Garda figures on crime trends tend to be very problematic

News that the number of burglaries recorded by the Garda last year remained close to record lows will be greeted with some scepticism. The public nar(...)

Garda breathalyser statistics: “When supervision is absent poor practices will inevitably develop,” the internal audit found. Photograph: John Giles/PA Wire
Garda exaggerated breath-test figures by 1.45m over seven years

An Garda Síochána exaggerated breath-test figures by 1.45 million over a seven-year period, an internal audit has found. The inquiry, conducted by As(...)

Mary Boyle was six years old when she went missing on 18th March, 1977, from her grandmother’s house near Ballyshannon, Co Donegal.
YouTube documentary on Mary Boyle case returns to air after temporary removal

A YouTube documentary about the case of Mary Boyle, the six-year old girl who disappeared in Co Donegal nearly 40 years ago, was temporarily removed (...)