Veronica Guerin

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The bureau, which works closely with gardaí but is an independent agency, was set up in response to the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin in 1996.
Brisk 2018 marks busiest year yet for Criminal Assets Bureau

The Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab) had its most active year since its foundation two decades ago and now has nearly 1,000 targets on its books. A total(...)

In the news: some of the headline-makers of 2018
The 2018 Irish Times Christmas Prize Quiz

Answer all 100 questions in our special Christmas Quiz to be in with a chance of winning one of the following prizes: 1st prize: One night (...)

Increasing sophistication by criminal gangs, in disguising their assets through apparently legitimate business and in offshore enterprises, has prompted a step-change in policing. Photograph: Press 22
The Irish Times view on the Criminal Assets Bureau: a policing success

The seizure of €1.7 million in cash by officers from the Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab) is a significant coup for the organisation. Most of the money wa(...)

The head of the Criminal Assets Bureau, Det Chief Supt Pat Clavin, said criminals are increasingly converting their cash into assets that could be taken outside the State in plain sight. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Gangland criminals ‘streetwise but not educated’, says Cab chief

Irish organised crime gangs have become more savvy in disguising their investments and money laundering but they are still being undone by the need to(...)

Norma Burke aka Bunty Twuntingdon McFluff at City Hall. “I did this because I got so angry listening to people who want to be candidates but haven’t read the constitutional requirements for the job,” she said. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw for The Irish Times
Miriam Lord: Presidential hopefuls take a dander down Daft Avenue

If you think things are daft now, imagine how completely bonkers the presidential candidate selection process is going to be in seven years’ time. An(...)

Cllr Jimmy Guerin, speaking at the special meeting of Fingal County Council to consider presidential nomination requests. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
Presidential hopeful Gemma O’Doherty excoriated by Veronica Guerin’s brother

Fingal councillor Jimmy Guerin, the brother of Veronica Guerin, excoriated independent presidential candidate Gemma O’Doherty over her allegations the(...)

Seán Gallagher during his campaign for the presidency in 2011 .Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons
Gallagher favourite to get first nod for presidential run

At least 12 county and city councils are expected to hold votes to nominate Independent candidates for the presidential election this week, with busin(...)

Samantha Barry: “Thankfully in Ireland there’s a plenitude of strong female broadcasters like Anne Doyle, Marian Finucane and Miriam.”
The Irish woman leading the Glamour stakes in New York

Vogue’s indomitable US editor Anna Wintour is known for a great many things, among them 6am tennis lessons and 7am blowdries. In the media industry, h(...)

Garda checkpoint on Francis Street in March 2018: Once gangs’ power, profile and killings could no longer be denied, resources were ploughed into targeting them. Photograph: Gareth Chaney Collins
Slow grind of Garda work set to derail Kinahan cartel

The imprisonment of James Quinn in connection with the killing of Gary Hutch effectively represents the criminal justice system catching up with the K(...)

Bray seafront which is often filled with locals and visitors on sunny days. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Priced out of Dún Laoghaire? Head to Bray

Perched just across the border line of Dublin into Wicklow, about 12 miles south of Dublin city centre, Bray – Ireland’s fourth-largest town, has one (...)

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