Barbecues and a picket fence: Finland shows off its liberal prison systemDoes Suomenlinna Island jail hold the secret to having EU’s lowest imprisonment rate?Fri Jul 19 2019 - 01:00
Charlie Flanagan says Ireland won’t sign up to migrant agreementFinnish proposal would see EU countries take share of migrants rescued from seaFri Jul 19 2019 - 01:00
Publications on abortion coming off banned books listUpdate of register to reflect legal position following repeal of Eighth AmendmentFri Jul 19 2019 - 00:50
Flanagan accepts ‘surprise’ High Court ruling on citizenshipContinuous residence decision ‘has alarmed many interested parties’, says MinisterThu Jul 18 2019 - 20:18
International police forces examining Kinahan armoury raidGarda operation discovered firearms and ‘murder kits’ being stored for crime gangTue Jul 16 2019 - 03:18
Gangland weapons arsenal lay behind unassuming haulage firmDetectives say Greenogue arsenal was biggest organised crime arms find in State’s historyTue Jul 16 2019 - 01:22
Kriégel murder trial: Sentencing of convicted boys adjourned to OctoberJudge says it is ‘extremely important court has all the relevant assistance for sentencing’Mon Jul 15 2019 - 13:54
Prison is ‘wholly inappropriate’ for mentally ill people, say chaplainsGovernment urged to cease ‘harrowing’ practice of locking up people with severe mental illnessMon Jul 15 2019 - 11:36
Ireland has 11th lowest homicide rate in Europe – UN reportOrganised crime was a motive for 19% of all murders recorded globallyMon Jul 15 2019 - 06:07
Fifteen children under five poisoned by heroin and ecstasyMost common cause of narcotic poisoning among youngsters under 13 is methadoneMon Jul 15 2019 - 01:00
One patient unconditionally discharged from Central Mental Hospital in 2018Six patients conditionally released into community under strict supervisionSun Jul 14 2019 - 17:09
‘We’ve passed our breaking point’: Ireland’s military malaiseSome Defence Forces staff now see Minister Paul Kehoe as antagonisticSat Jul 13 2019 - 01:03
Naval Service diving section hit hard by staffing crisisSpecialist unit is now reduced to less than one -quarter of its operational strengthThu Jul 11 2019 - 01:32
Decision on Mediterranean rescue missions met with disappointmentNaval Service will not participate in any new humanitarian operationsTue Jul 09 2019 - 21:10
Withdrawal of navy ships ‘neon sign’ to drug smugglersLÉ Eithne and LÉ Orla may be in port for up to 18 months leaving Irish waters unguardedTue Jul 09 2019 - 06:27
Government denies split as Kehoe faces anger of Naval ServiceDefence Forces insists two ships docked due to lack of staff while Minister cites maintenanceMon Jul 08 2019 - 21:06
Government rejected military plan to bring home suspected Isis supporter Lisa SmithUS officials had agreed to assist in operation to extract suspected Isis supporter from SyriaSat Jul 06 2019 - 05:30
Online identification of Ana Kriégel’s killers ‘stabilised’, court hearsCourt hearing contempt proceedings against Facebook and Twitter over naming of boysFri Jul 05 2019 - 12:09
Defence Forces pay boost will not be extended across public serviceTeachers seeking reversal of cuts made to their allowances on foot of deal with militaryFri Jul 05 2019 - 01:00
Defence Forces pay offer ‘not going to cut it’, says PDForraOffer unlikely to stop ‘haemorrhaging’ of personnel seen in recent years, TD claimsThu Jul 04 2019 - 21:19
Ana Kriégel: Remember those still in shock at her violent murder, ceremony told‘The solid foundations on which we stood are shattered,’ priest tells prayer serviceSun Jun 30 2019 - 20:02
Gardaí unsure why man wounded in Mulhuddart shooting targetedForeign national shot three times but was able to speak to paramedics at sceneSun Jun 30 2019 - 13:34
Drug treatment court: A failed experiment imported from the US?Critics of the system point to low graduation rates, although others cite hidden benefitsMon Jun 24 2019 - 02:23
Ana Kriégel: The five things that convicted Boys A and B of murderMuch of the circumstantial evidence suggested guilt, but these key pieces stood outSat Jun 22 2019 - 06:00
Gardaí expect to make arrests over online photos of Kriégel’s murderersImages of Boy A and B shared on social media, despite anonymity orderSat Jun 22 2019 - 03:25
Huge variations across State in number of gardaí on sick leaveGarda Commissioner has ordered research into causes for high number of gardaí on light dutiesSat Jun 22 2019 - 01:00
Kriégel case: Facebook and Twitter summoned to court over photosDPP says social media firms responsible for sharing of images of convicted teenagersThu Jun 20 2019 - 11:13
Ana Kriegel: Garda will investigate anyone sharing photos of murderersImages claiming to show two boys have circulated widely on WhatsApp and social mediaWed Jun 19 2019 - 15:28
Ana Kriegel profile: A ‘unique girl’, ‘full of fun’ who loved to danceTeenager was strong and tall, ‘a typical Siberian,’ her mother told the trialTue Jun 18 2019 - 19:32
Ana Kriegel trial: Two 14-year-old boys found guilty of murdering schoolgirlJury returns guilty verdicts on all three charges after 14½ hours of deliberationTue Jun 18 2019 - 16:43
Media organisations overturned ban on Kriegel trial coverageMr Justice Paul McDermott to hear contempt of court case against Irish Daily Mail on July 4thTue Jun 18 2019 - 16:08
Ana Kriegel murder trial: jury not told of porn found on Boy A’s phoneEvidence the jury did not hear included details of searches for ‘child porn’ and ‘animal porn’ on boy’s phoneTue Jun 18 2019 - 15:36
Ana Kriégel murder trial: The complete storyTwo 14-year-olds become youngest people in history of State to be convicted of murderTue Jun 18 2019 - 15:30
Jury in Ana Kriégel murder trial sent home until FridayTwo boys are accused of murdering 14-year-old schoolgirl in west Dublin last yearThu Jun 13 2019 - 15:40
Jury sent home after brief deliberations in Ana Kriégel murder trialTwo 14-year-old boys are accused of killing schoolgirl in Lucan in May of last yearWed Jun 12 2019 - 13:15
Lies told by Ana Kriégel murder accused do not equate to guilt, judge saysTwo teenagers on trial for murdering schoolgirl (14) in Lucan, Co DublinTue Jun 11 2019 - 14:37
Ana Kriégel murder trial jury must set aside sympathy for parties, says judgeCase involves ‘very, very strong emotions,’ says Mr Justice Paul McDermottMon Jun 10 2019 - 18:08
Ana Kriégel murder trial told no evidence Boy A intended to kill herDefence counsel says case against defendant is based almost entirely on circumstantial evidenceMon Jun 10 2019 - 14:41
Boy B was ‘set up’ by Boy A - Ana Kriégel murder trial hearsDefence counsel Damian Colgan SC said Boy B lied to gardaí because he was traumatisedMon Jun 10 2019 - 14:08
UK mental health facility accommodating Irish children faces closureSix Irish juveniles are in St Andrew’s Healthcare Adolescent Service in NorthamptonSat Jun 08 2019 - 01:14
Ana Kriégel trial: Prosecution says forensic evidence against Boy A ‘overwhelming’Jury told entirety of case against Boy B comes straight from his own mouthFri Jun 07 2019 - 16:50
Boy B ‘not capable’ of killing Ana Kriégel, father tells courtProsecution concludes its evidence in trial of two boys accused of murder following five weeksTue Jun 04 2019 - 14:32
Gardaí suspended on suspicion of misconduct almost triplesTwenty-one members of force sidelined last year – up from nine in 2017, figures indicateTue Jun 04 2019 - 01:26
Ana Kriégel murder accused feared he was ‘set up’, trial hearsWitness says Boy B told him he was worried that Boy A had tried to ‘snake him’Thu May 30 2019 - 15:58
Book detailing ‘satanic pledge’ found in room of Ana Kriégel murder accusedBoy B told gardaí he set up club and called it a ‘satanic cult’ as he did not want some people to joinWed May 29 2019 - 13:00
Accused said he planned to kill Ana Kriégel, co-accused told gardaíBoy B told gardaí Boy A wore ‘zombie’ mask during attack for ‘whole incident’, trial hearsTue May 28 2019 - 17:15
Boy told gardaí he saw co-accused ‘raping’ Ana KriégelBoy B said 14-year-old girl was ‘crying, begging,’ asking Boy A to ‘stop, not to hurt her’Mon May 27 2019 - 15:23
Ana Kriégel accused told gardaí he saw co-accused choke her, trial hearsBoy told detectives he heard Ana say ‘no, no, don’t do this’ to co-accusedThu May 23 2019 - 16:23
Kriégel accused told gardaí he heard Ana scream from abandoned house, trial hearsDuring ten hours of interviews Boy B gave gardaí varying versions of his movementsWed May 22 2019 - 17:33
Kriégel accused admitted giving tape found at crime scene to co-accused, trial hearsCourt hears boy told gardaí he made up ‘fake story’ in initial interviewsWed May 22 2019 - 15:47
