Houses evacuated after hillwalker takes home artillery shellMilitary personnel and garda believed the shell may have been live and had the potential to cause significant damageFri Apr 18 2025 - 06:00
Power struggles, resignations and Conor McGregor’s toxicity: The fracturing of Ireland’s far rightThe Irish far right is deeply divided, riven by personality clashes and arguments over how to achieve a political breakthroughFri Apr 18 2025 - 06:00
Irish Unifil troops prepare for potentially hostile welcome in ‘volatile and unpredictable’ LebanonCeasefire breaches by Israeli forces and Hizbullah create unpredictable environment, officer saysThu Apr 17 2025 - 18:35
Irish woman allegedly raped by suspect in Madeleine McCann disappearance takes human rights caseHazel Behan’s application to European court alleges inaction by Portuguese police in identifying and prosecuting Christian BrücknerWed Apr 16 2025 - 12:41
New €46m HQ and training centre to be built for Army Ranger Wing The compound is said to include ‘kill house’ to allow soldiers to train for military operations such as hostage rescue missionsTue Apr 15 2025 - 06:00
Plans for stronger ‘stop-and-search’ powers for gardaí despite department report casting doubt on effectivenessReport commissioned by Department of Justice found such powers had ‘huge potential’ to create public resentmentTue Apr 15 2025 - 06:00
Ireland voices concerns over Lithuania’s withdrawal from cluster bomb banPoland, Finland and Baltic states due to withdraw from treaty on anti-personnel minesTue Apr 15 2025 - 06:00
Ireland joins naval intelligence network amid increase in Russian ships in Irish-controlled watersSimon Harris orders officials to speed up planned purchases of radar and sonar technology due to threat of Russian naval vessels in Irish-controlled watersMon Apr 14 2025 - 06:00
Battlegroup troops test out new technology for wider Defence Forces, including advanced night-vision gogglesNew equipment, which includes night vision technology, body armour and weapons, was issued to the 172 Irish soldiers assigned to the rapid reaction forceMon Apr 14 2025 - 06:00
Government plans to quickly remove citizenship from convicted terroristIrish officials keen to strip Ali Charaf Damache of citizenship to prevent US authorities deporting him back here on his releaseSat Apr 12 2025 - 06:00
Are adolescent boys being influenced by online misogyny and porn to commit sexual assaults?Experts who work with young offenders discuss whether the Netflix series Adolescence is true to lifeSat Apr 12 2025 - 06:00
Russian intelligence ship located in Irish-controlled waters not responding to communicationThe Viktor Leonov, monitored by the LÉ Samuel Beckett, has not revealed its purpose in Irish seasThu Apr 10 2025 - 15:46
Where is Michael Gaine? Mood shifts in Kerry as soldiers roll in to help search for missing farmerKenmare mood ‘deepening into sadness’ as search stretches into third weekFri Apr 04 2025 - 18:19
Garda defend treatment of Gaza protesters outside Leinster House and deny ‘cavity search’ allegationProtesters’ claims about searches by gardaí were raised in Dáil by Richard Boyd BarrettWed Apr 02 2025 - 18:14
300-strong Irish military ‘cyber command’ planned for defensive and offensive operationsNew command to safeguard Irish military operations from cyber threats and may launch cyberattacks for ‘defensive purposes’Tue Apr 01 2025 - 10:30
Weapons flights exemptions have increased almost 70% in a decadeRecent increase coincides with Israel’s invasion of Gaza after October 7th, 2023, and Ukraine’s defensive war against RussiaTue Apr 01 2025 - 06:00
Army is called in to help in search for missing Kerry farmer Michael GaineGardaí get military assistance as concerns grow that 56-year-old may have been victim of foul playMon Mar 31 2025 - 17:34
Survey of councillors shows no support for Conor McGregor presidential run All respondents said they would not support McGregor, with the exception of one Sligo politicianSat Mar 29 2025 - 06:00
‘I would not even consider voting for that horrid man’: Councillors respond to Conor McGregor’s bid for presidential nominationMixed martial arts fighter wants run in this year’s election to succeed Michael D HigginsSat Mar 29 2025 - 06:00
Conor McGregor presidential bid: All but one of 188 councillors would not vote for MMA fighter, survey showsCouncillors are bracing for a chaotic bid to seek presidential nominationSat Mar 29 2025 - 06:00
Conor McGregor told he will not face incitement charges over Dublin riots postsFormer MMA fighter, who plans to run for Irish presidency, informed of decision by gardaí this weekThu Mar 27 2025 - 17:48
Irish young people are second-biggest users of ecstasy in the EUStudy found 6.5 per cent of people aged 15 to 34 in Ireland had taken the drug in the previous yearThu Mar 27 2025 - 17:10
Man loses part of arm in Tallaght explosionArmy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit and gardaí at the scene in Killinarden areaWed Mar 26 2025 - 18:25
Tánaiste voices ‘deep disappointment’ over Seán Rooney case in meeting with Lebanese counterpartsSimon Harris says progress slow in prosecuting alleged killers of Irish soldier (24)Wed Mar 26 2025 - 14:33
National Security Analysis Centre will no longer be a standalone agency under restructuringIntelligence clearing house for government is to be wound down as an independent body and folded into a national security secretariatWed Mar 26 2025 - 06:00
Annie McCarrick’s best friend from childhood: ‘I believe she knew the person responsible for her death’Investigators interviewed man originally from Dublin who knew the 27-year-old American around the time she went missingTue Mar 25 2025 - 06:00
The inside story of how Conor McGregor secured his meeting with Donald Trump in the Oval OfficeConor McGregor’s short encounter with US president Donald Trump amounted to little more than a photo opFri Mar 21 2025 - 11:00
Gardaí raise ‘grave concerns’ over new discipline regulationsMeasures if approved by Government pose ‘significant and detrimental threat’ to rights of gardaí, says GRA chief Thu Mar 20 2025 - 06:00
Man (20s) hospitalised following stabbing outside Dublin city shopping centreGardaí responded to incident shortly before 1pmWed Mar 19 2025 - 17:54
Public order gardaí reluctant to use force due to lack of numbers, report findsPolicing Authority report says Garda needs to update policy and procedures after 2023 riotsWed Mar 19 2025 - 12:27
State stops opening new asylum seeker centres in certain areas due to ‘local feedback’ and ‘violent protest’Number of arson attacks recorded far higher than previously reported Fri Mar 14 2025 - 06:00
Plans to inspect aircraft suspected of carrying weapons to Israel in doubtOfficials conscious of the reaction of Trump administration to any efforts to inspect Israel-bound flights from the USFri Mar 14 2025 - 06:00
Gardaí enlist Europol to assist in case of missing Icelandic man Jón Jónsson Investigators intend to use EU law enforcement agency to help co-ordinate with Icelandic police and chase down new leadsThu Mar 13 2025 - 11:38
M50 crash: motorcyclist (50s) killed in collision is named Man who died in incident near junction 7 at Lucan/Palmerstown named locally as Christian Rasmussen from CarlowMon Mar 10 2025 - 06:18
‘I’m almost certain something happened’: Family fear missing Jón Jónsson was killed by hitman in case of mistaken identityRelatives of the Icelandic poker player last seen in Dublin six years ago want gardaí to open a murder investigationFri Mar 07 2025 - 23:30
Law change allows for deployment of Irish special forces to KyivCabinet approves plans to amend legislation so only Government and Dáil approval is required to send more than 12 peacekeepers overseasWed Mar 05 2025 - 06:05
Opposition calls for gardaí to stop buying Israeli-made decryption technologyThe Garda’s use of Cellebrite products was raised in the Central Criminal Court on MondayTue Mar 04 2025 - 17:55
Israeli decryption device used by gardaí to show man murdered wife Cellebrite device is also widely used by Israeli militaryTue Mar 04 2025 - 06:00
Army general to become new head of Defence Forces under expanded roleUnlike his predecessors, Brig Gen Rossa Mulcahy will be granted full command and control of all military formationsMon Mar 03 2025 - 18:00
Burglaries and kidnappings rise, homicides and drug offences fallPublic order offences rose by three per cent to 30,092 in the 12 months to October 2024Mon Mar 03 2025 - 11:55
No strategy, ad hoc structures, mutual distrust: welcome to Ireland’s intelligence serviceIreland lacks single dedicated intelligence agency and Cabinet-level committee responsible for national securityMon Mar 03 2025 - 06:00
Plans to base combat jets at Shannon airport at annual cost of €100mSimon Harris says he is convinced of need to acquire combat jet aircraft to ‘deter and detect’ airborne threats as part of massive increase in defence spendingSat Mar 01 2025 - 06:00
Kyran Durnin murder inquiry: Gardaí conclude search of Drogheda houseNo evidence of ‘immediate significance’ was found, it is understoodFri Feb 28 2025 - 20:19
Ireland has ‘a lot of catching up to do’ on defence spending, says Simon HarrisTánaiste ‘convinced’ of need for State to buy fighter jets amid proposals to triple defence budgetFri Feb 28 2025 - 19:26
Explainer: What is the purpose of deportation flights out of Ireland?Videos of people being loaded on to aircraft are much more potent than statistics, writes Conor Gallagher Fri Feb 28 2025 - 19:24
Costings sought for massive expansion of Irish military including purchase of fighter jetsProposal to double Naval Service’s fleet and equip Army with modern armoured vehicles Fri Feb 28 2025 - 06:00
Quinlan family rejects Jadotville bravery medal while other soldiers are not recognisedThe medal is being kept in the Military Archives for if the family’s position changesWed Feb 26 2025 - 06:00
Irish link to Sweden’s deadliest mass shooting investigatedPolice want gardaí to check financial transactions made through Ireland by gunman who killed 10 people in Sweden this monthTue Feb 25 2025 - 06:00
Ireland to donate air defence systems to Ukraine as war enters fourth yearContinued support for Ukraine ‘a necessity and not a choice’, Simon Harris to tell EU foreign ministersMon Feb 24 2025 - 06:00
Boy (5) who died after being hit by car in Portlaoise named as Aaron HussainSaturday sees three deaths on roads across island of IrelandSun Feb 23 2025 - 15:49
