Gardai, Revenue raid 100 illegal businessesIllegal immigrants were found hiding under beds in a condemned building owned by a former senior garda when gardaí and Revenue…Wed Feb 08 2006 - 00:00
Cab sells land and property of missing criminal for €1mThe Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab) has sold land and property formerly owned by a well known missing criminal for €1 millionFri Feb 03 2006 - 00:00
File on Garda custody death sent to DPPA Garda investigation into the death of a man in custody last June has been completed, and a file on the matter has been sent…Wed Feb 01 2006 - 00:00
Former soldiers reject official version of Congo eventsAn investigation by the Defence Forces has found that a young soldier who received the State's highest military honour died while…Tue Jan 31 2006 - 00:00
Rafferty family pleased with US envoy meetingThe family of Joseph Rafferty, who was shot dead by a former member of the IRA in Dublin last year, has met the US special envoy…Tue Jan 31 2006 - 00:00
Teenager to be charged with murder of woman in CelbridgeA 16-year-old boy will appear in court this morning charged with the murder of a 19-year-old woman late on Tuesday nightThu Jan 26 2006 - 00:00
No change to law banning cannabis, says McDowellThere was no change to the law banning the possession of cannabis and gardaí remained as committed as ever to the war on drugs…Wed Jan 25 2006 - 00:00
Gardai set to oppose reserve force planGarda sergeants and inspectors are on a collision course with Minister for Justice Michael McDowell after talks between the two…Tue Jan 24 2006 - 00:00
Victim weeps in relief as sentence is handed downThe devastation former Special Branch detective Frank Hayes left in his wake was plain for all to see at Court 29 in Dublin's…Tue Jan 24 2006 - 00:00
McDowell says Farc was set to pay IRA €20-30mThe IRA was to be paid between €20 million and €30 million to train Colombian Farc guerrillas in how to use explosives, Minister…Mon Jan 23 2006 - 00:00
Family of murdered Dublin man to meet senators in USThe family of Joseph Rafferty, who was murdered in Dublin last April, is to travel to the US next month to meet a number of senators…Mon Jan 23 2006 - 00:00
Man hurt in 'bizarre' stabbing in quiet Leixlip estateA man stabbed five times by two attackers at his home yesterday morning as he was preparing to drive his teenage daughter to …Sat Jan 21 2006 - 00:00
GRA to hold anti-reserve meetingsThe Garda Representative Association (GRA) is to stage road shows around the country to encourage rank and file members to oppose…Sat Jan 21 2006 - 00:00
Kerr handed over 'vile' racist hate mail to gardaiGardaí were asked to investigate a campaign of racist hate mail sent to the former Republic of Ireland manager, Brian Kerr, while…Fri Jan 20 2006 - 00:00
POLAND VERSUS CHINA: new intercontinental league kicks offUp to 2,000 Polish and Chinese nationals were at Dalymount Park, Dublin, last night to see their teams face each other at soccer…Fri Jan 20 2006 - 00:00
Tuam priest not to face criminal chargesCriminal charges will not be brought against a Tuam priest who stepped down last year after it emerged gardaí were investigating…Fri Jan 20 2006 - 00:00
Gardai investigate allegations of child abuse against elderly priestGardaí and health board officials are investigating allegations of child sexual abuse which have been made against an elderly…Thu Jan 19 2006 - 00:00
Five promotions in Garda endorsedThe Government has approved five promotions within An Garda Síochána to the ranks of superintendent and chief superintendent…Thu Jan 19 2006 - 00:00
Galway-based priest (73) who fathered child retiresA 73-year-old priest, who until earlier this month was based in a rural parish in Co Galway, has retired following confirmation…Wed Jan 18 2006 - 00:00
Report recommends Garda Commissioner devolutionA new report on the future of policing in the Republic has recommended the devolution of power from the Garda Commissioner into…Wed Jan 18 2006 - 00:00
Military advised on taking career breaksMembers of the Defence Forces on career breaks have been contacted to remind them of the conditions of their leave as part of…Mon Jan 16 2006 - 00:00
Gardai link tyre slashings and raidGardaí believe those responsible for slashing tyres on five vehicles outside a Garda station on Saturday night are associates…Mon Jan 16 2006 - 00:00
Gang to face charges over €2.3m theft, abductionsCriminal charges are imminent against members of an armed gang who carried out one of the Republic's biggest robberies, it has…Mon Jan 16 2006 - 00:00
Contract awarded for master plan of new jailAn international consortium of technical consultants has been awarded the contract to provide the master plan for the new Mountjoy…Mon Jan 16 2006 - 00:00
Two men questioned after post office robbery foiledGardaí were last night questioning two men, believed to be members of a major gang of armed robbers, after detectives foiled …Sat Jan 14 2006 - 00:00
Rise in Christmas road deaths, arrestsThe number of road deaths and drink-driving arrests increased during the Christmas and New Year road safety campaign.Sat Jan 14 2006 - 00:00
Woman living in Dublin told her brother was first victim of killerA woman living in Dublin has been informed by UK police that her 14-year-old brother who went missing without trace in London…Fri Jan 13 2006 - 00:00
Cocaine now widely availableThe distribution of cocaine is now so widespread and deeply ingrained across Irish society that it is very difficult for gardaí…Fri Jan 13 2006 - 00:00
Garda plan for more arrests on the roadsGardaí have this year set targets for more drink-driving arrests, and detecting more high-risk driver activity such as speeding…Wed Jan 11 2006 - 00:00
Gardai seize firearms in inquiry into feud by rival drugs gangsGardaí have seized firearms, ammunition and cocaine as part of their investigations into a feud between rival drugs gangs which…Wed Jan 11 2006 - 00:00
Four crew remain on stranded shipSeven Filipino crewmen who have been stranded on a ship in Dublin Port since last month flew home to Manila yesterday afternoon…Wed Jan 11 2006 - 00:00
CCTV schemes to get more than €1mThirty-seven communities have been granted more than €1 million in funding by the Department of Justice for new CCTV community…Sat Dec 31 2005 - 00:00
Woman still missing in BrayThe search for a woman who went missing from a nursing home in Bray, Co Wicklow, on Christmas Day has been scaled back.Sat Dec 31 2005 - 00:00
Illegal drugs trade worth €1bn hereThe illegal drugs trade in the Republic was worth about €1 billion in 2005, provisional figures obtained by The Irish Times reveal…Fri Dec 30 2005 - 00:00
Man may have been shot as part of ongoing feudGardaí believe a man shot in Dublin on Wednesday night was targeted as part of an ongoing feud between rival factions from the…Fri Dec 30 2005 - 00:00
Iranian seals his lips in bid for entryAn Iranian asylum-seeker has partially sewn his lips together and is entering his second week of hunger strike in a bid to have…Sat Dec 24 2005 - 00:00
Customs seize cigarettes valued at €600,000Officers from the Revenue customs service have seized two million contraband cigarettes valued at about €600,000 in cargo freight…Sat Dec 24 2005 - 00:00
Lapdancing club hearing adjournedAn application for a Stringfellows lapdancing club in Dublin has been adjourned until next month after Dublin District Court …Thu Dec 22 2005 - 00:00
Up to €5m in drugs seized by GardaiGardaí were last night questioning seven people after two shotguns, almost €150,000 in cash, and cocaine and ecstasy worth up…Thu Dec 22 2005 - 00:00
Gardai attack reserve force plansRank and file gardaí have joined sergeants and inspectors in attacking plans for a new Garda reserve force, questioning whether…Wed Dec 21 2005 - 00:00
Rural roads proving more dangerous than urbanThe Longford/Westmeath Garda division is the fatal road traffic accident black spot of the Republic, new figures obtained by …Mon Dec 19 2005 - 00:00
Gardai condemn McDowell's plan for reserve forceGarda sergeants and inspectors have strongly criticised plans by Minister for Justice Michael McDowell to establish a reserve…Mon Dec 19 2005 - 00:00
Senior police officer sought to head new Garda inspectorateThe Department of Justice has begun its search for a candidate to fill the post of chief inspector of the new Garda Inspectorate…Sat Dec 03 2005 - 00:00
Two men questioned in Wexford over €250,000 cannabis findTwo men were being questioned by gardaí last night in relation to the discovery of cannabis resin with an estimated street value…Fri Dec 02 2005 - 00:00
Gangland feud bomb most sophisticated found hereTests have showed that a car bomb intercepted by gardaí last week and destined for use in the ongoing gangland feud between south…Fri Dec 02 2005 - 00:00
Reward offered for missing womenA reward of €80,000 is being offered by the Crimestoppers confidential telephone line to any members of the public who can help…Thu Nov 10 2005 - 00:00
Minister considers battlegroup proposalsIreland's possible participation in rapid-reaction EU battlegroups should be decided upon by the end of the year, Minister for…Wed Nov 09 2005 - 00:00
Gardai find knife used in 'merciless killing'The family of a Dublin man who died in hospital on Sunday, three days after being beaten and stabbed, described as "disgraceful…Tue Nov 08 2005 - 00:00
Army fraud suspects may face GardaTwo members of the Defence Forces who were involved in an alleged 10-year misappropriation of funds may face a Garda investigation…Mon Nov 07 2005 - 00:00
Serial fraudster given two-year prison sentenceA serial fraudster and "compulsive spender" has been jailed for two years at Dublin Circuit Criminal CourtSat Nov 05 2005 - 00:00