Prosecutor says Act being used to impede drink-driving casesDefence barristers use law to stall cases and keep drivers on road, forum hearsFri Oct 19 2018 - 01:00
Proposed Garda board strongly supported by justice review groupReform monitoring body at odds with Policing Authority over independent management boardTue Oct 16 2018 - 20:23
Supt David Taylor’s Garda future under review after tribunalMr Justice Peter Charleton found the former Garda press officer lied in an affidavitSat Oct 13 2018 - 00:26
Martin Callinan sabotaged himself over two days of madnessAnalysis: profoundly depressing ex- Garda commissioner was unreliable under oathFri Oct 12 2018 - 11:05
Callinan said Sgt McCabe was child sex abuser – TribunalCallinan and Taylor ran two-man campaign against Garda whistleblower McCabeThu Oct 11 2018 - 18:43
Flanagan criticised over ‘nowhere near enough’ budget funding for Garda reformJustice Minister Charlie Flanagan stressed not all of the Garda or Department of Justice reforms recommended require moneyWed Oct 10 2018 - 21:17
Defence Forces to get extra money for purchases of new equipmentDefence spending next year will increase by €47.5m to almost €1bTue Oct 09 2018 - 20:06
Modest Garda reform budget of €60m offset by overtime reductionReform budget will cover recruitment of 800 new members and promotionsTue Oct 09 2018 - 19:01
House and firms searched over €3.5m Drug Refund Scheme fraudCriminal Assets Bureau and gardaí seize €150,000 in cash in multipe currenciesTue Oct 09 2018 - 13:01
Father of two shot dead weeks after Garda warningRobert Sheridan (45) gunned down at home in Poppintree Crescent, Ballymun, DublinSun Oct 07 2018 - 20:52
Limerick Garda station searched over alleged use of bogus insurance certificatesA Garda has been suspended from duties pending the outcome of a criminal investigationFri Oct 05 2018 - 16:09
Surge in drug crime but Garda drug units remain depletedTotal number of gardaí assigned to drug units continues to declineThu Oct 04 2018 - 20:33
Life sentence prisoners served on average 18 years before being releasedAlmost all lifers are murders, many never in trouble with Garda until killing victimThu Oct 04 2018 - 18:10
Garda overtime being curtailed, not banned, says Justice MinisterSpend on overtime up to the end of September came to €95.1 millionWed Oct 03 2018 - 22:09
Drones being used by criminals to spy on farms and rural propertiesInstallation of CCTV helps, but criminals simply move on to the next area, Oireachtas committee hearsWed Oct 03 2018 - 19:21
Child sex dolls seized in Garda raids against child pornOfficers find locations of those viewing abuse images using their internet protocol (IP) addressesTue Oct 02 2018 - 13:08
Gardaí make further arrests in Munster sex abuse inquiryTotal of 23 arrests in wide-ranging investigation in two tranches several months apartMon Oct 01 2018 - 21:52
Charlie Flanagan praises ‘progressive’ prison service directorMichael Donnellan retiring after seven years in role, during which service transformedFri Sept 28 2018 - 01:00
Harris flags Garda role in future housing protestsMasked officers at North Frederick Street demonstration in an ‘invidious situation’Thu Sept 27 2018 - 21:34
Policing Authority strongly questions wisdom of proposed Garda reformsCommission on Future of Policing in Ireland has suggested changes to Garda oversightThu Sept 27 2018 - 15:29
Cars, handbags and €145,000 seized as Cab raids target drug gangSearches of 14 premises in Dublin and Wicklow include motor dealership and homesThu Sept 27 2018 - 11:21
Gardaí arrest 18 on ‘day of action’ against criminals in Carlow-KilkennySuspects arrested for questioning about crimes including theft, assault, fraud and burglaryWed Sept 26 2018 - 11:40
Garda’s High Court action could halt 400 promotions to sergeantGarda claims candidates with lower interview scores were selected over himWed Sept 26 2018 - 00:31
Report hails success of anti-repeat offending programmesGovernment urged to roll out Dublin-based programmes nationallyTue Sept 25 2018 - 11:45
Crime gangs using car garages to smuggle drugs and valuablesIncreasingly sophisticated practice exploits lack of regulation in the used car marketMon Sept 24 2018 - 00:41
Gangland criminals ‘streetwise but not educated’, says Cab chiefCrime gangs more savvy but are being undone by need to flaunt wealth, says ClavinMon Sept 24 2018 - 00:09
Five arrested after €1.7m Kinahan cash seizuresGardaí strike significant blow to drugs cartel with hauls in Wexford and west DublinSun Sept 23 2018 - 20:41
Big cuts in Garda overtime ordered by Drew Harris to reduce costsCommissioner says he has cut both discretionary and administrative overtimeThu Sept 20 2018 - 20:37
Gardaí in specialist units ‘not superior’ to local gardaí – commissionAbility to build community relationships should be rewarded with Garda promotionsThu Sept 20 2018 - 01:00
Q&A: Are ideas for Garda reform new or recycled?Some proposals have been recommended before and simply not implementedThu Sept 20 2018 - 01:00
Tomorrow’s Garda recruits might progress on merit, not ‘pull’Commission’s recommendations would put community policing at centre of the forceThu Sept 20 2018 - 01:00
Garda should refocus on community policing, reform report saysCommission calls for creation of national centre for intelligence collation and analysisWed Sept 19 2018 - 03:43
Garda reform ideas are good, but will they ever happen?Commission’s recommendations costly to implement and rivalled by housing crisisWed Sept 19 2018 - 00:58
Garda Síochána set to undergo radical reform up to 2022New programme for force focuses on human rights, community policing and oversightWed Sept 19 2018 - 00:02
Gardaí should lose power to decide if people are prosecuted, reform report saysCommission calls for creation of a national centre for intelligence collation and analysisTue Sept 18 2018 - 15:31
Investigation into alleged sexual assault on woman (18) in DublinScene on Poolbeg St has been preserved and gardaí at Pearse St are leading investigationTue Sept 18 2018 - 12:46
Garda inquiry under way into social media postsOne garda involved in policing housing protest referred to on Facebook as ‘dog’ and ‘scum’Mon Sept 17 2018 - 00:43
Photographs of gardaí in hoods ‘do not inspire confidence’Policing Authority welcomes Drew Harris comment that use of ‘hoods’ by gardaí ‘was not correct’Fri Sept 14 2018 - 01:00
Balaclavas worn to prevent social media harassment, claim GardaGardaí say since water charge protests, photos and names being posted to intimidateThu Sept 13 2018 - 21:36
Four arrested after raids targeting burglary networkGarda members search 11 addresses in Enniscorthy linked to suspected gang membersThu Sept 13 2018 - 16:58
Use of ‘hoods’ at housing protest ‘not correct’ – Garda CommissionerDrew Harris says gardaí had been physically, verbally and racially abused during protestThu Sept 13 2018 - 15:36
Claim and counterclaim over end of Dublin ‘occupation’Gardaí wearing balaclavas were not supporting an illegal action, as has been claimedThu Sept 13 2018 - 01:00
Four arrested in illegal online TV streaming investigationSeventeen bank accounts into which €700,000 has been lodged have been frozenWed Sept 12 2018 - 15:34
Garda staff move to defend overtime spendingComments come ahead of meeting with new Garda Commissioner Drew HarrisMon Sept 10 2018 - 01:00
New Garda chief says public trust local gardaí more than senior managementGarda reform will not be on same scale as RUC-PSNI process, says Drew HarrisSun Sept 09 2018 - 18:12
New Garda Commissioner Drew Harris faces first big challengeClashes with both Government and officers about overtime may test leadership approachSat Sept 08 2018 - 01:00
Man held over Bray Boxing Club murder linked to drug dealingBobby Messett died after being shot in the head during an attack at Pete Taylor’s gymFri Sept 07 2018 - 16:46
Drew Harris to meet senior gardaí to assess budget at his disposalMinister says force has ‘unprecedented’ resources and eye should be kept on how funds spentFri Sept 07 2018 - 15:15
Be ‘operationally honest’, Garda Commissioner tells recruitsHarris says: ‘We are here to serve the people, not ourselves, not the organisation; the people’Fri Sept 07 2018 - 13:09
Fraud cartel controlled 300 Irish bank accounts and stole €15mGardai investigating money laundering by west African group raided addresses in five countiesThu Sept 06 2018 - 16:24
