Personal life examined for Kenneth O’Brien murder motiveGardaí carry out review of messages to and from Kenneth O’Brien’s mobile phoneFri Jan 22 2016 - 07:13
Kenneth O’Brien killing: Gardaí run rule over relationshipsDetectives indicate review of messages to and from victim’s mobile phone under wayThu Jan 21 2016 - 19:41
Conor Lally: Data retention laws struck down across EuropeLegislation found to be unconstitutional or contrary to fundamental rightsThu Jan 21 2016 - 01:00
Public surveillance review would take too long, Fitzgerald saysNew inquiry will cover data requests from gardaí, GSOC, Revenue and Defence ForcesThu Jan 21 2016 - 01:00
Conor Lally: No Garda accountability for phone data harvestingIt is estimated the force makes nearly 60 requests a day for covert access to phone data and recordsWed Jan 20 2016 - 07:08
Garda use of powers to access phone data to be auditedData Protection Commissioner’s audit to include GSOC, Revenue and Defence ForcesWed Jan 20 2016 - 01:00
Majority of 62,000 data requests made by GardaRevelation likely to trigger debate about force’s use of powers for spying on publicWed Jan 20 2016 - 01:00
Surveillance powers have been evolving since early 1980sAs communications technology has expanded, so has the State’s power to snoopWed Jan 20 2016 - 01:00
Canal suitcase body: gardaí get 80 calls from the publicGardaí believe murder victim may have been dismembered with the use of power toolsTue Jan 19 2016 - 07:36
Irish Council for Civil Liberties says GSOC was given extra powerNational Union of Journalist says amendment was not considered fully at the timeTue Jan 19 2016 - 01:00
Fianna Fáil to propose restrictions on GSOC’s powersMinister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald asked to explain the extent of media surveillanceTue Jan 19 2016 - 01:00
Kenny open to reform law giving GSOC access to phone recordsFitzgerald to present report on journalists’ phone records to Cabinet on TuesdayMon Jan 18 2016 - 17:42
Head and hands cut from torso found in Co KildareGarda teams search for body parts missing from man’s remains discovered in suitcaseMon Jan 18 2016 - 10:09
Media gets legal advice over accessing of journalists’ phonesMove follows concern over development in Garda watchdog inquiry on possible leaksMon Jan 18 2016 - 01:00
Minister for Justice orders review of GSOC powersFrances Fitzgerald says public debate sparked U-turnMon Jan 18 2016 - 01:00
Analysis: Dumping of bodies in canals usually sign of panicDiscovery of torso in suitcase in Grand Canal gruesome but not unprecedentedSun Jan 17 2016 - 22:56
Suitcase body: Remains of man killed in recent daysAppeal for anyone who was at Grand Canal near Ardclough lately to come forwardSun Jan 17 2016 - 14:43
Garda bodies query GSOC’s surveillance of civiliansGardaí say the accessing of journalists’ mobile records is a ‘worrying’ developmentSat Jan 16 2016 - 01:00
Garda officers interviewed over ‘leaks’ to mediaNUJ expresses concern over GSOC inquiry into how journalists sourced informationFri Jan 15 2016 - 01:00
GSOC trawls journalists’ phone records in inquiryOmbudsman used new powers to scrutinise phone records without informing reportersThu Jan 14 2016 - 01:00
Garda numbers decline despite resumption of recruitmentRepresentative association brands figures ‘perturbing and disheartening’Wed Jan 13 2016 - 09:34
Garda hiring statements ‘belie reality’, says representative body‘Fanfare announcements’ on recruitment at odds with fall in numbers, says AGSIWed Jan 13 2016 - 01:00
Raid on Murphy lands uncovered cross-Border oil pipe in outhouseMurphy farm straddles Border making smuggling through it virtually undetectableThu Dec 24 2015 - 01:00
Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy swerved settlement with CabFormer IRA man convicted for not filing tax returns may face multimillion euro demandThu Dec 24 2015 - 01:00
Gardaí believe ‘Slab’ Murphy case may trigger Sinn Féin-IRA splitPrison term may lead to influential Murphy faction turning on party chief Gerry AdamsWed Dec 23 2015 - 11:30
Dissident inmates to sue State over prison conditionsPrisoners in Portlaoise say ‘crumbling’ jail a health risk and breach of their human rightsWed Dec 23 2015 - 01:00
Tallaght siege suspect has long criminal historyProfile: The man who fired 40 shots while barricaded in Dublin property for 13 hoursMon Dec 21 2015 - 01:00
Man arrested as Tallaght armed standoff ends peacefullyGardai recover firearm after siege lasting more than 12 hoursSun Dec 20 2015 - 16:40
Tales from the block: surviving in solitaryIrish inmates can spend up to 40 days at a time in 23-hour-a-day confinement, entirely alone or with just a few others, despite recent improvementsSat Dec 19 2015 - 04:15
Partners of Garda officials paid €200 Christmas bonusRank-and-file gardaí react angrily to news of payouts to spouses of GRA executivesSat Dec 19 2015 - 01:00
Dishonest motorists escaping justice, says judgeWilliam Hamill says legal loopholes create system where honest are punishedSat Dec 12 2015 - 13:48
Judge highlights serious flaws in justice systemAnalysis: Giving incorrect information means people can often be beyond the lawSat Dec 12 2015 - 01:00
Hit and run suspect may have left own car at scene of botched robberyMan detained by gardaí at courthouse where he was to appear on unrelated chargesTue Dec 08 2015 - 20:07
Family of missing Trevor Deely still ‘hopeful’ after 15 yearsBereft father Michael Deely retains faith: ‘If you give up hope, you give up everything’Mon Dec 07 2015 - 01:00
Garda staff groups dissatisfied at handling of policing reportAGSI and GRA express disappointment at not being consulted about the final documentMon Dec 07 2015 - 01:00
Front-line policing ‘reduced’ to fill garda admin jobsGarda Inspectorate’s ‘snapshot’ study finds that sometimes only 40% of gardaí are on operational dutiesMon Dec 07 2015 - 01:00
Issues of the Week: The ‘tiger’ robbery returns to DublinUpgraded security measures have limited the appeal of tiger robberies for criminalsSun Dec 06 2015 - 09:05
Culture of ‘insular and stagnant’ Garda desperately needs changeSome of the findings in report are, quite simply, jaw droppingSat Dec 05 2015 - 06:00
Gardaí fear gang leaders may attempt more tiger robberiesSurveillance increased on four suspected crime bosses, all due in court next yearSat Dec 05 2015 - 01:00
Garda hopeful kidnap van may offer forensic cluesFamily of three ‘traumatised’ after ordeal at hands of armed gangFri Dec 04 2015 - 01:00
Detectives seek armed gang in Dublin kidnap robberyCriminal gang forces man working with cash-in-transit company to hand over €200,000Thu Dec 03 2015 - 19:52
Pearse McAuley: A violent terrorist with a lengthy recordRepublican met future wife while jailed for killing of Detective Garda Jerry McCabeWed Dec 02 2015 - 18:46
Garda murderers freed from jail after three decadesMartin McHugh and Noel Callan shot Sgt Patrick Morrissey dead in Louth in 1985Wed Dec 02 2015 - 15:11
AK47s among ‘dissident’ cache found in MonaghanGardaí make discovery during extensive search and excavation in Scotstown areaTue Dec 01 2015 - 15:49
Solicitor arrested for allegedly smuggling phone for prisonerWoman allegedly gave phone to convicted rapist in a jail outside Dublin last yearTue Dec 01 2015 - 13:37
State’s inaction on torture protocol is ‘embarrassing’UN official criticises Coalition’s failure to allow inspections of prisons and Garda stationsFri Nov 27 2015 - 01:00
Analysis: Women marrying men in Ireland they had never met beforeOperation Vantage gives gardaí power to object to marriages they believe are bogusThu Nov 26 2015 - 10:09
Gardaí arrest 11 in suspected sham marriage scamUp to 1,000 bogus marriages may have been arranged by Dublin-based gangThu Nov 26 2015 - 01:00
Garda Traffic Corps numbers plummeting, committee hearsRSA says road deaths this year on course to be the lowest on recordWed Nov 25 2015 - 18:54
Two men arrested after machete murder in MeathChristopher Nevin, a 27-year-old married man, was fatally assaulted in NavanMon Nov 23 2015 - 23:07
