Three men have been injured and one man has been arrested following a caustic soda attack in Co Cork yesterday. Gardaí were alerted to the incident at around 8.40 pm on Connolly Road in Ballyphehane. It is understood that the substance used in the attack was caustic soda, otherwise known as sodium hydroxide. This is … Read more
Gardai have arrested three men at Waterford Airport in relation to the seizure of €3.5 million worth of cocaine in the UK. The three men were arrested last week after disembarking from an aircraft that had arrived from Belgium via an airfield in the British midlands. Shortly after that plane had landed in the UK, … Read more
A uniformed member of An Garda Síochána was assaulted in the early hours of Monday morning, near Blacklion, Co Cavan. The incident occurred at about 2 am when the garda was on patrol in a garda car in the Loughan area. Garda is being treated in hospital after the serious assault, during which a gun … Read more
A man in his 60s has died following a road crash in Cork on Friday. The collision occurred in the village of Leap at around 11.30 am, The man was driving a van that struck a pillar on the N71 outside a private residence. The man in his 60s was the sole occupant of the … Read more
The garda watch dog are investigating the death of a man in custody in recent days. The man, who was in his 40s, had been arrested for a public order offense in County Limerick on Wednesday. According to the sources, the man was being transferred from Newcastlewest to a custody suite in a garda station … Read more
An elderly man who was hit by a van in Dublin last month has died in hospital. Gardaí are appealing for witnesses in relation to a fatal road traffic collision in Dublin on January 19, after which an elderly man lost his life. The crash, involving a van and a pedestrian, occurred at approximately 6:50 am on … Read more
A man who told Gardaí he was trying to harm himself after he fired shots at the home of a mother of three has been jailed for two years. Paul Byrne (36) discharged a number of shots from a sawn-off, double-barrelled shotgun outside the young woman’s home at Cushlawn Park, Tallaght, Dublin on the night … Read more
A jury has acquitted a former garda of raping his wife at their family home nearly four years ago. The 60-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to raping his wife in her bedroom at their family home in Leinster on a date in July 2018. Neither the defendant nor the complainant can be identified in … Read more
A man is in serious condition in hospital following a shooting in a rural area outside Tallaght, Dublin, this afternoon. The incident happened on lands in Lugmore in the Mount Seskin area, a rural part of southwest Dublin at around 1 pm. The area is off the Blessington Road and is used for farming. He … Read more
Two girls, both aged in their 20s, have been hospitalised with serious injuries following a road traffic collision in Co Louth last night. The single-vehicle crash occurred after the car hit a tree on the N53 in Rassan, Dundalk at 8:30 pm. Two of the car’s backseat passengers – women aged 21 and 23 – … Read more
A woman in her 70s has been killed after being hit by a truck in Dun Laoghaire earlier this morning. The fatal accident happened at approximately 10 am at the junction of George’s Street Lower and Convent Lane in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. The male driver in his late 30s and his male passenger, late … Read more
Gardaí seized about 80 electric scooters and bicycles, believed to be stolen, during a series of searches in south Dublin in connection with an ongoing investigation. Over thirty of the electric scooters and bicycles have been identified and returned to their owners. Gardaí are now looking for the public’s help to reunite the rest with … Read more
A man in his 60s has died following a single-vehicle collision in Co Meath in the early hours of this morning. The collision occurred at around 12:25 am today at Robertstown in Kilmainhamwood. He was pronounced dead at Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan. A post-mortem will be conducted at a later date. The road at … Read more
Members of the Oireachtas are to receive briefings on security measures from an Garda Síochána amid increasing fears for politicians’ safety in recent years. TDs, senators and Ministers have been invited to attend the safety and security briefings on 16 and 23 February. An official from the Oireachtas is also engaging with social media companies about the … Read more
A 12-year-old boy has been killed in an overnight road crash in Co Limerick. He was driving a car that was in collision with a lorry on the N21 at Rineroe. It happened just before 2 am this morning at Rineroe near Adare. Gardaí says the driver of the car was the sole occupant of … Read more