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
A new recruitment campaign for An Garda Síochána has been launched by Justice Minister Helen McEntee as the force celebrates its centenary year. McEntee has urged members of new Irish communities, women and people from minority groups to apply. Budget 2022 has granted for the recruitment of up to 800 gardaí and 400 Garda staff … Read more
A heartbroken sister is appealing public help to trace the whereabouts of her missing brother. 28-year-old Dean McCann was gone missing a day before. Dean’s sister Tara took to social media to ask people to keep an eye out for her brother. Gardai have issued an appeal to find Dean McCann, who is missing from … Read more
Gardaí are appealing to the public for assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 33 year old Iris Hirvoj who is missing from her home in Drogheda, Co. Louth since the early hours of this morning Tuesday 8th February, 2022. Iris is described as being 5’ 5” in height, of slim build, with short blond hair … Read more
Gardaí are investigating an alleged assault on a teenage girl that happened yesterday in Fermoy. The victim, 16, is believed to have been out walking in the Chapel Sq area of the town at around 1.20 pm when she was allegedly attacked. The girl did not suffer any serious injuries during the incident but is … Read more
An anti-covid vaccination activist Antonio Mureddu has been arrested by gardaí in Co Donegal. According to the reports, the arrest relates to an incident at Letterkenny University Hospital when a seriously ill Covid-19 patient was assisted in leaving the hospital on September 14, 2021. The man, 68-year-old Joe McCarron, died a couple of days later in the … Read more
Gardaí in Galway are appealing for witnesses following an arson attack on a car and an incident of criminal damage caused to a house in the Castle Park area of Ballybane in Galway City overnight. Gardaí received a report of criminal damage whereby a car was set on fire outside a house in the Castle … Read more
An Garda Síochána announces new uniform which will commence from this week. Over the next number of weeks this new operational uniform will be delivered to over 13,000 uniform members of An Garda Síochána of Garda, Sergeant and Inspector rank across every Garda Region, Division, District and in excess of 560 Garda stations nationwide. The … Read more
A man has died following a road traffic accident in West Cork this afternoon. The accident between a motorcycle and a car occurred in the village of Ballineen today, at around 1.45 pm. The driver of the motorcycle, a man aged in his 50s, was fatally injured during the collision. He was pronounced dead at … Read more
A man in his 60s has died and another man has been injured following a two-van crash in Moyvalley, Co Kildare, in the early hours of this morning. The collision happened on the N4 shortly after 2 am. The man in his 60s, who was the driver of one of the vans, was pronounced dead … Read more
The online and phone call scams have increased in Ireland by a massive 370% in 2021, according to a new data by An Garda Síochána. Also overall fraud offences have increased by 111% for 2021. The online and phone scams are of three different types; vishing (fraud phone calls), Smishing (fraud texts) and Phishing (fraud … Read more
Gardaí are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of two teenagers who are missing from the Julianstown area of Meath. Hannah O’Brien aged 14, and Martin Ward aged 15, have been missing from the Julianstown area since Wednesday. A Garda spokesperson said it is believed the two teenagers may be together. Martin is … Read more
Two men were arrested by gardaí yesterday, after cocaine and tablets worth €220,000 were seized in North Dublin. a garda spokesperson said, “As part of ongoing investigations into the local sale and distribution of controlled drugs, Gardaí from Blanchardstown searched premises in the Mountview area of Dublin 15 shortly after 4 pm on Friday,”. The … Read more
A man, aged 20, was arrested at Dublin Airport on Friday evening after being detained in Romania on foot of a European arrest warrant in January. A garda statement said: “As part of an ongoing Garda Economic Crime Bureau investigation into a criminal organization, Gardai have arrested a male, aged in his 20s, at Dublin Airport … Read more