A man in his 80s has died after getting into difficulties in stormy sea waters off the south Dublin coast. Gardaí say emergency services were called to the Great South Wall in Poolbeg at about 2.15pm on Saturday after the man entered the water. He was found close to the Great South Wall and retrieved … Read more
A serving member of An Garda Síochána has been charged with rape and child cruelty. The man appeared before a District Court in the northwest on Thursday morning. He is accused of two counts of allegedly raping a female in 2021 at an address in the northwest. The charges are contrary to section 48 of … Read more
When Adrianne St Clair arrived in Dublin from the United States she was excited. It was nearly Christmas and after a brief stay in the Irish capital she would travel on to the UK where she planned to work as a masseuse. Most of all, she was looking forward to hitting the shops in London. … Read more
A Dublin-based garda who carried out a “protracted assault” on his then wife, also a member of the force, has walked free from court on a suspended sentence. Trevor Bolger (48), who was previously attached to Ballymun Garda station, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assaulting Margaret Loftus on October 25th, 2012. On … Read more
The father of a four-year-old boy who was killed in an arson attack in Edenderry last month has described the last month as the most painful of his life. Aaron Holt (27), of Castleview Park, appeared before Tullamore Circuit Court on Thursday to be sentenced for drugs offences. He is already serving a sentence for … Read more
Five children were among a group of 35 people deported to Nigeria on a chartered flight from Dublin Airport on Wednesday. The Garda National Immigration Bureau carried out the operation, which involved 21 men, nine women and five children. The children involved were deported as part of family groups. An Garda Síochána said in a … Read more
A report on waiting list irregularities and a “toxic” work culture at a hospital run by Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) is to be referred to gardaí , the Cabinet committee on health has been told. The report, which not been published but has been widely reported in some media outlets, has caused shock in Government … Read more
Irish military flight operations are to move to part-time hours at the Air Corps headquarters and may soon have to cease entirely, according to senior military sources. The move will have huge implications for rescue, medical and policing services. As it stands, an acute shortage of trained air traffic controllers (ATCs) at the Air Corps’s … Read more
A member of the Garda is under investigation on suspicion he tried to hire a person online to carry out an arson attack on the home of his former partner while she was present. It is alleged the Garda member wanted the woman to be killed in the fire. The investigation, which is being carried … Read more
Gardaí have confirmed that human remains discovered on a Co Kerry farm last week are those of Michael Gaine. Partial human remains were discovered by a family member and an agricultural contractor who were spreading slurry across Mr Gaine’s farm just outside Kenmare on May 16th. The pair discovered that the blocked slurry tank they … Read more