Gardaí investigating a weekend knife attack in which three people were injured were continuing to question the suspect on Monday evening. A precise motive for Sunday afternoon’s attack in Stoneybatter, Dublin 7, was, however, yet to emerge. The Irish Times understands the suspect, who is from South America, has been in the Republic since 2022. … Read more
Gardaí have appealed for witnesses after a woman died in hospital of injuries sustained in a road traffic incident in Co Donegal last week. The woman, aged in her 80s, was seriously injured when a car collided with two pedestrians on Main Street in Buncrana on Tuesday afternoon. She died at Letterkenny University Hospital on … Read more
Gardaí and Dublin Fire Brigade personnel were on Sunday at the scene of a fire in Lucan, Co Dublin, which claimed the life of a man. It is understood the victim is in his 40s and was originally from eastern Europe. The fire broke out just after 6am at a private residence in Lucan village. … Read more
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a fatal road traffic collision in Co Mayo last month after a man in his 90s died of injuries sustained in the crash. The collision occurred on the N5 Castlebar to Turlough road at around 4pm on December 29th and involved a car and a van. The driver of … Read more
Three sisters from Co Kerry have won the overall prize at the 2025 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition for their development of a smartphone app that improves the response by health services in emergencies. Sisters Ciara (17), Saoirse (15) and Laoise (12) Murphy from Presentation Secondary School, Tralee, were presented with their prize by … Read more
A major Dublin-based crime gang, which has replaced the Kinahan cartel as the largest domestic supplier of drugs, has been linked to an attempted gangland murder foiled by gardaí earlier this week. The gang, known as The Family, was at the centre of another series of Garda searches in September when Ghost, an Australian-run encrypted … Read more