The urgent need to address gaps in maritime and air security, and the threat posed by cyber attacks, feature prominently in submissions made to the country's first national security strategy.

A digital rights advocacy body is to bring the country’s first “mass action” against the State regarding alleged infringements of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the case of the Public Services Card (PSC).

Nearly 60% of people think that Ireland should play a more significant role in EU defence and security cooperation.

Ireland’s new intelligence oversight chief must have “full access” to classified material and be “wholly independent” of Government, the former British oversight boss has said.

New security checks are coming into force for airport police and customs staff at Irish airports.

A burglary takes place in Ireland every 31 minutes.

Gardaí will review security checks on mail in An Post and at airports and ports following the parcel bomb attacks in London.

Google has apologised to users of its Nest Secure alarm system after admitting the presence of a microphone in the home security device had not been disclosed.

Irish Rail is introducing new staff onboard their trains to tackle antisocial behaviour.

Ireland is in the top 10 in the world when it comes to cybersecurity, a report by a tech consumer website has found.

A survey of five million passwords leaked on the internet has shown two new entries in the annual list of worst passwords.

A new group that will assess threats to State security is to be established by the Cabinet today.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said the State will be properly policed, whatever the outcome of Brexit.

The refusal of State agencies to publish statistics on their use of controversial surveillance powers is “in breach” of the State’s transparency duties under the law, a leading legal expert says.

There are calls for a levy to be placed on transport companies in order to fund a dedicated Garda unit.

A security cordon and traffic diversions are currently in place on Dublin Road, Drogheda following the discovery of a suspicious device near a parked car.

Ireland’s leading technology solutions and services provider, Datapac, has announced that it has designed and implemented a new IT infrastructure for information and document management company, Kefron.

Pre-tax profits at the Irish arm of security cash transit firm G4S climbed 74% to €1.3m last year.

Smartzone, an Irish smart home technology company, is to create 90 new jobs around the country over the next 12 months.

The cybersecurity of all taxpayer-funded bodies is set to be investigated after a foundation used to raise donor funds for Trinity College lost almost €1m when it was targeted by fraudsters in an online scam.

The personal information and credit card details of up to 40,000 Ticketmaster customers could have been stolen in a security breach, it has emerged tonight.

A Co Laois company is hoping to unlock the potential of bicycle security, writes Trish Dromey.

France has flagged more than 78,000 people as security threats in a database intended to let European police share information on the continent's most dangerous residents.

Facebook said it is publishing its privacy principles for the first time and rolling out educational videos to help users control who has access to their information, as it prepares for the start of a tough new EU data protection law.

Security researchers at Google say they have discovered serious security flaws affecting computer processors built by Intel and other chipmakers.

A report has shown 170 people sought by the State in connection with crimes here were still at large overseas at the end of last year.

Seamus McGrane was recorded in a pub in Dublin in April, 2015, a month before the prince’s visit to Ireland, say Diarmaid Mac Dermott and Daniel Hickey

A new round-the-clock intelligence unit to bolster Ireland’s border security will be a multi-agency body, including specialist gardaí.

State access to the heaving digital sea that is people’s personal data was at the centre of two legal inquiries yesterday.

Drunken texts to your ex; be gone!

Mobs have rampaged across an Indian town, leaving 28 people dead and buildings in flames, after a court declared a quasi-religious sect leader guilty of raping two of his followers, according to officials.

There has been a surge in the number of older people granted personal security alarms under a Government scheme — even though there has been an underspend in recent years of the budget available for the devices.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) has confirmed it spent just over €626,000 on securing the St Kevin’s property in Cork City over the past decade.

The military onslaught against so-called Islamic State in Syria is likely to result in increasing numbers of foreign fighters returning to their home countries, according to the Government’s draft risk report.

The US Homeland Security Department is demanding that airlines around the world step up security measures for international flights bound for the United States or face the possibility of a total electronics ban for planes.

The GAA is to ramp up security measures at Croke Park from next Sunday by banning fans from bringing large bags or backpacks into the flagship stadium.

The State’s independent legal advisory body has not been requested to examine the country’s surveillance laws — eight months after the Government said it planned to do so.

IT is entirely appropriate that security measures be updated to neutralise those who would destroy our way of life. The legislation to allow security agencies wider access to email and internet communications, already in place for phone communications, is being prepared.