Update, 10.40am, March 27: The body of Caique Trindade De Oliveira has been found.

Detectives trying to solve the disappearance of a man two years ago have called into question the motive of a letter writer who claimed he had been murdered.

Gardaí suspect dissident republican Michael Barr was shot dead because it was believed by the Kinahan cartel he provided a “safe house” to one of the gunmen in the Regency Hotel attack.

Detectives are gravely concerned for the wellbeing of a father-of-one who disappeared suddenly more than seven weeks ago.

Gardaí are "very concerned" for the wellbeing of a missing 39-year-old man from Wicklow town.

Current anti-racism laws are “not functioning” and the Government must introduce specific hate crime legislation, according to an immigrant support group.

Gardaí have released photographs of baby ‘Maria’ in a bid to get her mother to come forward.

Gardaí are hopeful that forensic tests and technical examinations will glean some clues as to the identity of a mother who abandoned her newborn baby on a remote road in west Dublin, over a week ago.

Gardaí are hoping an examination of blankets found wrapped around abandoned baby Maria could reveal crucial evidence leading to the identification of the newborn’s mother.

Gardaí are urging family or friends of the mother who abandoned her newborn baby on a country road in Dublin on Friday to contact them.

Gardaí have urged the mother of a newborn baby abandoned in west Dublin to seek “immediate medical treatment”.

Gardaí today, displayed a significant haul of Guns and Drugs at Garda Headquarters, Phoenix Park, Dublin.

Gardaí in Dublin said they are surprised that criminals are using assault weapons – similar to those used by the Irish army.

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A CO Kerry school has been ordered to pay a Traveller family €4,000 in compensation for discrimination against a young boy with special needs.

A garda has been given a one-month suspended sentence for assaulting a school teacher in the 2002 May Day "Reclaim the Streets" demonstration, in Dublin city centre.

A garda inspector who was on duty at the "Reclaim the Streets" demonstration on May 6, 2002, told a jury he ordered gardaí to put their batons away when he saw them being used on the crowd.

A garda inspector has told the trial of three gardaí charged with beating a ‘Reclaim the Streets’ protestor on the head with their batons in May 2002 that, as far as he knew, no order was given that day for the use of batons.

Senior officers have identified each of the three gardaí on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.