Recorded sexual offences, assaults, and property crimes rose sharply last year, according to Garda figures.

Gardaí have recorded sharp rises in sexual offences, property crimes, and crimes against the person in the year ending last November.

Reported crimes have risen significantly so far this year, with increases in property crimes, crimes against the person, and sexual offences, Garda figures show.

Gardaí from the Special Detective Unit have arrested two men after searching a house in Cahir, Co Tipperary earlier today.

The time has come to put an end to An Garda Síochána. The brand is now so battered, bruised and tarnished, public confidence in it has been so irreparably damaged that nothing short of a rebrand is required.

Up to a fifth of all phantom breath tests recorded by gardaí over an eight-year period were “inflated” by members, an internal Garda examination suggests.

WE want to tell you how we feel about our needs as people with learning disabilities.

LESS than one in 10 incidents of domestic violence resulted in a conviction last year, garda figures show.