The gardaí have used their powers of arrest and prosecution against civilian employees of the organisation in industrial disputes on a number of occasions, according to a leading public sector union.

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has provided the Policing Authority with a report into the collapsed prosecution against Garda employee Lynn Margiotta over the production of sick notes.

The solicitor for a civilian Garda employee who was the subject of a criminal investigation over the production of sick notes at work has called for a “full and impartial” inquiry.

A champion kick-boxer was arrested by a garda detective on duty at the US embassy in Dublin seconds after he snatched a phone while cycling past his victim.

A student who sent a woman a jar containing animal organs during a year-long harassment campaign has been spared a jail term.

An obsessed straight-A student, who sent a woman a jar containing bloody animal organs during a year-long harassment campaign, has been spared a jail sentence.

A 30-year-old man was remanded in custody yesterday after he was charged with robbery in connection with a violent raid last weekend at a Spar shop in Dublin after which a staff member was hospitalised.

A 30-year-old man was remanded in custody today after he was charged with robbery in connection with a violent raid at a Spar shop in Dublin after which a staff member was hospitalised.

The highest earning lawyer through the State’s criminal legal aid scheme last year was Ian Bailey’s solicitor, Cork-based Frank Buttimer.

A mother of two, who stole an ambulance during an emergency call-out in Dublin in January, has been jailed for four months.

SOLICITORS and barristers earned €54.3 million between them last year through providing state-funded criminal legal aid, according to figures from the Department of Justice.

A prison officer has appeared in court accused of possessing cannabis and cocaine for sale or supply at Mountjoy jail.

THE Government is to bring in tough new measures to stem the spiralling cost of the free criminal legal aid system and crack down on abuses.

A third man has been charged this evening over a botched attempted armed robbery of a jewellery shop on Dawson Street, in Dublin city centre last Friday.

A PRISON officer charged with making a false statement had his case thrown out of court yesterday.

THE family of 20-year-old Terence Wheelock yesterday said they would raise funds themselves to pay for an independent forensic examination after the Government turned them down.

The family of 20-year-old Terence Wheelock today said they would raise funds themselves to pay for an independent forensic examination after the Government turned them down.

The President of the High Court has said he's not embarking on an inquiry into the conduct of a judge and a solicitor after a row at the district court on Saturday.