Fears have been raised there aren’t enough armed garda units in border areas to combat dissident republicans if they were to attack security posts, likely to be established in the event of a hard Brexit.

Gardaí, furious at being excluded from the Criminal Justice Victims of Crime Act enacted last November, claim they are being treated like second-class citizens.

Seven gardaí took their own lives in the past year and a survey shows around one in six gardaí have exhibited signs of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

A man brandishing a firearm was dramatically arrested by armed gardaí at a shopping centre after an almost eight-hour crime spree across west Dublin involving six carjackings.

More than 2,000 jobs could be created if the Vat rate on hotels and visitor attractions in the North is cut to 5%, a report for the tourism industry has shown.

Nóirín O’Sullivan says she wants to hear from any gardaí who feel they were not treated properly after assault.

A garda was punched, kicked, spat at, and had his eye gouged while responding to a domestic dispute.

Frontline gardaí are to demand more training to counter the threat of global terrorism and the firepower of organised crime gangs.

Move comes after a report says officers should be penalised for any industrial action

Tensions over the possibility of industrial action within the Garda Síochána have heightened after the ruling body of the largest staff association yesterday failed to reach an agreement over a pay proposal.

Frontline garda representatives will ultimately make the controversial decision as to what type of industrial action will be pursued if members vote for it in a ballot.

Frontline gardaí want more training to help deal with people who are distressed or who have mental health issues.

Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe has said it would cost €2.2bn a year to eliminate lower pay rates for new public servants.

An Garda Síochána’s blueprint for the future has been dealt another blow after a second Garda association refused to implement it because of a row over pay.

GRA says freeze may cost recruits €46k over career as Government says retrospective pay possible in deal

Gardaí and teachers outside of a new pay deal face pay freezes from today after the Government failed in a last-ditch attempt to get unions to sign up to the new agreement.

The Government could face industrial action by thousands of teachers and gardaí if it imposes financial penalties on them for repudiating the Lansdowne Road Agreement.

Watergrasshill 1-15 Blarney 0-14: Watergrasshill deservedly took the spoils from an exciting Cork PIHC first round tie at Riverstown yesterday, but only after a late goal from William Connolly put this game beyond the reach of battling Blarney.

Frontline gardaí predict the unprecedented violence on the streets of Dublin “will only get worse” and fear for the lives of unarmed gardaí responding to the shootings.

Its doors may have closed to pupils 40 years ago but a Dublin school’s roll books are opening a window into the hidden past of the lives of inner city children.

The Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan has done “nothing” to improve the situation for gardaí since she conducted an internal survey two years ago, the head of the force’s largest staff body has said.

A council worker has admitted sending former justice minister Alan Shatter a litany of vile, anti-Semitic emails.

Gardaí have suffered so much from pay cuts some are sleeping in cars because they cannot afford to drive home, the annual conference for rank-and-file members has heard.

Cork PIHC relegation play-off

The timing of the function to honour Ballinascarthy U14 footballers with the July Rebel Óg award could scarcely have been more apposite.

THE 2012 All-Ireland Juniors/Youths Interprovincial Shore Angling Championships 2012 will be held next February in Kerry from February 17 to 19 on Inch and Rossbeigh Beaches in Dingle Bay.

A young man who developed a cocaine addiction after becoming unemployed has been sentenced to seven years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for storing €34,060 of the drug.

RESCUERS who saved the lives of 11 people from near-drowning incidents were among those honoured at the annual awards ceremony of Irish Water Safety in Dublin yesterday.

A father-of-three who was forced to pay off his drug debt by storing drugs in the family home has been given a ten-year jail sentence by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Up to 150 protesters gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in Dublin today to demand an end to the attacks on Lebanon.

A SECOND convoy of Irish evacuees was bused out of Lebanon yesterday as aid workers announced a diversion of funds to help any humanitarian disaster.

Bank of Ireland Asset Management today announced two further senior appointments to its investment team.

AN elderly couple died of carbon monoxide poisoning in their home after a gas flue was blocked over, an inquest heard yesterday.

TOMORROW’S Clare SHC Final at Cusack Park could be pitched as the battle of the has-beens versus the wannabes.

CASH-STRAPPED sports chiefs have no plans for a drugs testing blitz here but say they are targeting tests more precisely to pick out cheats when they are most likely to be in breach of doping rules.

A NUMBER of unspecified issues remain to be settled between the GAA and the Irish Sports Council (ISC) relating to the introduction of “out of competition” drug-testing of inter-county players.