Threats of murder, shootings and kidnappings, particularly abductions of children, also increased.

Environmental crime on the rise and illegal fishing presents rising danger, according to Europol report

Most other crimes also increased in the same period, with the other highest rate of increase seen in kidnapping and related offences

Thefts, robberies, and burglaries also increased, coming off the back of a slowdown in these crimes during the pandemic

The offenses include assisting an offender to commit murder, drug trafficking, robbery and offences relating to organised crime.

The team at the Chipper Truck Cafe called the police who arrested the man and saved the woman being held hostage in the Bronx 

A senior garda has advised a community outraged by an arson attack in Cork against offering a reward to identify the culprits, and to let gardaí do their work.

Something techies might describe as an 'analogue solution' could be the best way to help prevent car thefts.

The one-year re-offending rate fell from 48 per cent in 2018 to 45 per cent in 2019

The Irish Prison Service's top psychologist Dr Emma Regan on her plans to radically overhaul the treatment of sex offenders in prisons and, in so doing, making it safer for society when they are released

Only a quarter of those jailed for sex offences are receiving treatment amid a 150% increase in their number in the last 15 years

Nobody was injured in the incident at the Lough Inn in Loughlingstown

Man jailed for attack on victim, who lost several teeth and sustained lasting damage to his vision and hearing

Objecting to bail, garda tells court: 'It is believed he was looking for a female to rape'

The patients had been detained for an average of eight years before being released

Farmers are being warned to make sure tractors are parked securely overnight following a spate of robberies 

Centra worker was punched and head-butted on two occasions on same day.

International money-laundering networks and crime gangs have been targeted with special arrest powers.

The Director of Public Prosecutions has decided that the case against a 49-year-old man allegedly seen in Cork city armed with a large knife in the early afternoon is suitable to be heard at district court level.

An ex-model who has pleaded not guilty to punching a woman and leaving her "swollen and sore" during a row at a Luas stop in Dublin will face a hearing in October.

Sixteen convictions secured in last year under special legislation

Department of Justice instructs agency to stop publishing reports showing the number of sex offenders living in specific geographical areas 

Pair sentenced following two ATM thefts in Dundalk in 2020 that led to pursuit by gardaí and PSNI

Commissioner and Policing Authority publish strategy and policing plans

It is the second such violent street brawl incident to occur on a main city street, to be captured on video and shared widely, in just a few weeks.

The book says changes at the facility included a greater level of involvement by young people detained in Oberstown in the decisions that affect them

Thomas Gould says cutbacks allowed small-time dealers to flourish as new figures show drug units still have 49 fewer personnel than in 2010

Agencies providing supports and services to victims of crime have been invited to take part in the forum

15 of the 22 Garda divisions outside the capital experienced rising crime rates compared to 2020, with increases in excess of 10% in Mayo, Kildare and Wexford

As well as reckless behaviour, accused is charged with entering a property to carry out a theft and possession of stolen goods

Defence and prosecution in agreement as accused remanded in custody for a week

With sex crimes, the focus is often on the accuser rather than the accused as we turn victim into villain

A man who was allegedly caught with a knife in Cork city applied to be released on bail on the charge — despite getting bail twice before on the same charge and failing to appear in court.

Man charged with a number of motoring offences refuses to accept case being adjourned

Melanotan is touted online as a fake tanning agent — but the illegal synthetic hormone can cause skin cancer and kidney failure

Sentencing policy to be reviewed in Ireland

Luxury cars and home renovations of criminals watched by local gardai

 A young man accused of having a €120,000 stash of cocaine in Cork in April applied to get his passport back from gardaí and have his bail conditions relaxed so that he could take a short holiday in Portugal.

Whether a ‘child in need’ or a ’young offender’, these are real children, with names and experiences, and how we view our duty of care for them may mark their future indefinitely, writes Aisling Bruen

A father of two was jailed for 12 years today after a court heard he blasted four shots into a relative’s house where infant twins were sleeping.

 A 29-year-old who has been in the Central Mental Hospital since being charged with murdering his mother nine years ago is now fit for trial, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The number of people reporting to the Sexual Assault Treatment Unit that they may have been drugged almost doubled this year

Change in reporting behaviour sees victims more likely to report a sex crime to gardaí

Accused admitted stealing phone, jacket, and bank card but was not involved in the attack