The delivery service will be offered to customers in the UCD area of Dublin in late March.

Dublin City Council made use of unmanned drones to monitor predominantly working class areas of the capital ahead of the Halloween bonfire season, it has emerged.

No-fly zones and new technology will be used to stop high-tech drones delivering drugs and other contraband to prisoners, it has been announced.

Seven drones have been recovered from Irish prisons in the last two years.

Prison officers are being sent out “with only our bare hands and courage” to intercept the delivery of contraband into exercise yards according to the general secretary of the Prison Officers Association.

Prison bosses are to trial a new technology to tackle the rising threat posed by drones smuggling drugs and weapons into prison.

China's largest retailer and the world's third largest internet internet company, JD.com, announced the completion of Indonesia’s first government approved drone flight.

Thieves are using drones to track trucks delivering home heating oil in north Kerry, it has been claimed.

The National Civil Aviation Threat and Risk Group will meet to discuss any implications the incidents might have for airports here.

The Transport Minister has called a special meeting of an expert industry group to assess the threat of drones could have on Irish airports.

New laws that will see more drones requiring registration are coming into effect in Ireland this year.

Two drones found by police near Gatwick Airport have been ruled out of involvement in the incident which disrupted hundreds of flights before Christmas, Sussex chief constable Giles York has said.

Gardaí and the Defence Forces are reminding the public to keep drones away from fire-fighting operations.