An Garda Síochána says it is looking forward to taking part in the Dublin Pride Parade despite one group pulling out of the event due to their involvement.

The Policing Authority has said that “getting to the bottom” of the breath test scandal and the homicide controversy has consumed an “inordinate” amount of its time.

A college course designed to prepare students for life in An Garda Síochána has been unveiled.

An Garda Síochána was paid more than €1.1m to police 10 of the country’s biggest events last year — with Electric Picnic topping the charts, figures reveal.

ONE of the many gifts sport offers is an economy of language; a battery of pithy philosophies that express truths that would, in a sane world, be more widely embraced.

Festival goers can expect extra security measures at events throughout the year.

There is “concrete evidence” to support the introduction of an automatic three-month disqualification for anybody caught drink driving, the Road Safety Authority has claimed.

A total of 341 vehicles were caught speeding on National Slow Down Day, gardaí have revealed.

Community policing, visibility, and diversity in An Garda Síochána, are among the topics of discussion this afternoon at the first meeting of the Policing Authority with the Garda Commissioner.

LAST week’s BBC Panorama programme about collusion by British security forces with terrorists in the North, a seedy relationship that former police ombudsman Nuala O’Loan suggested was responsible for hundreds of deaths, was another reminder that the terrible events of the past still overshadow the present and colour the future.

A Government minister has said she expects "all relevant matters" to fall within the remit of the inquiry set up to investigate the Garda Tapes controversy.

Figures released by the Gardaí today show that many motorists did not heed the road safety message over the St Patrick's weekend.

JUSTICE Minister Dermot Ahern said he could not rule out cutbacks in spending in his department for the rest of this year.

Due to persistent rainfall An Garda Síochána and Oxegen promoters MCD have announced the closure of all car parks at the Punchestown site with immediate effect.

A high-profile national campaign gets under way today to expose the hidden crime of domestic violence.

The Garda Representative Association says a forum should be set up to map out the future of the Garda Siochana, in light of recent scandals.