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A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>Conor O'Brien, aged 29, from Kilpatrick, Ardee, Co Louth arriving at court today, Monday. Detective Inspector Shane McCartan told the Special Criminal Court: 'Without Conor O’Brien, there would be no criminal organisation, such was his importance.' </p>

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Man smuggled military-grade weapons for sale to 'Ireland's top criminals', court hears

Detective inspector tells court the man supplied pipe bombs and assault rifles to criminal gangs in Armagh, Derry, Dublin, and Limerick

<p>The funeral of David Byrne, who was shot dead in the Regency Hotel in February 2016: The funeral cortege boasted two hearses and 10 stretched limousines, and three horse-drawn carts carrying floral tributes, Picture: Colin Keegan/Collins</p>

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Platinum coffins and luxury cars: Vulgar displays of wealth by crime gangs eyed up by CAB

<p>Gardaí cordon off the scene after the fatal shooting of David Byrne, aged 34, from Raleigh Square, Crumlin at the Regency Hotel, Dublin, on February 5, 2016. File Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins</p>

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The Regency Hotel attack at 10: Inside the moment Irish gangland entered a new era

Gerry Hutch court case

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Kinahan cartel ‘no longer exists’ in Ireland, says gardaí, as Hutch gang remains active

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Man arrested on return to country charged by gardaí with directing drug crime gang

Man believed to be leading figure in crime gang ‘The Family’ due in court

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Man believed to be leading figure in crime gang ‘The Family’ due in court

Woman extradited from UK held on organised crime charge linked to 2017 gangland murder

Woman extradited from UK held on organised crime charge linked to 2017 gangland murder

The court heard that because the case related to a criminal organisation and a murder, bail in this matter could only be raised in the High Court

Thu, 08 Jan, 2026

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Gardaí want charges brought against ‘The Family’ drug gang

An Garda Síochána has sent a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions seeking charges against the leaders of Ireland’s number one drug-trafficking network

Mon, 22 Dec, 2025

Boy in hoodie trespassing on private residential property

Disrupting gang recruiters reduces the 'malign influence' they have over children, say Irish researchers

Eoin O’Meara-Daly, assistant director of Research Evidence into Policy, Programmes and Practice, stressed the role of poverty and marginalisation in driving gang recruitment

Wed, 10 Dec, 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visit to Ireland

Government pledges €300m for defence and anti-drone technology after Zelenskyy visit

Government ramps up defence spending, including €15m for anti-drone systems, after drones were detected near Zelenskyy’s flight

Tue, 09 Dec, 2025

SPAIN-CRIME-DRUGS

'We must match drone and robot tech that criminals and terrorists are using' – Europol

Police forces, including An Garda Síochána, must adapt to fight technology-enabled crime amid the surge of illegal use of drones and robots, according to EU law enforcement agency

Mon, 08 Dec, 2025

Graduation Ceremony, Garda College, Templemore

Retired superintendent 'looked after' hundreds of summonses, court told

Received almost daily requests about such matters — including from Garda commissioners and elected TDs

Wed, 03 Dec, 2025

Human remains found in Dublin

Man admits helping to dispose of murdered teenager Keane Mulready-Wood’s body parts

Sentencing has been adjourned to January 26

Mon, 24 Nov, 2025

Limerick criminal's autopsy found he had severe heart disease and took cocaine just before he died

Limerick criminal's autopsy found he had severe heart disease and took cocaine just before he died

David 'Frog Eyes' Stanners was one of five people given life sentences for the murder of rival gang boss, Kieran Keane, on January 29, 2003

Wed, 19 Nov, 2025

Gardaí close to submitting file to DPP on leaders of 'The Family' drug gang

Gardaí close to submitting file to DPP on leaders of 'The Family' drug gang

‘The Family’ was hit again in a swoop on a distribution centre in Laois, with the seizure of 116kgs of cocaine

Thu, 30 Oct, 2025

Frosinone, Italy, 1 Sept 2024, Juve Stabia fans in the away section of the Benito Stirpe Stadium during the match between Frosin

Irish-linked Italian Serie B club placed under court control for mafia infiltration

People tied to the Camorra's D'Alessandro clan controlled club activities including ticketing, catering, cleaning, healthcare and even, until last year, travel services for the first team, prosecutors said

Tue, 21 Oct, 2025

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Killer who used proceeds of crime for 'grandiose' renovations of his Limerick home is jailed

Richard Treacy, who had no history of employment and was in receipt of social welfare, had spent €100,000 renovating his 'modest' home

Mon, 20 Oct, 2025

Burglar

Gardaí using elite armed intervention squads to intercept organised burglary groups

An Garda Síochána is adopting similar high-security response to organised burglary that it has to gangland killers

Thu, 02 Oct, 2025

Man charged with murdering Lee Slattery in Limerick in 2010

Man charged with murdering Lee Slattery in Limerick in 2010

Kurt Ryan appeared before Limerick District Court

Wed, 17 Sep, 2025

US-JUSTICE-WEAPONS

Ghost guns in Ireland: how criminals are using 3D printers to make untraceable weapons

Untraceable ghost guns, printed at home for a few hundred euro, are increasingly being seized by gardaí across Ireland

Sat, 13 Sep, 2025

Street prostitute of Eastern Europe

Gardaí arrest four in joint human trafficking operation with police from Brazil and Europol

Gardaí searched four locations in Dublin on Wednesday morning, in conjunction with simultaneous searches taking place in Brazil

Wed, 03 Sep, 2025

Hands typing on labtop keyboard.

Irish firms vulnerable to new generation of email fraud and cybertheft scams

National Cyber Security Centre says Irish SMEs may be vulnerable to fraudsters accurately impersonating legitimate business contacts

Tue, 26 Aug, 2025

Irish police

Co-operation with Poland leads to more than €8m worth of drugs seized in Ireland

Thirteen Polish nationals were arrested in Ireland during the course of the investigation

Tue, 19 Aug, 2025

Machinery drug smuggling court case

Kinahan crime boss ordered to pay back £1m or face more jail time

Kavanagh was sentenced in March 2022 to 21 years in prison after pleading guilty to drugs and money laundering offences.

Fri, 25 Jul, 2025

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Provisions to update 30-year-old phone interception laws due 'in months'

Current legislation does not explicitly apply to more modern forms of communication such as emails and social media text and voice apps

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

'Ireland needs military-grade drones to fend off bombardment of drugs by cocaine cartels'

'Ireland needs military-grade drones to fend off bombardment of drugs by cocaine cartels'

In the wake of the Broadstrand drugs seizure and convictions following the MV Matthew case, security sources say Ireland must up its game to tackle drug trafficking

Mon, 07 Jul, 2025

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'Fagin’s Law' offences by adults to groom children into criminality 'difficult to prove', review finds

Gardaí said that less than 10 charges/summonses have been issued under the (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Act 2024

Fri, 04 Jul, 2025

Four Courts Building on the river Liffey in Dublin Ireland

Assets linked to alleged Kinahan associate deemed proceeds of crime by High Court

The orders related to assets linked to Ciaran O’Sullivan seized from some of his properties, including one on Adelaide Road in Glenageary

Thu, 26 Jun, 2025

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Gardaí used decommissioned firearms in sting operations to trap illegal gun buyers

Gardaí confirm use of decommissioned weapons in undercover operations as criticism mounts over the prosecution of a vulnerable man

Thu, 26 Jun, 2025

Gerry Hutch court case

Special 'gangland' powers have led to record number of arrests

Gardaí made a total of 152 arrests in the year ending May 2025, a rise of 40 (36%) on the previous year

Mon, 23 Jun, 2025

Funeral of David Byrne

Gardaí dangle '$15m reward' to turn Kinahan's cartel lieutenants

On Monday, Garda Commissioner Drew Harris and deputy commissioner Justin Kelly called on cartel associates to have a 'really good think' about their future lives

Tue, 10 Jun, 2025

Kinahan cartel leaders 'should be worried' after extradition of senior lieutenant

Kinahan cartel leaders 'should be worried' after extradition of senior lieutenant

Drew Harris urged members, both junior and senior, in the cartel — who are either at large or in jail — to think about whether or not to help gardaí in their efforts to bring the leaders to justice

Mon, 09 Jun, 2025

MV Matthew: How crime gang's ill-prepared crew fell afoul of Ireland's largest cocaine seizure

MV Matthew: How crime gang's ill-prepared crew fell afoul of Ireland's largest cocaine seizure

A poorly-prepared and desperate crew were directed from afar by a sophisticated international crime gang, writes Liz Dunphy

Sat, 07 Jun, 2025

Sean McGovern to challenge legality of his extradition from Dubai on gangland charges

Sean McGovern to challenge legality of his extradition from Dubai on gangland charges

He faces charges connected with the murders of Noel Kirwan and James Gately

Thu, 05 Jun, 2025

Drugs seizure on cargo ship

MV Matthew crew 'terrified' amid chaos of cocaine trafficking operation, court hears

Special Criminal Court hears of activity on board the ship in the hours before Irish Army Rangers stormed it, bringing the criminal operation to a sudden and dramatic end

Wed, 04 Jun, 2025

Two men shot dead at popular Irish bar in Costa del Sol

Two men shot dead at popular Irish bar in Costa del Sol

Despite sources initially describing the two men killed as Irish, Spain's National Police subsequently confirmed both were Scottish

Sun, 01 Jun, 2025

Cork machete murder: Gardaí submit file to DPP on the killing of Mikolaj Wilk

Cork machete murder: Gardaí submit file to DPP on the killing of Mikolaj Wilk

Mikolaj Wilk was attacked in front of his wife, Elzbieta, by a gang of masked men at their home near Ballincollig Co Cork in 2018

Thu, 15 May, 2025

One arrest as gardaí seize €75k drugs, 41 vehicles, in crackdown on scramblers and e-scooters

One arrest as gardaí seize €75k drugs, 41 vehicles, in crackdown on scramblers and e-scooters

Gardaí searched 20 properties in Clondalkin, Ballyfermot, Rathcoole, Ronanstown, and Lucan on Thursday

Thu, 24 Apr, 2025

Gardaí seize dozens of e-bikes and freeze related €100k bank account

Gardaí seize dozens of e-bikes and freeze related €100k bank account

JPC chairman Daithí Doolan said: 'Yesterday’s action will strengthen our resolve to stand up the criminals who think they are holding us all to ransom'

Wed, 23 Apr, 2025

Garda gangland unit seizes €350k in cash in Dublin’s north inner city

Garda gangland unit seizes €350k in cash in Dublin’s north inner city

It is understood an Eastern European person was arrested when gardaí swooped in the Blackhorse area near Stoneybatter

Wed, 23 Apr, 2025

Irish cabinet

Community groups urged to apply for redistributed gang proceeds

The Community Safety Fund is being managed by the newly established National Office for Community Safety within the Department of Justice

Mon, 07 Apr, 2025

€10m-a-year drug gang ‘The Family’ in crisis after high-profile arrests

Gardaí and Spanish police arrest 12 members of ‘The Family’ drug gang in a major international crackdown

Thu, 27 Mar, 2025

Unprecedented prison overcrowding leads to escalating tensions

Unprecedented prison overcrowding leads to escalating tensions

Midlands Prison had a record 1,000 in custody last Friday

Mon, 24 Mar, 2025

Man arrested as €10m worth of cocaine seized in Kilkenny drug bust

Man arrested as €10m worth of cocaine seized in Kilkenny drug bust

Gardaí intercepted a heavy goods vehicle and raided multiple locations, uncovering 152kg of cocaine concealed in a vehicle

Wed, 19 Mar, 2025

Drugs seizure on cargo ship

Gangland drugs make up 40% of €210m worth of drug seizures in 2023

The Human Trafficking Investigation and Coordination Unit also identified 53 people as potential victims of human trafficking in 2023 – a 26% rise on 2022

Mon, 17 Mar, 2025

PSNI seize drugs and cash of criminal network with 'large footprint across Ireland and UK'

PSNI seize drugs and cash of criminal network with 'large footprint across Ireland and UK'

The substantial seizures of drugs and cash happened at airports in the North

Thu, 13 Mar, 2025

Lawyer satisfied drugs case against Kerry businessman Nathan McDonnell now concluded

Lawyer satisfied drugs case against Kerry businessman Nathan McDonnell now concluded

Early guilty plea helped reduce headline sentence of 21 years to 12, says solicitor

Mon, 03 Mar, 2025

Nathan McDonnell had it all — until a €32m drug bust changed everything

S Nathan McDonnell had it all — until a €32m drug bust changed everything

Unlike his respected family, there is little sympathy for the Porsche-driving McDonnell in the town where his persona ‘wasn’t really in keeping with the kind of town Tralee is’

Fri, 28 Feb, 2025

Three men found guilty of Tristan Sherry murder after Christmas Eve gun attack

Three men found guilty of Tristan Sherry murder after Christmas Eve gun attack

Three other young men were also found guilty of violent disorder arising from Sherry's death

Mon, 17 Feb, 2025

Data hacker or catfish using sms texting. Text message phone fraud or scam. Online chatbot or tech support forum. Secret darkweb

New SMS registry aims to tackle €115m scam texts scourge

From July, bulk SMS with unregistered sender IDs will be labelled 'Likely Scam'. And in October, such messages will be blocked

Fri, 07 Feb, 2025