Update 10.15am 

The number of garda stations without a permanent garda has continued to rise, despite a net increase of 600 in the size of the force last year.

Juvenile offenders were responsible for almost half of all sexual offences recorded by gardaí in 2016.

Michael Clifford examines a critical review of the Garda Representative Association,

The head of the Policing Authority has said a new Garda commissioner could be an “outsider” but that the package for the role needs to be improved.

The Acting Garda Commissioner has challenged anyone with evidence that senior management pressured rank-and-file officers to inflate breath test figures to bring it forward.

Gardaí should be constrained from withdrawing their labour or given full trade union status, a top-level government body has recommended.

An Garda Síochána’s credibility has suffered another blow after the CSO decided for a second time not to publish Garda crime statistics.

A major revamp of the Garda Síochána's security and firearms operations was instituted yesterday.

An Garda Síochána are correct that imbalances in recruitment will, over time, produce an unbalanced police force attempting to serve an increasingly diverse community.

Changes in the force have been at a snail’s pace, and met with a degree of resistance from members that is more associated with children, writes Michael Clifford

A growing number of towns and villages with Garda stations no longer have a dedicated garda, with eight stations losing their last permanent officer last year.

The Government has announced it will fill a number of key vacancies within An Garda Síochana.

The Garda Síochána has been hit with the retirement of another highly experienced senior officer with the flagged departure of its anti-terrorism chief.

A driver was dragged unconscious into a ditch after he stopped for an alleged unmarked Garda car in the early hours of Thursday morning.

A garda organisation has claimed the force’s current numbers are “insufficient to provide the first-class service the public deserves”.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has started reviewing the recommendations of a major independent review of garda misconduct complaints and will soon begin writing to the people involved.

Gardaí investigating the disappearance of Wicklow woman Anne Shortall discovered a body yesterday afternoon.

An external audit of An Garda Síochána will set out a blueprint for the restructuring of policing at a national and local level.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said legislation to set up a new Garda authority will be published in the coming weeks.

A police authority will uncouple the close relationship between the justice minister and Garda commissioner, says Cormac O’Keeffe.

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) is to be grilled today over claims that its headquarters in Dublin was bugged.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter yesterday responded to allegations that the offices of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission were bugged. Here is his statement to the Dáil in full.