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Going to the chipper brings so many tiny joys

WHEN you’ve been with someone a long time, you just know. You don’t have to say anything. It’s in the eyes. We exchange glances and giggle. With easy familiarity, I make my move — out the door and down to the chipper, says Colm O’Regan.

Mon, 20 Jun, 2016

€23m fingerprint system underused because of dispute

A STATE-OF-THE-ART Garda fingerprint system, which ran over €3 million over budget, is not being fully used because many gardaí still take manual prints and because civil servants refuse to use it.

Tue, 20 Sep, 2011

Fingerprint retention policy to change

GARDA power to hold on to fingerprints of suspects indefinitely is due to end under planned changes to the law, the Irish Examiner understands.

Wed, 27 Jan, 2010

Fingerprint technology 'may unlock old cases'

Detectives are revisiting hundreds of unresolved crime cases with the help of a new high-tech fingerprint system, it was revealed today.

Fri, 23 Nov, 2007