A drug-dealer facing sentence for transporting €10,000 of cocaine from Dublin had the hearing adjourned, so gardaí could look into the fact that a member of An Garda Síochána provided character evidence for him.

Maurice McCabe and his family are hoping to finally learn in the coming weeks what, if any, lengths were gone to by agents of the State to attack him, shut him up, or even destroy his character, writes Michael Clifford.

A counter-terrorist attack training exercise, with mass casualties, has been carried out by An Garda Síochána.

Footage has emerged of a member of An Garda Síochána ticketing the outreach van of a well-known homelessness charity.