A highly experienced garda has been appointed head of operations at the new European cyber crime police unit.

An army sergeant who was found with child pornography images “buried” in the memory of his computer has being acquitted by direction of a judge.

CRIME gangs are extorting thousands of euro from Irish businesses by attacking and hijacking their computer systems and websites, according to the Garda hi-tech crime squad.

Forensic evidence has shown no link was found between a man accused of rape and the complainant, a court has heard.

A woman has been given a suspended sentence for posting sex ads on a classifieds website on behalf of two unwitting people.

A woman has been convicted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of posting ads offering sex on a classifieds website on behalf of two unwitting people.

A DEPRAVED employee was fired from three different companies before gardaí eventually caught up with his child pornography distribution activities, writes Juno McEnroe.

UP to 40% of companies have fired employees for cyber crime, a survey involving gardaí revealed yesterday.

GARDAÍ investigating the suspected IRA money laundering operation expect to be in a position to send files to the Director of Public Prosecutions in weeks.