Gardaí have seized counterfeit DVD's and beauty products with an approximate street value of €70,000.

A detective garda, who thought he would die when he was viciously attacked by two pitbull terriers, has been awarded €200,000 damages against the State in the High Court.

A 52-year-old Detective Garda hero was “ferociously and viciously” attacked by two pit bull terriers that were released against gardaí as they searched for drugs, a judge was told yesterday.

A judge has said an “unacceptable” three-year delay by the Garda computer crime unit in analysing child porn found on a Co Mayo man’s laptop in 2009 was a mitigating factor in his decision to impose a suspended sentence.

A Limerick-based criminal gang has been dealt a major blow after gardaí uncovered a weapons stash in waste ground on the south side of the city.