High-visibility armed patrols in Dublin have been reduced by up to 30% because of overtime cuts, separate garda sources have said.

The Policing Authority has drawn up a panel of 15 senior officers for promotion to the rank of chief superintendent after the biggest ever independent selection process for An Garda Síochána.

Three men have appeared in court charged with laundering money at a car wash in Dublin.

Gardaí in Dundalk have arrested 13 men and women as part of a year-long investigation into the sale and supply of heroin.

Gardaí and Revenue officers have seized Ecstasy and cannabis in Galway worth around €50,000 today.

Tánaiste and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has praised the actions of gardaí following the seizure of €3m worth of drugs, as well as an assault rifle, from a house in Kildare over the weekend.

Gardaí have seized more than €1m worth of cocaine in Dublin.

Gardaí believe they have deprived a feuding gang of a “safehouse” used to store guns and large quantities of drugs.

The Garda commissioner said the appointment by the Government of 28 senior garda managers will “help to address the critical vacancies” in the organisation.

A 50-strong taskforce to tackle gangland crime will be unveiled by the Government next week.

Community policing, visibility, and diversity in An Garda Síochána, are among the topics of discussion this afternoon at the first meeting of the Policing Authority with the Garda Commissioner.

Cocaine worth around €500,000 has been seized in Dublin.

Gardaí have seized a large quantity of heroin and cocaine in Dublin.

Garda-organised crime units are to crack down on gangs dealing in anabolic steroids when the products are added to the list of controlled drugs, such as cocaine and heroin.

Separate operations in Cork, Dublin, and Wexford will have a “significant impact” on the supply of heroin, according to senior gardaí.

Two men are due in court in Dublin this morning, charged in connection with a seizure of firearms on Friday.

A drug project has welcomed a statement from a government TD calling for supervised centres where people can inject drugs.