Garda anti-terrorist officers are continuing to search lands for suspected bomb-making equipment in an isolated area bordering three Leinster counties.

They seized nine jackets worth in the region of €8,000, two designer handbags valued at around €2,000 and a man bag worth costing around €700.

A convicted drug dealer has been deprived of almost €50,000 in either cash or in bank accounts as well as six-high powered cars worth around €170,000 following a massive operation in Cork.

The garda chief superintendent for Louth has said that he has never had any difficulty securing the services of the Emergency Response Unit.

Armed gardaí are warning they do not have adequate resources to monitor ongoing emergencies in the country.

Four men have been arrested by gardaí investigating an incident in Wexford.

Two men have been arrested and a firearm has been seized in Rathowen, Co Westmeath today.

Gardaí said a premises in the Clondalkin area was searched yesterday as a result of an intelligence-led operation.

The Criminal Assets Bureau has seized six cars, three luxury watches, six designer handbags and almost €19,000 in cash in an operation targeting criminal associates in the Midlands.

The Criminal Assets Bureau has seized a range of high-value assets from a cross border group believed to be linked to the Essex smuggling deaths of 39 people.

Garda security services have seized almost 160kg of explosives and arrested more than 90 people in operations targeting dissident republicans in the last four years.

Gardaí investigating a family-run ATM gang have arrested a man for a second time, just days after he was released.

A man who threatened two detectives executing a search warrant at his house that they would meet the same fate as a murdered garda colleague has been jailed for three years.

Emergency services have responded to a stabbing incident in Limerick City.

A man, aged in his 20s, has been arrested as part of an ongoing garda investigation targeting organised criminal activity in north west Dublin.

Gardaí used pepper sprays almost 690 times in 2018, official figures reveal.

The Criminal Assets Bureau have seized a Volkswagen car and a Rolex watch in an operation targeting a member of an organised crime gang in Dublin.

The Criminal Assets Bureau is examining the beneficial owners of a home in North Cork and another in South Tipperary as part of an ongoing money laundering investigation.

A top lieutenant in the Kinahan crime cartel is being questioned for suspected money laundering in a major operation led by the Criminal Assets Bureau.

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has ordered the elite ERU (Emergency Response Unit) into Drogheda as part of a crackdown on increasingly violent turf wars between feuding drug gangs.

Four designer watches, jewellery and clothing have been seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in Co. Waterford this morning.

Latest: Gardaí in Blanchardstown have condemned the reckless attack which took place outside a secondary school in the Corduff area.

Armed support units carried out the searches targeting the sale and supply of drugs in the Corduff and wider Dublin 15 area.

The Criminal Assets Bureau has seized virtual currencies and cash in an operation targeting a suspected drug boss in Co Wicklow.

No arrests have been made and the search operation is ongoing.

People leaving Shannon Airport and others at check-in desks were attacked by a group of armed men and women who forced them back into the terminal and held them hostage.

A presumed homeless man staying in a hotel at the expense of the State was found with €12,000 in cash and a further €140,000 in a bank account when he was targeted in a planned operation by the Criminal Assets Bureau.

A reporter has told the Regency Hotel murder trial he thought a garda raid was taking place on the day of the shooting.

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

Gardaí pursued and subdued a young man after he produced a knife and threatened officers in Athlone.

Latest: A senior Garda has expressed his delight after an attempted burglary of a 95-year-old man on the Kildysart Road near Ennis was foiled by Gardaí this afternoon

The widow of hero garda Tony Golden, who was shot dead two years ago while trying to protect a woman from her abusive partner, has accepted a medal for bravery on his behalf.

A man who ordered two grenades off the dark net has been jailed for three years and six months for IRA membership.

Three people have been arrested after a garda and a civilian were shot during a planned search of a house in Dublin.

Gardaí from the Special Detective Unit have arrested two men after searching a house in Cahir, Co Tipperary earlier today.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested four members of an organised crime gang for conspiracy to murder.

Seven men have been charged in connection with a serious public order incident in Finglas.

Seamus McGrane was recorded in a pub in Dublin in April, 2015, a month before the prince’s visit to Ireland, say Diarmaid Mac Dermott and Daniel Hickey

A major revamp of the Garda Síochána's security and firearms operations was instituted yesterday.

Two men who were arrested after a loaded gun was found in Ballyfermot in Dublin last Monday have been charged in connection with the incident.

A counter terrorism exercise is currently being carried out by An Garda Síochána in Dublin city centre.

The Government has been urged to ensure gardaí in Cork are properly trained and equipped for armed conflict, amid threats by local officers to withdraw services.