A well-known criminal from the Crumlin area of south Dublin is the main target of the operation, which was carried out this morning and involved several armed units.

Gardaí have issued a renewed appeal for information relating to the disappearance of Cork woman, Tina Satchwell, on the second anniversary of her disappearance, and said they have conducted over 330 lines of enquiry during their investigation.

A gorse fire that scorched Bray Head and forced an evacuation of local residents has revealed a World War Two-era sign.

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

As six men were found not guilty of falsely imprisoning former tánaiste Joan Burton and her adviser at a water charges protest, Isabel Hayes looks at how the arguments played out. 

Gardaí have launched two days of action in Co. Meath.

Extra gardaí from all over the southern region will be drafted in to cover the Killarney Rally of the Lakes this weekend, including the Air Support Unit and Traffic Corps.

Gardaí are braced for a backlash from the Hutch gang against the Kinahan cartel amid intelligence of a death threat against a senior cartel figure.

The Garda Air Support Unit flew more than 1,500 hours last year, targeting crimes in progress and on one occasion locating a missing person who may not otherwise have survived the night.

Gardaí have arrested a man following a robbery in Co. Kildare yesterday.

Four gardaí have been injured after a stolen car rammed their patrol cars early this morning.

Four men are due to appear in court this morning following an investigation into burglary reports in Monaghan.

Gardaí investigating the mysterious disappearance of a man in Cork City last month have issued a fresh appeal for a taxi driver and three other men to come forward.

Three teenagers were quizzed yesterday after a “bizarre” joyriding spree on the seas involving a stolen luxury yacht.

A top business figure has been hit in a massive garda operation targeting suspec-ted money laundering.

Gardaí investigating a burglary at a service station in Donabate, Co Dublin last night have arrested four men.

A young woman was rescued from Bray Head today after she called Garda Control Centre saying that she was lost and disorientated with her surroundings on Bray Head

Gardaí are hunting two tiger kidnappers who subjected three women to a traumatic ordeal early yesterday.

Local residents have scored a victory against drug dealers after information they provided to gardaí led to a major operation resulting in the overall arrest of 45 people.

A tense standoff between feuding Traveller families in Dublin has passed off without any further violence.

Seizures of ecstasy jumped in 2013, while hauls of cannabis and cocaine fell significantly, official figures show.

Gardaí investigating criminal activity in Dublin released three men without charge yesterday evening.

Four people have been arrested and an amount of stolen property recovered by Gardaí in Dublin and Kildare.

Gardaí are still searching for one of a three-man burglary team that rammed two Garda cars during a 100km high-speed car chase.

Two men have been arrested following a burglary at a Co Longford shop.

Two men have been arrested after a garda car was rammed and a garda injured in Swords, Co Dublin in the early hours of this morning.

Detectives have smashed a massive multimillion-euro diesel laundering plant in one of the biggest cross-border operations of its kind in Ireland or the UK.

The Criminal Assets Bureau and Gardaí have found evidence of fuel laundering after they raided a number of properties connected with key members of a Louth-based criminal gang this morning.

The Criminal Assets Bureau and Gardaí have raided a number of properties connected with key members of a Louth-based criminal gang this morning, in connection with a major investigation into fuel-laundering.

The search will resume this morning for a woman missing in Co Kildare.

A petrol station worker is recovering today following an early-morning robbery in Mullingar, Co Westmeath.

Three men have been arrested after the armed robbery of a Co. Meath jewellers this evening.

A young man has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of repeatedly flashing a green laser at a garda helicopter in a manner which could have caused the pilot to crash.

A man and a woman are being questioned by gardaí in relation to a drugs seizure in Co Leitrim.

Gardaí have named the three people killed in a road crash in Co Monaghan last night.

A pregnant woman, her unborn baby and two men were killed in an horrific multi-vehicle car crash that has left a community stunned.

The government Learjet was today used to take a critically ill two-year-old boy for a life-saving liver transplant in the UK.

THE crew of a Garda Air Support Unit helicopter was targeted by thugs with a potentially blinding laser after officers were sent to investigate an incident involving a plane which had taken off from Dublin Airport.

GARDAÍ have arrested a man who is alleged to have falsely reported a shooting to the emergency services which could end up costing the taxpayer tens of thousands of euro.

The Garda Air Support unit has joined the hunt for four people believed to be behind a foiled burglary in Co Westmeath.

GARDAÍ arrested two men yesterday when they foiled an aggravated burglary and freed a couple aged in their late 60s.

GARDAÍ have announced a Christmas crackdown on motorists abusing the rules of the road.

Gardaí have arrested three men in their 30s following an attempted robbery at the Marriott Hotel in Enfield, Co Meath, this morning.