It’ll go down as a fifth national third-level title for DCU, a college stuffed full of the brightest inter-county talent, but this was a largely homegrown Sigerson Cup success.

Only a third of the country’s network of more than 560 garda stations has experienced an increase in staffing levels in the past five years, despite almost 2,800 extra gardaí joining the force over the period.

Only a third of the country’s network of over 560 Garda stations has experienced an increase in staffing levels in the past five years, despite almost 2,800 extra gardaí joining the force over the period.

DCU produced a ruthless attacking display against Queen’s University at St Clare’s on Sunday to storm into the Sigerson Cup semis.

Micheál Bannigan kicked a late flurry of points at St Clare’s to squeeze DCU past the stubborn challenge of Garda College in the Sigerson Cup opening round.

UCC selector Paul O’Keeffe fears the Sigerson Cup is in danger of being left at “the bottom of the pecking order” as GAA chiefs redraw the fixtures calendar.

UCC selector Dr. Paul O’Keeffe fears the Sigerson Cup is suffering as GAA chiefs redraw the fixtures calendar.

The Galway defender has found himself in a bind in recent seasons due to the success of both his club Corofin and college side NUIG.

DCU will be Electric Ireland Sigerson Cup hosts in 2020 and have been handed a Round 1 game against Garda College on January 12.

Cork is to get just 14 of the latest garda probationers to graduate from the force’s training college.

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has been told more needs to be done to bolster permanent garda numbers in the city and county.

Last Tuesday we had the Budget. Next Saturday it's the Special GAA Congress. Michael Moynihan wondered if the former might influence thoughts at the latter.

A new unit manned by specially trained gardaí to investigate sexual crimes and domestic violence is to be established in the West Cork region.

They were paid an average of €58,225 each last year, and racked up a further €45,508 in overheads and expenses.

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has summoned local commanders to a meeting in the Garda College, Templemore, next Monday on his new policing plan.

160 new Gardaí are to be stationed in Dublin and Louth to tackle growing gangland violence.

A Garda negotiator, backed by an armed intervention unit, secured the peaceful surrender of a man, armed with a knife, who had barricaded himself into his home with three children.

Garda commissioner, Drew Harris, and senior officers have been accused of putting road users' lives at risk after it emerged that they are failing to stop nine out of every 10 disqualified drivers from continuing to drive on Irish roads.

Rank and file gardaí are demanding a special allowance to compensate members of the force who must pay a higher price for accommodation in designated rent pressure zones.

Fewer than three in 10 garda stations in Cork have experienced an increase in staffing levels in the past four years, during a period when almost 2,600 new gardaí were recruited.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said that sufficient Garda numbers and resources are ready for a no-deal Brexit and any new policing demands for the Border area

Limerick Institute of Technology advanced to the Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-finals after a 4-24 to 0-12 win over Garda College at LIT.

Trinity College Dublin shocked a fancied Garda College Templemore in a rousing Fitzgibbon Cup round one tie at Borrisoleigh that ended on a sour note with a player from each side sidelined in separate incidents in injury time.

The Policing Authority is due to hold a special public meeting next week to discuss concerns regarding Garda failures to prosecute serious juvenile offenders.

The impressive 2018 winners will face the top-three teams in the all-time roll of honour.

Smuggling and other cross-border crime could increase in the case of a no-deal Brexit, but Leo Varadkar has insisted that there are no plans for a hard border on the island.

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has been handed a budgetary nightmare with the organisation more than €30m in the red and Garda HQ warning that “corrective action” must be taken “immediately”.

The number of complaints received last year by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission rose by 10%, although there was a fall in the number of referrals from gardaí.

It will take “some time” for people with a critical viewpoint inside An Garda Síochána to be fully accepted as “constructive and loyal members”, the organisation’s audit body has said.

Basketball stalwart Jimmy Diggins received a standing ovation when he was presented with Basketball Ireland President’s Award at the National Arena on Saturday.

The Policing Authority has said that “getting to the bottom” of the breath test scandal and the homicide controversy has consumed an “inordinate” amount of its time.

Plans to build new garda stations and refurbish existing ones are being “significantly” affected because of a shortage of funding, the garda commissioner has warned.

Students are set to study car crashes, conflict resolution, and court sessions in an innovative college course designed to prepare them for life as a garda.

An Garda Síochána must be immediately sanctioned by the Revenue Commissioners over failure to clarify if it is tax compliant, a year on from the Garda college financial scandal, a TD has said.

An Garda Siochána has just 24 hours to confirm it is tax compliant to the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee amid an ongoing Revenue examination of its accounts in response to the Garda College financial scandal.

The Garda chief has said that all of the country’s divisional commanders have told him that the lack of frontline supervision of garda members was a problem.

The bar at the  in Templemore is still under Revenue investigation despite a €38,000 tax settlement, it has been confirmed.

The Garda Ombudsman has bluntly told the justice minister that if its staffing is not significantly increased it would “undoubtedly result” in the organisation’s failure to meet its obligations to the public.

Well now, this was a turn up for the books. The NUIG celebrations, after five drama-filled minutes of second-half injury-time, told as much.

Eoghan Cormican previews the Fitzgibbon Cup Group D, Group B and Group C.

UCC 1-12 Garda College 2-7... UCC advanced to a Sigerson Cup quarter-final with NUIG next week thanks to a rescue job led by two Kerry men, Sean O’Shea and Killian Spillane.

Sean O’Shea produced another outstanding performance in a memorable week but it was another Kerryman who delivered the dramatic winner.

NUI Galway will play wither UCC or Garda College in Round 2 of the Sigerson Cup as first-half goals from Damien Comer and Brian Donovan set them on the road to an easy win over IT Sligo.