Is it possible that Seamus McCarthy, the comptroller and auditor general (C&AG) and the country’s public spending watchdog, is a better cop than the cops?

A Garda Inspector struck off up to 1,000 fixed notices for drivers all over the country, four TDs claimed as they called for a public inquiry into corruption in the force.

Senior gardaí failed to properly investigate dramatic allegations of corruption and bribery involving politicians and senior officials, the Mahon Tribunal found.

AN eerie silence in courtroom 19 of the Central Criminal Court was only broken by cries of relief.

GARDAÍ are expected to travel to Slovakia as part of their investigation into how explosives were smuggled into Ireland after a botched security operation by Slovak police.

A detective sergeant threatened his Garda interviewers that he had notes and tapes of his conversations with senior officers in Donegal, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

A SCOTTISH couple were being questioned by gardaí in Co Waterford last night in connection with the violent death of mother-of-two Mary Walsh.

Victims of clerical sex abuse are holding talks today with two Cabinet Ministers.