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.

Garda intelligence has stated that there is an “imminent” danger of a revenge attack on members of the Kinahan crime cartel, the Irish Examiner understands.

A suspected terror chief and three young men were arrested yesterday in a massive security operation targeting dissident republicans. Specialist anti-terrorism squads and elite armed units, directed by Garda Intelligence, went to 20 addresses in counties Louth, Dublin and Wexford and arrested four suspects.

A major Garda operation, including two armed response teams, is under way today in Killarney, Co Kerry, where a motor rally is expected to draw thousands of enthusiasts and hundreds of so-called "boy racers".

There’s plenty more fuel in the GSOC crisis tank yet, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

Parents concerned about men loitering near playgrounds and schools “for no obvious reason” could be given “soft” Garda information, including unproven allegations about the individual’s background, if the Child Sex Offenders (Information and Monitoring) Bill is accepted by the Government.

Gardaí arrived just in the nick of time to prevent a frail, elderly, man handing over thousands of euro for a small tarmacadam driveway job that should have cost a fraction of the quoted price.

Gardaí suspect a bogus holly-selling gang may be responsible for burglaries in the mid-Cork area.

Cannabis plants worth €5m have been seized as part of an ongoing nationwide anti-drugs operation.

Drugs worth about €260m were seized in the first half of the year, justice minister Alan Shatter has revealed.

GARDA bosses will admit in a report to Justice Minister Brendan Smith that they knew about the presence of a British undercover police officer here.

One man hs been arrested following the seizure of €500,000 worth of counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco.

THERE can scarcely be a more overworked cliché about the North than Churchill’s words during the House of Commons debate in 1922 on the Irish Free State Bill.

The former head of Garda intelligence told a court today that he would have arrested former IRA leader Brendan 'Bik' Mc Farlanefor the kidnap of supermarket executive Don Tidey if had come face to face with him.

THE former head of the Forensic State Laboratory has rubbished claims by the daughter of Martin Cahill that the gangland boss was not involved in two failed assassination attempts on the scientist’s life.

GARDAÍ in Dublin are fearful of further attacks involving lethal explosives, following an incident in Crumlin shortly after 11pm last night in which a live grenade was thrown at a house.

The Chief Justice John Murray has sought details from the Department of Justice of the 23 gang members who Michael Mc Dowell has claimed were released on bail by the High Court.

EVEN the most hardened of cynics would find it difficult not to be amazed by the contents of yesterday’s long awaited statement by the Tánaiste, Michael McDowell, in support of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern.

The Dáil should hold a full debate on Saturday’s riots in central Dublin, it was claimed today.

Anyone who watches enough Hollywood films knows that the government agent who claims to be defending “national security” is always the baddie.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties is calling on the Taoiseach to order an independent inquiry into Michael McDowell's actions in the Frank Connolly controversy.

Omagh bomb victims will demand a timetable today for setting up a cross-border probe into the atrocity during new talks with the Government.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern stood by his allegations that Sinn Féin leaders knew the IRA was planning Britain’s biggest ever bank robbery tonight even though republican chiefs insisted he could not substantiate his claims.

AS a representative of the surviving children of Garda Richard Fallon, who was murdered on Arran Quay on April 3 1970, I am delighted to see that a commission of investigation is to be established by the Government.