A heroin dealer who was warned not to think that a district judge was bluffing was ordered to do 220 hours of community service yesterday and a six-month sentence was left hanging over him.

Staffing levels fell in more than half of all 28 Garda divisions last year, despite the deployment of almost 300 newly-qualified gardaí in recent months.

Gardaí have most likely saved lives and dealt a significant financial blow to one of the biggest trafficking gangs in Ireland after a major gun and drugs haul.

A Cork businessman has been given a five-year jail sentence in Spain after authorities there had seized a yacht carrying €6m of cannabis.

Gardaí were involved last year in seizing €700m worth of drugs, targeting 621 crime gangs, and tracking down more than 9,000 missing persons.

A drug project has welcomed a statement from a government TD calling for supervised centres where people can inject drugs.

Gardaí have seized almost €500,000 worth of cannabis herb after a major operation was put into action following suspicious activity by known criminals.

Four men arrested after a drugs seizure on Dublin's Northside will appear in court this morning.

The discovery of a huge haul of cocaine at Cork Port directly imported from Central America again raises concerns regarding the shipment of massive consignments to Ireland and through Irish waters for the local and British markets.

The State has dropped a charge of possession of €2.5m worth of ecstasy against a man in light of last week’s Court of Appeal ruling.

Two new ‘super’ Garda units are being set up — one to target organised gangs and another to tackle child abuse, domestic and sexual violence, and human exploitation.

The Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan has announced major changes to the structure of the force that will change how crimes are investigated.

Communities terrorised by drug gangs need more Garda resources as well as “mini” criminal assets bureaus, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

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

Some 45 successful candidates for promotion to senior ranks in the Garda Síochána have been officially notified.

Gardaí and Customs have dealt another blow to criminal gangs eager to earn millions from the Christmas black market.

Around a dozen senior appointments are to be made in the force before Christmas in a bid to fill vacancies that riddle the Garda top brass.

Fourteen people are due in court as part of an investigation into the sale and supply of heroin, cannabis herb and other controlled drugs in the Drogheda area.

Fourteen people have been arrested as part of an investigation targeting the sale and supply of heroin, cannabis herb and other controlled drugs in the Drogheda area.

As part of the ‘Irish Examiner’s third day of analysis on the Garda Inspectorate report, Cormac O’Keeffe uncovers the crisis in the force’s informant handling system

Gardaí have seized heroin with an estimated value of €750,000 in Co Louth.

A landmark piece of research into Irish drug markets has revealed a trade more deeply entrenched than ever and delivers a sobering message that cannot be ignored, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

Gardaí have dealt a blow to a drug-dealing gang supplying highly dangerous chemicals.

By Sean O’Riordan, Irish Examiner

Heroin, tablets and cannabis with a total value of approximately €700,000 have been seized by Co Meath, it has emerged.

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.

More than 100 Gardaí are carrying out a "major search and arrest operation" in Dublin's north inner city.

Gardaí targeted almost 270 organised crime gangs last year in nearly 2,000 operations and intelligence investigations.

One of the country’s biggest suspected drug importers is being questioned in connection with the third largest heroin seizure in the history of the State.

Acting police chief Noirín O’Sullivan yesterday gave RTÉ crime drama Love/Hate an official seal of approval, saying she was a fan.

Cocaine sold on the streets here is the least pure, but the second most expensive in Europe.

Gardaí have sezied around €800,000 worth of cannabis herb in Co. Kildare.

A drugs haul worth more than €5m has been seized in a series of raids in Dublin in which five people were arrested, the Gardaí have said.

Independent TD Luke 'Ming' Flanagan has claimed he and a Garda whistleblower were under surveillance this morning, as they raised new allegations of Garda corruption.

Eight men have appeared in court charged in connection with a multi-million euro drugs haul.

Four men are due in court in Dublin this morning charged in connection with a €5m drug bust.

Nine suspected members of a major gang of drug traffickers were arrested and drugs with an estimated value of almost €6m seized by gardaí in Dublin and Meath yesterday.

A major day-long Garda crackdown on guns and drugs in Dublin and Meath led to the arrest of nine people and the seizure of up to €5m worth of drugs yesterday.

€1m worth of drugs seized in Drogheda last week were displayed in garda headquarters today.

Three men have been arrested by gardaí targeting the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the Co Louth area.

The question of who will succeed Martin Callinan as Garda commissioner almost invariably prompts the answer that there’s only one man — or in this case, woman — for the job.

Caroline O’Doherty looks at Martin Callinan’s record prior to this very damaging, badly handled scandal

Gardaí have charged a man in connection with the seizure of 39kgs of cannabis resin.