The investigation is on foot of a protected disclosure by a Garda who served in the town for a six-year period, but who has been on sick leave in recent years. It got underway late last year.

The death of a newborn baby at one of the country’s busiest maternity hospitals is being investigated by gardaí.

The tragic death of a newborn baby at one of the country's busiest maternity hospitals is being investigated by gardaí.

A specialist Garda unit investigating sex crimes is not expected to be able to take on new cases until at least next March because it still is not properly staffed.

The Garda ombudsman, Gsoc, is looking into whether gardaí properly investigated the complaint of a woman who said she had been repeatedly contacted by a judge who was dealing with her family law case.

There were 17 people arrested across West Cork on Tuesday as part of an operation targeting the suspected importation of child sex abuse material, threats to kill, and other crimes.

The boy and girl - both 14 - had been reported missing in the Fermoy area on Sunday, prompting a search by locally based gardaí, fire brigade, ambulance service and a Rescue 115 helicopter.

Gardaí say a man fell to the ground after “colliding with a vehicle” near the site of the Connemara Gateway Hotel.

Gardai in Cork are investigating after a five year old child who was out playing found a substance resembling heroin on the street at an estate in Knocknaheeny on the northside of the city.

The promoters of last weekend’s All Together Now festival, along with gardaí and Waterford City Council, are to undertake a review of the event’s traffic management after the roads approaching the site came to a standstill for hours on Friday.

Specialist gardaí have received allegations that a five-year-old girl may have been subjected to potential “sexualised behaviour” involving up to three boys aged between seven and 10.

A seven-year-old girl is understood to have died after a car rolled over her in Drogheda, Co Louth, this afternoon.

An Garda Síochána has refused to comment on warnings from the US State Department and the US embassy in Ireland that there is “a potential for violence” at this weekend’s Longitude music festival in Dublin.

Gardaí have delivered a “major blow” to a Romanian crime gang after they uncovered a “manufacturing hub” for the production of false passports.

A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a 24-year-old Jordan Davis in Darndale in Dublin.

A large crowd had queued from the early hours of this morning in order to buy a pair of the new Adidas Yeezy Boost 350s runners.

The men and women of An Garda Síochána are tasked with managing the behind-the-scenes mammoth security operation surrounding President Trump’s visit.

Gardaí are investigating how two Traveller caravans were burnt on two separate days in what one senior academic said may be a hate crime.

The Garda National Economic Crime Bureau made the arrest after searching a property in north Co Dublin.

Gardaí who threatened to walk away from Dickensian conditions at a garda station in a Cork suburb will soon be able to operate out of a modern facility.

The operation is targeting an organised crime group, according to a statement from the Garda Press Office.

A full garda investigation is underway now into allegations surrounding registration forms for the supplementary electoral register in County Kerry.

The evidence of Garda Commissioner Drew Harris before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) earlier this month about the controversial prosecution of a civilian Garda employee, has raised some serious questions.

At around 7:30 yesterday evening, gardaí on patrol in Finglas noticed a car being driven erratically.

The majority of these incidents were observed by plainclothes gardaí who were deployed as part of the policing plan for the event, according to the Garda Press Office.

The solicitor for a civilian Garda employee who was the subject of a criminal investigation over the production of sick notes at work has called for a “full and impartial” inquiry.

The overnight incident was described as "intimidation" by Louth TD Declan Breathnach.

The arrival of a woman at the mosque bearing flowers was a “beautiful gesture”, one that meant a lot to the Muslim community, a senior member of the mosque said.

A senior garda is under investigation concerning allegations he used racist language to describe black people.

One man was killed and another seriously injured in a double shooting outside a gym in Swords in north Co Dublin last night.

Three people including a garda were taken to hospital after an incident in Castlerea in the early hours of Sunday.

Superintendent Taylor had been suspended from the force in the wake of the publication of the Disclosures Tribunal report.

Even in a post-truth, post-shame world, even in a world where alternative facts are trotted out as regularly as “unprecedented” October storms threaten homes and property, the conclusion reached by Mr Justice Peter Charleton that, despite his repeated denials, former garda commissioner Martin Callinan told a Dáil deputy in early 2014 that whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe had sexually abused his family is deeply shocking. The allegation, and that is a very generous use of vocabulary, was of course false.

A teenager arrested in relation to “prank” death threats against teachers at his school will be considered for inclusion in the Juvenile Diversion Programme.

A dig to uncover the remains of a man believed to have been shot during the Civil War in Mid-Kerry has finished without result.

John Fogarty An Garda Síochána have suggested they were satisfied with the health and safety measures taken by the Kildare County Board as early as Monday for this Saturday’s All-Ireland qualifier clash in St Conleth’s Park.

The Disclosures Tribunal is prone to getting blown off course on a not infrequent basis, writes Michael Clifford

A man in his 20s has been charged with the murder of a father of four in a bar in Mitchelstown, Co Cork, over the weekend.

Nóirín O’Sullivan didn’t hear all the bad stuff that was going around about Maurice McCabe a few years back. She didn’t speak to anybody about it either.

Gardaí were last night still searching for a woman after they fatally shot her abductor after a massive manhunt in south Dublin.

The Disclosures Tribunal is on the home stretch, but there’s no knowing how long it might take to arrive, writes Michael Clifford.

Women’s rights campaigners have expressed dismay after further discrepancies were uncovered in the recording of crime statistics — this time involving sexual offences.

The former chief executive of the Road Safety Authority (RSA) was told by the then Garda press officer, Superintendent David Taylor, that his phone could be monitored, the Charleton Tribunal has heard.