Former Dublin-based Garda Jimell Henry has been jailed for 18 months for passing sensitive information on to members of a criminal gang in Sligo.

As a member of An Garda Síochána, Maurice McCabe was entitled to know he was being accused of these offences, writes Michael Clifford

THE Garda Policing Plan 2018 has much to recommend it, including an initiative to deal with domestic violence in a more coherent way, a policy to recruit from minority groups, new measures to deal with cyber crime and the formation of a special team to deal with the fallout from Brexit.

Women’s Aid has welcomed measures in the Garda Policing Plan 2018 aimed at addressing problems in the recording and investigation of domestic violence.

THE latest report into the Garda breath-test scandal is shocking but not surprising.

Latest: Garda Keith Harrison has told the Charleton tribunal that the garda Pulse database was "was similar to a social media site" a decade ago.

An Garda Síochána’s credibility has suffered another blow after the CSO decided for a second time not to publish Garda crime statistics.

In President Donald Trump, they have a surrogate. It is unclear how far they may go, writes Gerard Howlin

The association representing families of homicide victims said it was “very concerned” at the revelation that 89 homicide offences have not been recorded on official crime statistics.

Almost 90 homicides over a 14-year period have not been included in CSO crime statistics because of Garda failings in recording them.

Prof Shannon’s report details barbaric abuse of children by parents, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

Two Garda brothers and a civil servant mole illegally passed confidential information on to a private detective agency, a court heard today.

A garda was punched, kicked, spat at, and had his eye gouged while responding to a domestic dispute.

A Cork man who told gardaí he had gone to Monaghan for “a drinking session” and did not know there was half-a-tonne of fertlizer in the van he was driving, has been found guilty of membership of the IRA.

New thinking is needed to free children as young as 11 who are trapped in criminal networks, a juvenile justice expert has urged.

Dublin’s north inner city is the country’s main crime blackspot, with crime rates several times the national average for a range of offences including assaults, theft and illegal drugs.

The concern over Garda strikes could be the final straw for Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan who, at best, is barely holding her own, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

The Government has a full-scale policing crisis on its hands after mid-ranking gardaí decided to join frontline gardaí in taking strike action on the same four Fridays in November.

Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald said that “no one wants gardaí to take strike action” and that she was doing “everything possible” to avert the crisis.

A Dublin-based Garda has gone on trial for harassing another officer through Facebook and the Garda Pulse system.

A continuing failure to keep some victims of crime informed about their investigations was described as “quite disconcerting” at yesterday’s Policing Authority meeting with the Garda Commissioner.

Sharp rises in burglaries were recorded in two of Cork’s three Garda divisions last year, despite a general reduction in overall crime levels in the nationwide.

A man jailed for the robbery of a post office faces a retrial because evidence on the alleged ownership of a motorbike used in the robbery was taken from the Garda Pulse system.

Overall crime levels fell by almost 2% last year, according to official Garda statistics, but crime rates actually increased in five counties, including Dublin.

A couple who split up repeatedly made complaints about each other at a local Garda station.

The Garda Inspectorate has said "it’s time to retire" the Garda Pulse computer system — saying the force desperately needs an entirely new platform.

Retired garda John Wilson has agreed that intelligence about journalist Ian Bailey was recorded on the Garda Pulse system when the Garda investigation into the 1996 murder in West Cork of Sophie Toscan du Plantier was continuing.

Retired garda John Wilson yesterday told the High Court Ian Bailey and Jules Thomas had remained under garda surveillance up until recent years at a level usually reserved for active criminal offenders.

The Government has agreed the terms of reference for a commission of investigation into the findings of the damning Guerin report on Garda malpractice allegations.

A website where people can report homophobic abuse and violence has gone live, with those behind the initiative hoping it can reduce the amount of intimidation felt by LGBT people.

Data protection bosses have issued strong warnings to credit unions, the ESB and members of the Garda Síochána following the prosecution of a private investigator for breaching data laws.

A private investigator has been fined €5,000 after he was convicted of breaking data protection laws by obtaining private personal information held by gardaí and the ESB.

Important lessons from previous Inspectorate reports were not heeded and systematic failures in how gardaí report crime continue to be made, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

Ireland’s true crime rate has been cast into doubt as a damning two-year investigation of the Garda found it does not record all criminal activity and wrongly classifies significant numbers of offences.

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.

-GSOC needs funds for ‘extensive’ investigation into complaints

The first thing Ann McNamara needs to know about a crime is not what has happened, but where it has happened.

Garda whistleblower John Wilson has sought a meeting with the newly appointed justice minister over fresh claims of Garda misconduct.

Whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe’s access to the Garda PULSE system has been restored following the publication of the Guerin Report.

The lowest point may well have been the death threat from another member of the force.