DESPITE extensive Garda probes, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) decided that two priests in the Cloyne diocese accused of child abuse should not face criminal charges.

OFFICERS from Garda Internal Affairs are expected to question hundreds of people who attended a pre-Christmas party in the garda training college, after which two female trainees claimed they were victims of sexual harassment.

I BELIEVE Labour Party leader Pat Rabbitte was correct recently to raise concerns about the possible closure of rural garda stations.

A Garda Superintendent told the Special Criminal Court today that 27 uniformed and plain clothed gardai took part in a swoop on a house in Limerick city where gardaí believed a meeting of the Continuity IRA was taking place.

A Garda Superintendent told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today that a search warrant was issued for a house in Limerick city where seven men accused of membership of an illegal organisation were arrested after he briefed another senior garda officer in the city.

The inquiry into the Abbeylara shooting was suspended for half-an-hour today after heated exchanges between a committee member and a Garda Superintendent.