Gardaí have seized €900,000 worth of drugs and arrested three people in Louth.

Gardaí suspect that a major haul of cannabis herb – 98kgs in weight – confiscated in west Dublin was about to be driven across the border.

Official figures show that domestic burglaries have been cut in half over the last four years - a trend gardaí are attributing to a dedicated policing operation.

Police in the North are fighting more than 100 organised crime gangs, MLAs have heard.