Cormac O’Keeffe says the Garda commissioner is still standing after a very eventful week

Having retired from the force after 39 years, Michael O’Sullivan has seen gangs come and go, and has no doubt what faces the Kinahan cartel. He talks to Cormac O’Keeffe

Danish photojournalist Daniel Rye endured beatings, torture, cramped spaces and hunger as a hostage of the Islamic State in Syria, topped off with the regular threat of beheading, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

While Ireland may remain generally safe for Muslims, the rhetoric of Donald Trump and a right wing attack on a Mosque in Quebec have increased apprehension among Ireland’s Muslim community, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

Community gardaí are often the first point of contact with the force and offer a reassuring presence on the streets, writes Donal O’Keeffe

Over the past three weeks, the looming garda strikes crisis has escalated from being manageable to bordering on full-blown, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

Crime correspondent Cormac O’Keeffe goes behind the headlines in this special report on the fall-out from recent incidents at the Oberstown Children Detention Campus. As part of his report he meets Pat Bergin,  the centre's Director, and hears his assessment of the situation and of his plans for the future.

Many lone attackers share information on their plans prior to the attack, which gives hope that their family or friends will tell the authorities, writes Cormac O’Keeffe            

Coillte spends €450k a year cleaning up litter. We meet the contractor who’s out to bust the dumpers. Are bin charges to blame? asks Donal O’Keeffe

Stephen O’Keeffe saved a last minute penalty from Shane Ryan to salvage a draw for holders Ballygunner against 14-man De La Salle at Walsh Park on Saturday evening.

The O’Higgins report says any disciplinary proceedings against gardaí, which might conceivably arise out of his investigation, ‘would not be helpful’, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

Cormac O’Keeffe analyses the risk of dissident republicans being dragged into Dublin’s gang warfare

Authorities cannot say they were unaware of the potential for catastrophe in forensic science as

The attacks in Brussels fit into a pattern of a concerted campaign against institutions and activities that the West regards as central to its values and ideals, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

With an almost 60% increase in knife murders to 19 fatalities in 2014, a bereaved family member tells Cormac O’Keeffe of his continuing pain and grief

Three murdered Irish tourists were ordinary people on a summer holiday, who were just hours away from flying home, when Seifeddine Rezgui took to Marhaba beach armed with an assault rifle and grenades and massacre of the innocent on his mind, reports Cormac O’Keeffe.

The fastest time of the night on Saturday’s card at Curraheen Park came in the opener but, more significantly and a little surprisingly, it came from a newcomer, Barnagrane Glen, owned by Paudie O’Keeffe.

Industry leaders took time to honour an agrifood legend with the launch of the €4.5m Paddy O’Keeffe Innovation Centre at the Teagasc campus in Moorepark, Fermoy, Co Cork.

Coming less than a week after the Paris terror attack, investigators are under pressure to find out who was behind the incident at one of Ireland’s best known workplaces, reports Cormac O’Keeffe

Waterford secretary Timmy O’Keeffe fears teams could be eliminated from county championships by June if national proposals to condense club competitions into a calendar year are successful.

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.

Two investigations into the GSOC bugging affair have left many questions unanswered, including who leaked the report, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

Title: The Visitors

The son of a woman murdered in 2002 wants a range of minimum sentences of 15 to 30 years and whole-life terms for murderers, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

If gardaí had access to records then the scandal may have been prevented, says Cormac O’Keeffe.

Ger O’Keeffe has taken issue with Cork and Kerry’s stay-away supporters, suggesting they are more interested in the occasion than the football.

While retired judge John Cooke has made some pointed criticisms of the Garda Ombudsman in his 65-page report, he does so largely ‘in retrospect’ and in context, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

Concerns have been raised about the quality of training at Templemore during the Celtic Tiger years, says Cormac O’Keeffe.

Sergeant Maurice McCabe made complaints about 16 individual incidents relating to failures by gardaí to investigate reported crimes, internal matters including harassment of officers, and allegations of misconduct by individual members of the force. Caroline O’Doherty and Cormac O’Keeffe report on Seán Guerin’s examination of the matters

HOUSES in the west Cork “lifestyle cove” of Rossbrin rarely come up for sale, they get handed down through the generations, and there’s little surprise about that.