Many people are concerned about media reports “that the future of one-person garda stations nationwide hangs in the balance.”

Gardaí are weeks away from approving measures to combat rural crime despite growing fears over a renewed spate of attacks on elderly people.

Gardaí in Kerry’s county town have come up with a strategy to prevent the targeting of vulnerable people, especially the elderly, for large sums of cash.

Community organisations in west Waterford are to get live information on crimes and suspicious activity as part of a new text alert system.

It’s a message in a bottle which could help save lives.

A British police watchdog will investigate whether allegations of corruption in the Stephen Lawrence murder investigation were not passed on to a major inquiry.

THE re-launch of a Neighbourhood Watch scheme will allow for an enhanced police service in the Dungarvan area, gardaí have said.

THE parents of Joanna Yeates said yesterday they were pleased an arrest had been made in the hunt for her killer as police questioned her landlord.

THE Garda Commissioner will be in Cork city today to launch the first “community policing” model of its kind in the country.

IF GARDAÍ cannot deal with intimidation locally, they will not be able to do so at a national level, Deputy Commissioner Martin Callinan said yesterday.

A knife attacker stabbed four men on a main street, police said today, in an outburst after an alleged all-night drinking session.

Crime victims were today urged to stand together in a new bid to thwart thugs and burglars menacing whole communities in Northern Ireland.

By Terry Prone