The number of frontline gardaí based in several Cork City Garda stations is still at 2010 levels despite the arrival of 15 probationary gardaí in two districts this week.

Household burglaries in Cork City and county have risen by 40% in recent months compared to the same period last year.

A blitz on younger drivers, particularly male drivers, over the next eight Saturdays, beginning today has been announced in Kerry, after an analysis of the first six months of the year by senior gardaí in the division found that young men, in the 21-30 age group, are more likely to drink drive than any other group.

A RANGE of Government agencies should be able to use their powers to regulate head shops, it has been claimed.