A Dublin man accused of IRA membership has been released on bail by the non-jury Special Criminal Court today.

Two Dublin men have appeared before an out-of-term sitting of the non-jury Special Criminal Court this evening charged with IRA membership.

Anti-terrorism chiefs in the North have welcomed the arrest by Gardaí of two suspected dissident republicans in connection with an attempt to murder a PSNI officer last June.

It was the prosecution's case that DNA evidence linked Darren Weldon to a number plate found in the debris of a car bomb which exploded outside Newry courthouse on February 22, 2010.

Real IRA leader who plotted an explosion during the State visit of Britain’s Prince Charles in 2015 has died in prison.

A "naive" man who made a “catastrophic error of judgment” by opening the gates of his father’s quarry and allowing the IRA to take explosives away has avoided an immediate jail sentence.

A man on trial at the Special Criminal Court gave no reply when asked by gardaí to account for the presence of 150kg of explosives in a car in which he was a front seat passenger, the court has heard.

Armed gardai found four bags of explosives in the boot of a car and 18 detonators under the front passenger seat when they stopped the vehicle on the Naas Road, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

A Monaghan mechanic has been found guilty of IRA membership by the non-jury Special Criminal Court.

Even if gardaí can identify where stamps bought a year ago were purchased, the CCTV is ‘long gone’

A chief superintendent has told the non-jury Special Criminal Court he believes two men are members of the IRA.

High-visibility armed patrols in Dublin have been reduced by up to 30% because of overtime cuts, separate garda sources have said.

A dissident republican leader convicted of directing the activities of a terrorist organisation which plotted an explosion during the State visit of Britain’s Prince Charles two years ago has been jailed for eleven and a half years.

Not a single hospital has been fined for failure to implement a policy that is supposed to reduce overcrowding in emergency departments — at a time when numbers on trolleys are at record levels.

Not a single hospital has been fined for failure to implement a policy that is supposed to reduce overcrowding in emergency departments — at a time when numbers on trolleys are at record levels.

A major revamp of the Garda Síochána's security and firearms operations was instituted yesterday.

A man arrested in connection with the forging of documents has been released from Garda custody.

Garda security services are consulting with London police on an Islamist terrorism investigation after the arrest of an Algerian man in Dublin in relation to fraudulent identification documents.

The fingerprint of a man accused of IRA membership was found on the registration certificate of the car used in the fatal shooting of Northern Irish prison officer David Black, the Special Criminal Court has heard today.

A larger anti-terrorism unit, more armed gardaí on the streets, round-the-clock regional support units and specially trained garda dispatchers for terrorist and firearms incidents are all being put in place to deal with potential terror threats.

A man has been charged with knowingly possessing four kilograms of TNT in central Dublin, while another man has been charged with IRA membership, at a bank-holiday Sunday sitting of the Special Criminal Court.

“In the base of the bag there was four blocks of ...TNT and three electronic detonators in good condition strapped to the TNT.”

The Government yesterday appointed eleven senior officers in a bid to fill “critical vacancies” in the Garda Síochána.

The Garda commissioner said the appointment by the Government of 28 senior garda managers will “help to address the critical vacancies” in the organisation.

The new armed response unit for Dublin, announced as part of a government package to fight gangland feuding, is not expected to be up and running for at least five to six months.

Gardaí targeting dissident republicans have uncovered a major cache of guns and bomb-making equipment in a search near the border.

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

James Reilly does not rate highly with many people as health minister, but who would want his job, asks Catherine Shanahan.

The Taoiseach has today been accused of trying to camouflage hospital waiting list figures.

Two health services tasked with reducing Ireland’s chronic waiting list problems have been hit with a combined 64% cut to their funds.

The man suspected of murdering mother Patricia Kierans shot her shortly after she arrived home, before going on a drinking binge leading to an eight-hour siege in Bailieborough, Co Cavan.

An €18m intervention fund has been set up as the latest initiative in tackling the politically sensitive and enduring issues of emergency department overcrowding and excessive patient waiting times.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has recorded a 103% rise since 2007 in the number of patients on trolleys at a time when 2,279 hospital beds remain closed.

A Libyan-born man who once featured on the UN’s al Qaeda “terror list” has avoided jail after a court heard he confronted a Garda Special Detective Unit officer and goaded her to shoot him.

Three men appeared before a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court over the weekend charged in connection with the fatal shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly in Co Meath.

Nearly 60% of the 9,800 people waiting four years or more for an outpatient hospital consultant appointment are based in Limerick.

The equivalent of one-in-12 people in Ireland are forced to wait for outpatient hospital appointments — including almost 10,000 people unable to access care for more than four years.

Two dissident republicans are being questioned after surveillance equipment was seized in a hotel room overlooking Dublin’s garda headquarters.

One of the country’s busiest maternity hospitals could face stiff financial penalties after being forced to cut back on surgery because of reduced theatre time.

Gardaí are appealing to the consciences of those who have information about the bomb blast which ripped apart a child’s hands on Wednesday morning.