Gardaí have made a major breakthrough in three cold case deaths in Co Kildare.

Nephew chokes back tears as man convicted of strangling elderly woman and setting house on fire

A 'cold case' investigation has solved a 30-year-old murder after a jury returned a guilty verdict against a man for strangling an elderly woman to death before setting her house on fire.

The Garda Commissioner has announced the appointments of 11 newly-promoted senior officers and the transfer of seven Garda bosses, in a major reshuffle of top brass.

More than 240 murders committed by criminal gangs remain unsolved, it has been claimed.

The Garda cold case unit, which investigates unsolved homicides and high-profile missing person cases, has had its staffing cut by almost 50% in the past two years.

IT IS alarming to note that the number of gardaí working on so-called cold cases has been halved. A special unit formed to investigate unsolved homicides and high-profile missing person cases, it has brought hope to many families up and down the country.

A grandmother has been spared jail for lying to GSOC after she posted a lewd Valentine’s card containing a G-string and a bullet to a detective in the Garda "cold case" unit.

Crumbling loyalties could lead to breakthroughs in many of the missing women cases, according to a senior garda who investigated them.

Gardaí have called on those who have doubts about an alibi they gave for someone investigated by gardaí in relation to the murder of teenager Raonaid Murray 15 years ago to come forward.

The investigation into the killing of Fr Niall Molloy by the Garda cold caseunit is to be examined by a senior lawyer.

The investigation into the killing of Fr Niall Molloy by the Garda cold case unit is to be examined by a senior lawyer.

The results of an autopsy carried out yesterday by Dr Michael Curtis, the deputy state pathologist, on the partial remains discovered near Killakee Mountain, indicate that the victim was more than likely female.

The brother of a student found murdered in a burnt-out mobile home has made a fresh TV appeal for help to find her killer before he strikes again.

The Garda Cold Case Unit has launched a review of the investigation into the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

GARDAÍ investigating the crimes of convicted rapist Larry Murphy have removed the concrete base of a remote hunter’s cabin near his Wicklow home.

Gardaí in Dublin are making a fresh appeal for information about the death of a 12-year-old boy in a fire in Tallaght ten years ago tomorrow.

A man on trial for murdering his girlfriend’s father in 1987 told gardaí in 2008 that he was glad it was coming to light, a cold-case murder trial has heard.

Crimestoppers are appealing for information on the dealth of Limerick man Henry Hurley in 1989.

A young art student found dead five years ago in a burnt out caravan was murdered, cold case detectives revealed tonight.

A MAN arrested at Dublin airport last night will appear in court this morning charged with a murder in Co Westmeath 21 years ago.

GARDAÍ are to prepare a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions after questioned a woman in connection with the murder of a man more than 20 years ago.

More than 200 unsolved murders are to be re-investigated by a team of detectives in An Garda Siochana’s new cold-case squad, it was revealed today.