Security Correspondent Cormac O’Keeffe examines the manifestos to see what they propose for beleaguered communities

Denis Hurley picks out eight players to watch from Wednesday's Harty Cup quarter-finalists.

More than 30 new gardaí have been temporarily stationed in Cork city to tackle thefts, public order incidents, drugs and traffic issues during the busy Christmas period.

The biggest allocation of graduates is to Dublin divisions, with 89 of the 197 graduates being assigned to Dublin.

Cork is to get just 14 of the latest garda probationers to graduate from the force’s training college.

Christian Brothers College, Cork put one foot in the quarter-finals of the Harty Cup when recording their second win in Group C.

Clonmel Commercials and JK Brackens will contest the Tipperary football decider this Saturday (Semple Stadium, 2.30pm), the Templemore club less than pleased with the decision to take the final out of its traditional Sunday slot.

Rank and file gardaí are demanding a special allowance to compensate members of the force who must pay a higher price for accommodation in designated rent pressure zones.

Goals were the order of the day for Midleton CBS at Bansha today as they crushed Our Lady’s Templemore to reach the last four of the Dr Harty Cup.

Cork will have two schools in the last four of the Corn Uí Mhuirí after this evening's quarter-final draws threw up two all-Cork pairings.

Kerry 7-5 Tipperary 3-9: Kerry U14 ladies football manager John Doona raced over to the main stand at the final whistle and said to the Kingdom supporters, “that’s for ye, that’s for ye”.

The bar at the  in Templemore is still under Revenue investigation despite a €38,000 tax settlement, it has been confirmed.

The Garda Ombudsman has bluntly told the justice minister that if its staffing is not significantly increased it would “undoubtedly result” in the organisation’s failure to meet its obligations to the public.

There are “unacceptable delays” in the examination of digital devices in child abuse investigations, despite calls for an “urgent review” of the area more than three years ago, according to the Garda Inspectorate.

The driver of a car which crashed into a teacher’s car killing her parents screamed and blacked out when her passenger, a psychiatric patient, allegedly grabbed her steering wheel, the High Court heard today.

Reigning Dr Harty Cup (Munster PPS U18½AHC) champions Our Lady’s Secondary School will clash with John The Baptist CS of Hospital in the quarter-finals of the current competition.

Gardaí are creating a network of local officers skilled in investigating complex fraud across its divisions.

A judge has granted Garda Gao’s bid for a judicial review of decision to remove him from sick pay status, writes Michael Clifford

ARDSCOIL RÍS recorded a big victory over a young Charleville CBS side in the opening round of the Dr Harty Cup at Kilmallock today. 

The Acting Garda Commissioner and the force's principal watchdog have clashed over where the blame lies for the scandal of 1.4 million bogus breath tests.

Senior gardaí admit the fake breath test scandal has "damaged the reputation" of the force, but new recruits say they are excited to be joining at such "an exciting time".

After  a summer of wetsuit posing, efforts to expand his appeal through social media and going unrecognised by Irish students on their J1 visa Taoiseach Leo Varadkar now gets down to the real business of running the country, writes Alison O’Connor.

There is a complicated justice architecture in Ireland.

Former Garda commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan did not get a special pension deal as part of her retirement, Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said.

YESTERDAY afternoon’s announcement from Noírín O’Sullivan that she would resign from her position as Garda commissioner with immediate effect was probably greeted more with relief rather than surprise in government circles.

Bill Linnane hails the wonders and the blunders of the inimitable Kerry show

Study done before breath test and college funds scandals broke

THE PAC v O’Sullivan fight has gone the full 15 rounds. But at the end of it, the Garda Commissioner is still standing in the ring, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

GARDA Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan has thus far managed to hold on to her job, despite a litany of failings within the force. 

The European Union's anti-fraud agency, OLAF, will launch an investigation into the use of funds sourced in Europe at the Garda's training college in Templemore, it has been suggested.

Gardaí have been accused of deliberately withholding information from the Public Accounts Committee, until it's too late to check it.

Senior gardaí told the Public Accounts Committee that the controversial redistribution and investment of funds at the Garda College was done with the aim of developing facilities at the Templemore training campus.

The Dáil Public Accounts Committee has heard evidence contradicting the Garda commissioner’s account of when she learned about financial irregularities at Templemore training college.

The Public Accounts Committee will hear from more senior Gardaí today, as it continues its probe into financial irregularities at the Garda Training College in Templemore.

The civilian head of human resources in An Garda Siochána, John Barrett, who found himself in conflict with the Garda Commissioner, has stepped down as the force’s representative on the Policing Authority’s Ethics committee.

As the dust settles on Wednesday’s Public Accounts Committee hearing into Templemore College, what are the issues facing Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan when she appears before it again on June 14?

The financial crisis at the Garda College has deepened after serious concerns emerged over the tax compliance of its accounts and fears over hundreds of cheques given to gardaí for unvouched expenses.

Garda Commissioner Noirin O'Sullivan was urged to tell the Justice Minister of financial irregularities at Templemore training college as early as the middle of July 2015, a committee has heard.

Fresh Garda documents sent to the Public Accounts Committee reveal deep divisions among senior civil servants within An Garda Síochána.

Records set to be revealed today will claim the Garda college in Templemore may be linked to offshore bank accounts and bonuses connected to the laundry account at the facility.

The Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said she has no evidence that the Garda Commissioner has done anything wrong.

The head of internal audit in the Garda Síochána has said he was “duped” into setting aside his inquiries into financial irregularities at the Garda College by reassurances from senior management that matters were being addressed.

Tánaiste and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has warned motions expressing no confidence in public servants risked turning the Dáil into a “kangaroo court”.

Two previous Garda commissioners were informed of concerns about the lack of financial controls at the Garda Training College in Templemore as far back as 2008.