It happened in the Arthurstown area of Ardee on Wednesday morning under section 30 Offences Against the State Act.

It is common knowledge that Ireland has a problem with the over-consumption of alcohol. What may be so well known is that we also have a problem with mind-altering narcotics, in particular, cocaine, heroin and prescription painkillers.

“I am very keen to ensure that every resource is available to An Garda Siochana in order to bring those responsible to justice.”

Garda decisions to cancel leave and ease stringent controls on overtime in Co Louth reflect the “seriousness and urgency” of the situation in Drogheda, senior officers have said.

The main suspect in the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was arrested last night.

Technical examinations are being conducted on two mobile phones and at an abandoned house in a bid to determine the motivation behind a knife rampage by an Egyptian teenager in Dundalk that left a young Japanese man dead and two Irish men injured.

Detectives say that an examination of phone and online communications of the Egyptian teenager arrested in relation to the stabbing spree in Dundalk, Co Louth, which left one man dead, would be critical in establishing the motive for the attack.

Latest: Detectives investigating the murder of a Japanese man during a series of random attacks in Dundalk, Co Louth have said terrorism is one line of inquiry.

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

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 son of a pensioner who froze to death after being bound and gagged in his home while desperately seeking help is still searching for justice 15 years after the murder that shocked the nation.

Thirteen years after his disappearance, the parents of Aengus Gussie Shanahan have spoken out about how they believe he was murdered near a pub in Limerick.

The family of Sophie Toscan du Plantier want Garda cold case experts to complete a full scientific reconstruction of the investigation into her death.

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

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

THE Garda cold-case unit brought its first prosecution yesterday when a man was charged in connection with a murder almost five years ago.

UNSOLVED murders stretching back to 1980 will be the focus of a cold case unit established by Garda bosses as part of a major shake-up in the way gardaí tackle crime.

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.

GARDAÍ are trying to build up a case against the mother of two women found guilty last week of brutally killing her boyfriend.

A substantial reward was paid to a person who helped solve the case of the murdered African man whose decapitated body was found in Dublin's Royal Canal, it was confirmed today.

Gardaí in Dublin last night launched a murder inquiry after the body of a 25-year-old Jamaican woman was found in an apartment in Phibsboro.

A man who died after a violent attack in Dublin had intervened in a row between a couple. Patrick Farrell, from Dunne Street on the north-side of the city, was kicked and stabbed to death. It is believed a barbecue fork was used in the attack.