A decade-old indecent assault allegation against whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe was discussed at a meeting between gardaí and lawyers days before the O'Higgins commission of inquiry began hearings.

Twitter user Derek Byrne spotted one of the most unusual scenes today in Wicklow town, writes Breda Graham.

If Mr Murphy, Mr Barry, or Ruth Coppinger wish to claim victory for what Jobstown was, they have shown they are unfit to hold public office, writes Daniel McConnell.

If elements in the gardaí were intent on smearing Sgt Maurice McCabe they had something to use as the basis for attacking his character, writes Michael Clifford.

Big themes were explored yesterday in the High Court action Denis O’Brien is taking against the Oireachtas. 

The Garda Síochána has been hit with the retirement of another highly experienced senior officer with the flagged departure of its anti-terrorism chief.

GAA president Aogán Ó Fearghail says Louth are responsible for having to play their qualifier against Derry six days after they lost a Leinster quarter-final to Meath.

Calls from the public to Crimestoppers led directly to arrests and seizures of drugs, weapons, and child abuse images.

The O’Higgins report says any disciplinary proceedings against gardaí, which might conceivably arise out of his investigation, ‘would not be helpful’, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

The State has been given time to clarify issues raised about the case of a man accused of using “threatening and abusive language” towards the President.

Lawyers for a man accused of using threatening and abusive language towards President Michael D. Higgins claim his summons is “fatally flawed”.

Anti-Austerity Alliance TD Paul Murphy is to face a trial accused of false imprisonment of Tánaiste Joan Burton during the Jobstown anti-Irish Water protest last year.

A senior Garda boss has backed laws going through the Oireachtas which aim to restrict bail to serial burglars and impose longer sentences.

It was a bad day for Munster golf as Muskerry and Douglas crashed out in their respective semi-finals of the AIG Cups and Shields National Finals at Carton House.

Gardaí say there have been no powerline thefts since they arrested a number of gang members involved in this highly dangerous live cable robbery earlier this month.

A Garda spokesman has said that criminal gangs from west Balkan countries are coming to Ireland to steal high-voltage power lines.

Experience proved the key as Limerick and Muskerry qualified for the nationals finals of the AIG Irish Senior Cup and Barton Shield at Dungarvan on Saturday.

A Garda chief has renewed appeals to people with information about the high-profile cases of missing women to end the “living nightmare” of families and come forward.

Four water charges protes-ters were yesterday freed from jail by the president of the High Court after he upheld their claims that they were unlawfully detained in Mountjoy Prison under a committal warrant that contained a number of errors.

The anti-water charges movement has ‘jumped the shark’ in the sincerity of its protests, writes Alison O’ Connor.

A man charged with a 1997 double murder said a confession made by him in relation to the killings was “produced” by gardaí, a jury has heard.

Water protesters in Wheatfield prison “are willing to go back on hunger strike” if an agreement they claim to have made with prison officials falls through.

Water charge protesters stormed a meeting of Cork City Council last night in solidarity with jailed campaigners in Dublin.

A Sinn Féin Councillor has called for the immediate release of four water charge protesters who were jailed yesterday.

The jailing of five water charge protesters sparked demonstrations last night with supporters bringing a part of Dublin city centre to a rush hour standstill following the High Court’s decision.

Five water meter protesters have been given prison sentences by the High Court for breaching an order restraining them from coming within a 20m exclusion zone surrounding installation works.

Four Dublin water protesters have been jailed for breaching court orders not to interfere with water meter installations.

Demonstrators involved in the anti-water charge protest during which Tánaiste Joan Burton was trapped in her car have said they are proud of it and would do it again.

The High Court has reserved judgment in the case of seven water charge protesters facing jail or a fine if found to be in contempt of court regarding the obstruction of water meter installation.

There will be intense competition for the two positions of deputy Garda commissioners, which are expected to attract applications from both within the force and outside the organisation.

Some are using the feeling of anger in Ireland to drag the standards of decency and legitimate protest down. It must stop, writes Michael Clifford 

Anti-austerity TD Paul Murphy has been condemned from across the political spectrum for insisting the President is a legitimate target for protest.

Around a dozen senior appointments are to be made in the force before Christmas in a bid to fill vacancies that riddle the Garda top brass.

The final round of interviews for the next Garda commissioner began yesterday with interim police boss Noirin O’Sullivan the first among three candidates being grilled by an expert panel.

The Government has denied there was an amnesty for IRA killers operating in the Republic for more than a decade.

Northern Ireland’s chief constable will retire at the end of June, two months earlier than planned, he has announced.

A Co Down-born police commander has seen off competition from senior officers in London and Dublin to be named the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s new Chief Constable.

Pre-championship favourites Ballymun Kickhams got their Dublin SFC campaign off to a winning start as they recorded a comfortable victory over Naomh Olaf at Parnell Park last night.