Key organised crime laws are “bordering on useless” and delays in securing search warrants are jeopardising investigations, experienced gardaí have claimed.

Michael and Eddie O’Loughlin should have remembered what they say about being paranoid — it doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you.

Two Galway men have pleaded guilty to membership of a criminal organisation, marking the first conviction under new anti-gang legislation.

The trial of two Galway men accused of directing a criminal organisation has collapsed due to the illness of a juror.