One of four people arrested and charged in connection with an alleged cocaine extraction laboratory has been granted bail.

Two hundred and twenty five people were caught speeding on National Slow Down day yesterday.

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

The Policing Authority has drawn up a panel of 15 senior officers for promotion to the rank of chief superintendent after the biggest ever independent selection process for An Garda Síochána.

Data mined from a tracking device being fitted to 300 smart-connected cars could eventually be used to analyse driving habits to calculate fair insurance premiums for motorists.

LATEST: Superintendent Finbarr Murphy from Ballymun Garda Station made has made appeal and appeal for witnesses to a shooting at a Topaz station on Clonshaugh Road, Dublin today.

More than 7,500 horses were slaughtered in Ireland last year and sold as meat to householders, mainly on continental Europe.

It was a tragedy of unimaginable proportions which touched people on both sides of the Irish Sea.

Gardaí are appealing to a missing 16-year-old girl to contact her family in Waterford.

John Joe Joyce tops the bill when the Rylane and An Garda Síochána Boxing clubs display their talents at Cork’s Rochestown Park Hotel on Saturday night (8pm).

MEAT factory managers are hopeful that a Department of Agriculture intervention can help avert any escalation of the industrial action currently being taken by Ireland’s veterinarians.

A SUSPECTED foot-and-mouth case has added to concerns among veterinary surgeons about diminishing numbers in the Irish State veterinary service.

A UNIVERSITY has signed a licensing agreement with a new Irish biotech company to develop ‘tailor-made’ drugs that could give new hope to cancer patients.

THE number of juveniles caught dealing drugs has jumped by 50%, according to Garda figures.

THE country’s swine flu contingency plan cannot be fully implemented because there are no emergency on-call specialists to respond to an outbreak.

HEAVYWEIGHTS Eamonn Higgins (UCC) and Martin Donovan (OLOL) claim top billing on Friday night when Cork County Board host a charity boxing show in aid of the Alzheimer’s Association at Neptune Stadium (7pm).

FOUR of the biggest landowners in Cork’s sprawling docklands confirmed last night they have combined to drive forward the region’s multibillion regeneration.

GARDAÍ have set up a working group with gay representatives to tackle a rise in homophobic attacks.

A SUPREME Court judge yesterday criticised the Government’s willingness to spend “enormous resources” on prisons while failing to fund crime-prevention measures.

DR IAN HAYES, the chief executive and co-founder of EiRx Therapeutics, has left the Cork-based pharmaceutical company.

EiRx Therapeutics, the AIM-quoted drug discovery company based at Cork Airport Business Park, has filed patent applications for new drug candidates with potential value as treatments for a range of cancers, including colorectal and breast tumours.

Gardaí have launched a massive crime prevention campaign aimed at encouraging members of the gay community to report any homophobic incidents.

GAY people are being blackmailed by their former partners for sums of up to €10,000, a senior garda revealed last night.

THOUSANDS of people are expected to flock to the opening in Cork tomorrow of the country’s biggest shopping centre outside Dublin.

DIABETIC prisoners or those on a methadone programme are among new inmates that could be put at risk by a planned prison doctors’ strike.

HEALTH MINISTER Micheál Martin's smoking ban last night looked vulnerable to a raft of legal challenges.

A CREDIT union board of directors that refused to resign against members’ wishes face a second threat to their positions in three months’ time.