A 25-year-old man caught with a loaded handgun was a trusted member of an organised crime gang who were planning an imminent attack on a rival north Dublin faction, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

A man who confessed to heroin dealing in Cork city has been jailed for one year.

The man, 38, is currently being detained at Navan Garda Station.

A stash of cocaine with a street value of €8,700 was thrown out the window of a car as gardaí approached on a rural road in the Mitchelstown area.

The night shift at Castlerea Garda Station began like so many others on Wednesday, June 17. For Detective Garda Colm Horkan there was nothing particularly unusual about the night. A few short hours later he was dead

A 25-year-old man charged with stabbing his parents at their home in Dublin has been further remanded in custody pending a possible bail application next month.

The dramatic struggle between three gardaí and a gangland criminal armed with a machine gun, ended up in a bathtub after the gun went off while a primed grenade lay on the floor.

Detective Garda Colm Horkan, who was shot dead as he patrolled Castlerea, Co Roscommon, alone last week, was buried yesterday.

A giant of a man like no other was laid to rest before his time.

Gardaí around country turn out in force to lead somber tribute to colleague killed in line of duty

The bridge is where, a young boy, he would throw sticks into the river below, with other lads from the town his age.

Gardaí in Dublin have seized €340,000 worth of suspected cannabis following an incident in the capital yesterday.

A State funeral will take place in Charlestown, Co Mayo later for Detective Garda Colm Horkan.

Ballaghaderreen stood in silent tribute this afternoon as the remains of the late Garda Colm Horkan were brought through the town on route to Charlestown.

How a society reacts to an outrage, or even how a society judges an event an outrage, is revealing.

As the heavens opened and rain poured down on the streets of Castlerea, Superintendent Sheridan said: “We are devastated at the death of our friend and colleague Colm.”

A man continues to be questioned in connection with the murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan.

Investigators are seeking footage and witnesses in a bid to determine the circumstances behind the brutal killing of Detective Garda Colm Horkan.

Less than two hours before he was fatally wounded, Detective Garda Colm Horkan shared banter with friends on What’s App about English Premier League soccer player, Declan Rice.

Detective Garda Colm Horkan was a music-loving sports fan who had a wide circle of friends in Mayo where he lived and Roscommon where he worked.

In the space of just seven years three gardaí have been shot dead in the line of duty in Ireland.

"Colm served the communities he worked in with distinction and pride during his 24 years as a member of An Garda Síochána."

"I extend my deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the Garda who has died in the course of their duties," Mr Varadkar said.

The garda shot dead in Roscommon last night had only just become a detective.

An axe was used to smash up a car and the attacker then set it on fire and sat back into his own vehicle to watch it burn and yesterday the culprit was given a three-year suspended jail term for the arson.

A Halloween assault where the victim was walking his girlfriend home ended with him having his jaw broken.

A man sleeping rough on the footpath outside a Simon hostel was repeatedly stabbed in the face and neck with a car key in the early hours of the morning, it was alleged today.

Two men have appeared before the Special Criminal Court charged with involvement in the attempted murder of Christy Keane by the McCarthy-Dundon gang in Limerick.

Baby Sean Wang, who was 10 months old, died at Temple Street Children’s Hospital, where he had been in intensive care for two days.

A Cork man was arrested today and charged with falsely imprisoning a woman at her home and threatening to kill her.

A man has been charged in connection with the endangerment of a Garda at a checkpoint.

A Corkman stole a Renault Fluence and used it as a place to sleep and he was today jailed for eight months for the crime.

The widow of Limerick Detective Garda Jerry McCabe, shot dead by the IRA during a botched robbery in Adare 24 years ago, has described how she and her family were unable attend a remembrance ceremony for her slain husband and 87 other officers, due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Gardaí seized €35,000 worth of cocaine at Pope’s Quay in Cork at Christmas 2018 and yesterday a man confessed to drug-dealing charges arising out of the stash.

A Bandon woman walking home alone from her 19th birthday celebrations was violently attacked by a man who stalked her first and later told her she would get an arrow in the back of her head if she screamed.

A Government scheme to provide childcare in the homes of some 5,000 essential workers that was due to begin next week has been scrapped.

A man allegedly tried to strangle his ex-partner when she broke the news she had suffered a miscarriage, a court has heard.

When getting out of the car, the owner managed to lock the other man out and flee the scene.

A Cork drug dealer who was caught getting off the Dublin train with more than €100,000 worth of heroin had texts on his phone showing he was recruiting others to deal drugs in Cork city.

An unusual sexual assault saw a 51-year-old man grabbing a 14-year-old girl as she walked passed him in the afternoon in a busy city centre store in Cork city.

Behaviour bordering on “brazen stupidity” cost a man 18 months in jail, as he drove a car to within metres of a Garda station and then threw a €6,800 stash of heroin out the window as a detective approached.

A man aged 40 trying to put his criminal past behind him acted with misguided loyalty to join his troubled younger brother in a post office robbery to clear a drugs debt.

A man who poses “a potentially serious risk to the community” was stopped outside an AIB bank in Cork with three knives in an open position, a tin of butane gas and he had a lighter taped to his left hand.

A robber who donned a wig and sunglasses while robbing his local McDonald's has been jailed for five and a half years.