Some 45 successful candidates for promotion to senior ranks in the Garda Síochána have been officially notified.

The transgender community has called on the Government to introduce hate-crime legislation.

Relatives of members of a gang who murdered young truck driver Paul Quinn were tonight urged to come forward as detectives investigate 1,200 lines of inquiry into the death.

Gardaí say they are following more than 1,000 lines of inquiry in their investigation into the murder of south Armagh man Paul Quinn in October.

THE lack of child-friendly interview rooms in garda stations is having a negative effect on the investigation of sex abuse cases, according to a study.