Post mortem examinations have revealed that the couple found dead along with their two children in Co Wexford over the weekend had died from gunshot wounds.

One of Ireland's major drug trafficking gangs was dealt a devastating blow today as detectives seized an €11m cannabis haul.

THE Garda Siochána has rejected claims by the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC) that international protocols between police forces must be improved if internet paedophile rings are to be wiped out.

GARDAÍ are hopeful they will be able to build a case against a number of Irish paedophiles who accessed images of children as young as three years old being raped.

MORE than €3 million worth of drugs have been seized and a total of 11 people are being questioned after separate garda raids around the country.

GARDAÍ have dismissed reports that Operation Trace, established to investigate the disappearance of six women, has been abandoned.

A POST-MORTEM examination was carried out last night on the body of the man who died while in garda custody in Dublin early yesterday.

Gardaí have named the man who died in custody this morning as 24-year-old Dwayne Foster, from Woodbank Avenue in the Finglas area of Dublin.

A MAJOR card skimming scam has been smashed after six people were arrested in a series of early morning raids by gardaí probing a gang targeting machines across the country.

AN internal garda inquiry into the handling of the murder and suicide that cost the lives of two young farmers in Co Carlow will probe why the killer was granted a firearms certificate when complaints had been made about his threatening behaviour.

Gardaí this afternoon rejected claims that Operation Anvil had failed to tackle organised crime in Dublin.

Seán O’Riordan