Gardaí are arresting “alarming” numbers of banned motorists driving cars, with three a day being caught red-handed.

Gardaí have charged 87 motorists since they were given new powers to arrest disqualified drivers on the spot.

One in 10 motorists have confessed to falling asleep at the wheel, rising to one in five for those who drive to work, according to research.

The Road Safety Authority and the gardaí have launched a joint safety operation targeting cyclists and truck drivers. Marking the start of Bike Week, the aim of the campaign is to highlight the existence of ‘blind spots’ around trucks.

Gardaí are planning a major clampdown on speeding this weekend in a bid to reduce the amount of fatalities on the roads during the lethal summer period.

On December 14, 2012, Sergeant Maurice McCabe was asked to remain on after work in Mullingar Garda Station.

Garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe has spoken publicly for the first time to dispute what he says are “false and misleading statements” which were attributed to Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan in reports yesterday.

Gardaí have launched a murder investigation after a man in his early 30s was shot dead in Dublin.

Detectives believe a man gunned down at a busy holiday caravan park was targeted as part of a long-running gangland feud.

A WOMAN was in a critical condition last night after being subjected to a crazed stabbing at her home in north Dublin.

Ten gangland suspects were rounded up today within hours of a criminal being shot in the head in an affluent Dublin suburb.

GARDAÍ are hunting an armed gang of at least six men who forced a female bank official to hand over €130,000 in cash and took her husband hostage in Ireland’s latest tiger kidnapping.

A husband and wife escaped unharmed after being taken hostage by a gang in a tiger-kidnapping raid.

GARDAÍ are tracking down associates of a slain criminal as part of their investigation into the murder of drug dealer Tommy Joyce on Wednesday.

The latest victim of gangland warfare was gunned down in a hail of bullets as he fled several armed men, it emerged tonight.

Gardaí investigating what they describe as a "cold blooded and efficient" pub shooting on Dublin City's northside are refusing to speculate on whether the killing is linked to a gangland feud in the area.

A SPECIAL Garda initiative to combat crime and build up community policing in a disadvantaged Dublin suburb has been warmly received by local representatives.

ONE of the country’s top drug traffickers was arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of Latvian mother Baiba Saulite.

FAMILY and friends of Derek O’Toole gathered in his native west Dublin yesterday to pay their final tributes to the young man who died in mysterious circumstances more than a week ago.

FEARS are growing that innocent bystanders will become caught up in gangland feuds after yesterday’s shootout on the country’s busiest road involving two rival drug gangs.

THERE wasn’t the slightest sign of the appalling violence that had taken place just over two days ago. A small white gate gave way on one side to a tall rose bush and shrubs, and on the other side to a hedge.

Gardaí are preparing a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions in relation to the murder of a 51-year-old man in Leixlip, Co Kildare, over the weekend.

Waterford hurler Eoin McGrath has been handed a four-week ban by the GAA's Central Disciplinary Committee, it was confirmed today.

The body of a man pulled from the water of Lough Ree in Co Roscommon has been identified as Swiss national, Walter Borner, gardaí confirmed tonight.

A search was under way tonight for a Swiss tourist who went missing on Lough Reagh in Co Roscommon.

SETBACKS on the battlefield for Anglo-American forces in Iraq were mirrored on world stock exchanges yesterday when stock prices fell after a week of almost unimpaired upward movement.