One high-ranking garda last year received a golden handshake of more than €170,000 as part of a €25.9m pension bonanza for retiring gardaí.

The question of who will succeed Martin Callinan as Garda commissioner almost invariably prompts the answer that there’s only one man — or in this case, woman — for the job.

The young boy was munching on a bag of crisps after a trip down to the shops with his beloved father when his life was ripped apart.

Gardaí are tracking down members and associates of a gang suspected of the murder of Declan O’Reilly in Dublin on Monday night.

SPECULATION is mounting as to who will replace Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy after the Cork man announced he was stepping down as Garda boss.

A GARDA action plan to make elderly residents feel safe in their homes and communities was rolled out across the country.

A Garda action plan to make elderly residents feel safe in their homes and communities was today rolled out across the country.

THE top ranks of An Garda Síochána will undergo a large revamp in the coming weeks as eight senior positions are filled.

THE main Garda associations yesterday expressed concern at the establishment of new armed Garda response units, set up to combat rising gun crime across the country.

THE armed response units are being set up in the wake of barricade incidents, such as Abbeylara, and a rise in the availability of guns across the country.

SENIOR gardaí have urged immediate action on the recommendations of the Garda Inspectorate that members of the force be better equipped and trained to deal with incidents involving firearms.

JOHN CARTHY’S family said last night the breadth of recommendations in the Garda Inspectorate’s report showed that the force still had a long way to go to avoid a repeat of Abbeylara.

Senior garda officers in charge of two major siege situations last year were not fully trained in dealing with the crises, the Garda Inspectorate revealed today.

RACISM and ignorance of human rights are commonplace in the Garda Siochána, a highly critical report reveals.

THE gardaí totally reject any allegation that discipline within the ranks has broken down and said for years the organisation has dealt with wrongdoing by members.

GARDAÍ have been accused by a Government minister of torturing a man in their custody and of lying in a judge’s courtroom.