The Policing Authority has drawn up a panel of 15 senior officers for promotion to the rank of chief superintendent after the biggest ever independent selection process for An Garda Síochána.

Gardaí in Dublin have launched a murder inquiry after a 32-year-old father of two was involved in a hit and run on Thursday night.

Two or three people, now aged in their late 30s or early 40s, could hold the key to unlocking the 30-year-old mystery surrounding the fate of Philip Cairns.

Gardaí are scouring countryside on the outskirts of Dublin for the weapon used in the latest gun killing to hit the city.

Socialist Party TD Paul Murphy said he — along with 26 other anti-water charge protesters facing trial — will have to convince a jury that it is “ludicrous” to equate what they did to Tánaiste Joan Burton in Tallaght last November with false imprisonment.

Gardaí have searched two properties close to where a man was murdered in broad daylight in south Dublin as the hunt continues for his killers.

A woman who was filmed being thrown to the ground by gardaí on Sunday has said she intends to lodge a complaint with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC).

Families are to get a three-month reprieve from water charges, with the first bills due to arrive in April instead of January, as previously planned.

A 44-year-old Algerian man who attempted to murder his wife by bludgeoning her in the head with a kettlebell is to be sentenced later.

The man convicted of causing the death of a boy 13 years ago by setting a children’s makeshift den on fire yesterday received a 15-year prison sentence.

Drug detection dogs will patrol queues at upcoming gigs in Dublin’s Marlay Park as part of security efforts to avoid a repeat of the drunken and violent scenes at Phoenix Park last month.

Gardaí are hunting a lone gunman after a robbery at an AIB branch in west Co Clare this morning.

A POST-MORTEM examination will be carried out this morning on the body of a woman found washed up on a beach in Co Clare early yesterday.

A TOTAL of 22 Garda inspectors, including three women, have been promoted to the rank of superintendent and assigned to new stations.

A father-of-three, who worked with the Electricity Supply Board for over 30-years, died from exposure to asbestos, an inquest heard tonight.