Cadbury Ireland is among a growing number of Irish-based companies reported to have been hit by the latest global cyber attack.

Latest: 200,000 victims worldwide have now been hit by the "WannaCry" cyber attack.

Europol has warned that the so-called ’Islamic State’ group could launch fresh attacks in Europe in the near future with police forces across the continent investigating more than 50 terrorism cases.

Senior gardaí are concerned at the potential threat posed by Irish fighters returning from Syria and Iraq as the assault on Islamic State (IS) intensifies.

A border poll may undermine relations with the North and would be “unsuccessful”, Social Protection Minister Leo Varadkar has insisted.

Many lone attackers share information on their plans prior to the attack, which gives hope that their family or friends will tell the authorities, writes Cormac O’Keeffe            

Thousands of social media posts of suspected Islamic extremists living in Ireland are being viewed every week, security sources have told the Irish Examiner.

The head of the EU’s police agency said it is “only a matter of time” before the bosses of organised crime gangs, such as the Kinahan cartel, are “caught and locked up”.

The head of Europol does not believe a border poll or the reunification of Ireland would spark a return of terrorism in the North.

‘Paris attacks show shift toward a broader strategy of IS going global’

With France still reeling from the attacks that killed 129 and wounded hundreds, France’s lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, has voted to extend a state of emergency for three months. The measure now goes to the Senate, where it is likely to be approved.

Nearly 30,000 suspected people smugglers have been identified by European authorities since the start of the year.

More than 100 arrests have been carried out by gardaí as part of an "unprecedented" operation across Europe aimed at organised crime networks.

More than 1,000 people have been arrested in European-wide raids on organised crime.

Gardaí arrested 27 people — and recovered 1,000 stolen beer kegs — as part of a Europe-wide crackdown on the lucrative trade in stolen metal.

One woman is being investigated by gardaí in relation to a massive EU-US police operation tackling online fraud in the purchase of airline tickets.

Anglers from around Ireland and Europe competed in the Inniscarra Lake coarse angling festival, where Trevor Platt became only the second competitor to win the Vintners’ Cup twice.

Cormac O’Keeffe says Europol is worried about the arrival of Mexican drug violence

Liverpool today said they have had no contact from Europol or any other body in connection with match-fixing allegations surrounding their 2009 Champions League match against Debrecen.

The mystery surrounding a European police match-fixing investigation into a Champions League game in England has deepened after it emerged neither the FA nor Uefa were aware of any such probe.

A football match-fixing investigation has uncovered more than 680 suspicious games, including World Cup and European Championship qualifiers and two Champions League matches, police said.

Europol today launched the "biggest-ever investigation into suspected match-fixing in Europe" in which 425 match officials, club officials, players and criminals are suspected of being involved.

More than 30 members of a notorious Irish Traveller crime network have been arrested in eight countries following a massive Europe- wide investigation.

GARDAÍ searched the homes of five people and arrested one man as part of a massive European investigation into online child abuse material.

MORE than 60 suspected terrorists were arrested in Ireland last year, the third highest figure in the EU.

CUSTOMS seized 34kg of banned head shop drugs last year, mainly in the post.

More than 120 suspected paedophiles have been arrested in Britain as part of one of the biggest global investigations ever mounted into child abuse networks on the internet, police said today.

CRIMINALS are using open access internet connections and unsecured private wireless accounts to mask their criminal activity.

EUROPEAN police agency Europol said yesterday it had arrested 115 alleged child sex offenders, some of them teachers or caretakers, in raids across 19 countries in an operation against child pornography.

A NEW European Criminal Assets Bureau is being set up based on the success of the CAB in Ireland.

POLICE in Europe are tracking up to 40 Irish gangsters heavily involved in organised crime.

Jon Petrie was today named Scotland’s 106th Test match captain for the summer games with the Barbarians and Romania.