The Garda’s top statistician twice sought, in vain, to get access to a Garda report for the Policing Authority on homicide figures — and was only granted sight of it a week-and-a-half after a public meeting with the authority.

The frozen pizza arm of Green Isle Foods has been bought for £200m (€246m) in a cash deal by the European owner of the popular Birds Eye brand.

The Policing Authority has expressed serious concern at the sharp drop in the detection by gardaí of sexual crimes and the rise this year in recorded assaults.

A fire has killed 24 people, mostly teenagers, trapped behind barred windows and a blocked exit in an Islamic school dormitory on the outskirts of Malaysia's capital, officials said.

Death continues to haunt a government hospital in north India that came under fire earlier this month after dozens of babies died within two days.

A court in northern India has convicted a flamboyant guru of raping two of his followers.

A man faces trial in England accused of murder after pulling up outside a police station with a body in the car.

Study done before breath test and college funds scandals broke

Almost 90 homicides over a 14-year period have not been included in CSO crime statistics because of Garda failings in recording them.

A High Court judge has ordered a Dublin city centre property described as a potential fire safety risk be vacated by all its residents by July 9.

Twenty people who had been staying at a Dublin City centre premises described as a potential fire safety danger are to leave the property over the coming days and weeks the High Court has heard.

Up to twenty people are staying at a Dublin City centre premises described as a potential fire safety danger and a risk to the general public.

A Dublin City centre premises which houses a textile business and is used for residential purposes is a fire safety risk and must be vacated immediately.

Satisfaction at how quickly gardaí respond to incidents dropped by 3% last year to 60%.

The Cabinet is to approve the chair of a new root-and- branch review of the Garda today.

A vagrant is facing life behind bars in the UK for snatching a woman under a motorway bridge, then killing her during a violent sex attack.

The partner of former EastEnders actress Sian Blake has been told he will spend the rest of his life behind bars for murdering her and their two young children.

A team of volunteers in England were so moved by the plight of people stranded in lengthy queues heading to Dover that they loaded up two vehicles with water to hand out to frustrated travellers.

Police in northern India have arrested two men for allegedly raping a young woman for the second time in three years. She had refused to withdraw the first case against them.

Spanish debutant Jon Rahm showed his first round was no flash in the pan at Congressional as he kept a share of the lead in the Quicken Loans National.

Online opinion polls in the run-up to May 5 elections across Britain overstated support for the UK Independence Party, suggesting they may also be overestimating backing for leaving the EU, according to a leading polling analyst.

Detections for drink driving are up this year despite a significant drop in the number of people being breathalysed.

Sterling dropped yesterday after an extraordinary series of events, including a tweet from the Sky Television economics editor, helped pile on uncertainty for exporters ahead of the UK’s ‘in-out’ referendum on the EU in 10 weeks’ time.

Former world number one golfer Vijay Singh says he will skip this summer’s Rio Olympics, citing the Zika virus as the reason.

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Jordan Spieth tees off in the final major of the year at Whistling Straits with Rory McIlroy and his world number one ranking in his sights.

Five women accused of practising witchcraft have been beaten to death in a village in India’s eastern state of Jharkhand.

A visionary Irish nurse who has devoted his life to helping starving children in India has been named Cork Person of the Month for July.

Andrea Atzeni is set to ride Postponed in Saturday’s King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.

A person who is allowed to live in Ireland because they are married to an Irish citizen can be thrown out of the country if they divorce in particular circumstances, the European Court of Justice has ruled.

A great-grandfather thought to be Europe’s oldest man has died at the age of 111 while visiting family in India, his grandson said.

A man has denied before the High Court that he is the person being sought in connection with what has been described as the “racially motivated” murder of man in Manchester more than a decade ago.

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BRITAIN: Saturday evening is the most dangerous time to be at home, with four accidents in the UK every second, a study has found.

A documentary about rape banned from airing in India received its US premiere at a star-studded event.

By placing the responsibility on women, one of the men sentenced to death for gang rape was repeating what his community and religious leaders have said for years, writes Muneeza Naqvi