A Garda Chief Superintendant has said he was “very upset” that a bullying claim was made against him by a Garda whistleblower and described an allegation linking him to missing DVD evidence as “daft and without basis”.

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A Garda whistleblower raised concerns about a colleague he accused of colluding with an Athlone heroin dealer having access to guns, The Disclosures Tribunal has heard.

A man has died following a crash in Co. Westmeath.

A man has been awarded €47,500 by a High Court jury after he suffered a broken arm while handcuffed and being arrested during a public order incident.

Gardaí pursued and subdued a young man after he produced a knife and threatened officers in Athlone.

Gardaí are appealling for witnesses to a hit-and-run in Co. Westmeath on Wednesday.

Gardaí are investigating a shooting incident in Athlone last night.

Two women remain in Garda custody this morning in relation to a seizure of cannabis plants worth €150,000 in Co. Westmeath.

Gardaí have charged three people - two men and a woman - after a burglary at a shop in Athlone last Sunday.

A man has told a High Court jury a garda struck him several times with “a weapon” while he was handcuffed and on the ground.

A woman has said how her father's repeated abuse and rape of her as a young girl was “a defining experience in my life that framed everything that follows and continues”.

An elderly taxi driver, who was stabbed up to 30 times and robbed, may never work again.

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses after an animal rustling incident in which 100 cattle and sheep were stolen from a single farm.

Gardaí have seized around €30,000 worth of cannabis herb and arrested two men in Co Westmeath.

Seven people have been arrested and a number of firearms and other weapons seized during a series of planned searches in Westmeath this morning.

Gardaí are asking for the public’s help in finding 17-year-old Daniel Kane.

A 24-year-old woman has died after she was hit by a car in Glasson Village, Athlone last Wednesday morning at 8am.

Gardaí investigating the disappearance of 41-year-old Adrian Folan, missing from Athlone since Thursday, have arrested a man.

A man has been charged with assaulting and falsely imprisoning 23-year-old Patryk Krupa, whose body was taken from the River Shannon near Athlone on Friday night.

Gardaí investigating the suspicious death of a man in Athlone, Co. Westmeath have arrested three men.

A 2-and-a-half-year-old Roma boy was reunited with his parents in Westmeath just before lunchtime yesterday.

The man accused of raping two young girls who were allegedly lured from a children’s birthday party in Athlone has made a second court appearance.

The families of two girls allegedly raped by a homeless man have paid tribute to investigators and the public for the comfort given to their “precious little daughters”.

The families of two girls allegedly raped by a homeless man have paid tribute to investigators and the public for the comfort given to their “precious little daughters”.

A homeless man will be given protection in prison after being charged with the rape of two young girls who were lured away from a children’s birthday party.

A homeless man will be given protection in prison after being charged with the rape of two young girls who were lured away from a children’s birthday party.

A man is due in court this morning charged in connection with the sexual assault of two young girls in Athlone.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has confirmed the man being questioned in connection with an alleged incident in Athlone did not have a criminal record for sex offences against children.

One of three men arrested as part of a major police investigation into an alleged sex attack on two girls remains in Garda custody today.

Three men in their 30s and 40s were being questioned last night about a horrific sex attack on two little girls attending a birthday party.

Gardaí are investigating an alleged serious sexual assault on two girls yesterday in Athlone.

A man has died in a drowning incident in Athlone, Co Westmeath.

A man was effectively living in a cardboard box at a growhouse when gardaí raided it.

A GARDA whose nose was broken when he was punched by a man he had arrested following a fracas has been awarded €16,000 damages in the High Court.

GARDAÍ are trying to track down up to four youths who carried out an alleged assault on a 15-year-old girl.

Gardaí in Athlone, Co. Westmeath, are seeking witnesses to an assault which took place in the town last Tuesday evening.

GARDAÍ arrested a man in his 60s on suspicion of murdering missing woman Marie Greene after checking phone contacts between him and the Athlone woman.

Gardaí in Athlone have arrested a man in connection with a pipe bomb attack on two head shops in the town in March.

Gardaí have seized €1.4m worth of drugs in Athlone, County Westmeath.

Gardaí are questioning a man in his 40s in connection with a raid on a cash-in-transit van in Co Westmeath this afternoon.

A 46-year-old man was tonight being questioned over the murder of well-known horse dealer Christy Hanley last month.