A series of mistaken judgements, legal uncertainties, communication errors, and procedural confusion all preceded the suicide of a sergeant, husband, and father, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

The Department of Justice is examining possible “legal issues” in an inquiry report into how the Garda Ombudsman handled its investigation of a sergeant, who took his life before he could be informed that he had been cleared.

A report into the investigation of the suicide of a garda sergeant is expected to be with the new justice minister this month.

Gardaí have arrested a man in connection with the theft of livestock worth more than €100,000 in Co Donegal.

The solicitor for Sergeant Michael Galvin, who killed himself while under investigation by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, said he tried to assure the father of three that he had no case to answer.

The Garda Representatives Association say they are "dismayed" that GSOC is regarded as an appropriate agency to investigate the death of Sergeant Michael Galvin.

The Garda Ombudsman is investigating the sudden death of a man at Ballyshannon Garda Station in Donegal.

A man has been arrested by gardaí today in connection with the alleged kidnapping of a six-year-old girl in 1977.

A man in his 40s, arrested in connection with a fatal road crash in Co Fermanagh, has been released without charge.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the seizure of €115,000 worth of Methylone at a house in Bundoran in Co Donegal.

A small community is united in mourning as it prepares to bury a sports-loving teenager who died in a weekend farming tragedy in North Cork.

A man in his 40s has died in a suspected hit and run accident in Co Donegal.

Two men died in Donegal at the weekend, one in a car crash and the other, yesterday morning, in a house fire.

Two men in their 60s have been arrested following the discovery of drugs in Co Donegal.

Three people died in separate crashes on the country’s roads over the weekend.

Three people are being questioned by gardaí in Cork following the seizure of drugs and cigarettes in the city yesterday.

Around €500,000 worth of cannabis plants have been seized in a remote area of Co Donegal.

A man charged with murdering the mother of his unborn son threatened to smash a phone over her head a couple of weeks before she died, his trial has heard.

Gardaí in Donegal are continuing to question four men in connection with a bank robbery in Co Fermanagh on Friday.

A man arrested earlier this week in connection with the murder of Jean Quigley in Derry has been taken back into garda custody in Co Donegal.

A man arrested in connection with the murder of Jean Quigley in Derry has been taken to hospital after complaining of feeling unwell.

Gardaí have arrested a man wanted for questioning in the North in relation to the murder of a pregnant mother-of-four in Derry last month.