Four garda have today denied assaulting a teenager while his mother was held against her will.

A Garda witness in the trial of another officer who was acquitted of assault yesterday, is formally complaining to the Minister for Justice about the conduct of the Garda Ombudsman Commission.

A key witness in the trial of a Garda accused of assaulting a man, who died shortly after his release from custody, has said he "can't remember" whether the alleged victim was verbally abusive and aggressive.

GARDAÍ have made the biggest seizure of cocaine since the colossal haul of 1.5 tonnes off the coast of Cork in November 2008.

The discovery of cocaine worth €8m and two guns in a suburban “drugs factory” was branded a frightening exposure of Ireland’s criminal underworld tonight.

About €8.5m of cocaine and two guns were discovered in a planned raid on a house, gardai said today.

A Co Kildare resident appeared in court today charged in connection with a seizure of guns and ecstasy tablets in Dublin on Wednesday last.

A 17-year-old boy arrested for possessing a set of house keys stolen during the course of a car hijacking has been remanded on continuing bail while further serious charges are considered.

THERE will be red faces at Guinness this Christmas after a man drove a truck into the brewery’s main dispatch centre and stole 450 kegs of beer under the noses of security and staff.

GARDAÍ were last night hoping to speak to radio journalist Mairead O’Dwyer, who was savagely assaulted in Dublin last weekend.

A doorman of a public house was gunned down by a pillion passenger on a motorcycle on a busy Dublin street, an inquest heard today.

Three major garda stations in Dublin are facing closure under a new plan to rationalise stations in the capital.

DRUGS with a potential street value of up to €3 million were seized in a series of weekend raids in Cork and Dublin.

A SECURITY guard was charged yesterday with the murder of a man in a Dublin pub just over a fortnight ago.

DETECTIVES continued to question two people last night in connection with the murder of man in a Dublin pub.

DETECTIVES were last night confident of tracking down a cold-blooded killer who sat in a pub for at least 45 minutes looking at his victim prior to shooting him dead.

Gardaí are investigating after a man was shot dead while drinking in a bar in Dublin city.

GARDAÍ believe they have caught a serial rapist suspected of assaulting at least four women over recent months.

A YOUNG man was fighting for his life last night after he fell from the window of a house following a suspected row.

Gardai in Dublin have arrested three Libyans and an Algerian as part of an ongoing investigation into the activities of international terrorist groups.