Angry farmers have this evening said they will not end their protest until they secure a meeting with Agriculture Minister Michael Creed.

A man has been killed after a crash between a bike and a lorry in Dublin.

A parasite test kit for cattle, and a better girth for horses, are winners in the 38th year of Enterprise Ireland’s Student Entrepreneur Awards.

They may be running the country, but it seems our glorious leaders and their top officials are as keen on a dirty takeaway as the rest of us.

There’s always a temptation to say a major drugs haul represents a ‘significant blow’ to the crime gang being hit. Researchers have long complained of the tendency of the media, and gardaí, to make such claims, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

Frontline gardaí have strongly criticised cuts to the training budget at a time of accelerated recruitment and a backlog of training needs for existing members.

A Galway man is in a critical condition after falling into the Grand Canal in Dublin.

Government is pressing ahead with construction of an €80m Garda headquarters. It is part of an ambitious, nationwide plan to build and refurbish Garda stations.

A man has been arrested in connection with an alleged murder in Dublin last summer.

The Dalata Hotel Group is negotiating the purchase of a further two-to-three development sites in Dublin.

The sight of heavily armed men in balaclavas packed inside black Landcruisers gave many a passing pedestrian a startle.

Two men have been arrested after a massive drugs seizure in Dublin.

Two men and a woman have been arrested, after €720,000 worth of drugs was seized in Dublin yesterday.

The number of gardaí based in stations decreased by over 300 last year as the size of the force fell to its lowest level in a decade. Department of Justice figures obtained by the Irish Examiner show the number of gardaí working in the 563 Garda stations at the end of 2014 stood at 10,976 — down 307 compared to a year earlier, representing an annual decrease of 2.7%. It is the first time the figure has dipped below 11,000 since 2006.

Garda representatives have reacted strongly to allegations in the Dáil by independent TD Mick Wallace that gardai are not co-operating with a Garda Ombudsman investigation into the leaking of the arrest of independent TD Clare Daly two years ago.

Gardai are appealing for witnesses after a man was beaten at a Dublin bus stop.

Ecstasy tablets, LSD and other controlled drugs to value €180,000 have been seized by gardaí in a raid on ‘Darknet’ drug distribution centre in Dublin.

A man has been arrested following a raid on a cannabis grow house in Dublin's South Inner City.

Two hundred promised Garda recruits will start training as early as December in a bid to reverse a continuing reduction in Garda numbers.

Gardaí are investigating two separate alleged sex attacks in Dublin.

Ten people aged from 14 to 19 have been arrested by gardaí investigating a series of robberies and assaults in Dublin this summer.

Gardaí have arrested five people and seized 50,000 tablets worth an estimated €500,000 in Dublin.

Gardaí have found the car that was hijacked from a Dublin woman, leaving her seriously injured.

A man and a woman are due in court today in connection with an attempted raid at a petrol station in Dublin last night.

It is reported an elite squad of gardaí is being put together up to tackle notorious gangland bosses across Dublin.

Four people have been arrested in connection with a serious assault in Dublin last weekend which has left a man in a serious condition in hospital.

Four people have been arrested and over €700,000 worth of drugs has been found in two separate drug seizures.

Three men have been arrested and €650,000 worth of heroin has been seized in Dublin.

The Department of the Environment pushed ahead with a doomed land swap deal that will ultimately cost the State more than €33m, despite warnings from the Office of Public Works that the plan was risky.

Gardaí in Dublin have issued an appeal to the public for information about a serious assault on a woman in the city last weekend.

Gardaí are continuing to question two men in connection with a serious assault in Dublin on Monday.

Gardaí are hopeful CCTV footage will help them find the man who sexually assaulted a young women with special needs, whom he lured from a busy city street.

There has been a massive response to a garda appeal for information following a serious sex assault in Dublin city.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a woman with special needs was sexually assaulted in Dublin earlier this week.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following an incident in which a woman with special needs was sexually assaulted in Dublin.

40 years ago today, Ireland joined the EEC. Richard Fitzpatrick revisits the referendum campaigns — and de Valera’s rueful regrets

Gardaí investigating the murder of Christopher Warren have sealed off an area near the Broadstone bus station in Dublin.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested two men in relation to the killing of Darren Guerrine four years ago.

Gardaí in Kevin Street are today appealing to the public for assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 75-year-old Patrick Cremin.

Gardaí have released one of two men they were questioning about the murder of a journalist in Dublin at the weekend.

Gardaí in Dublin are appealing for information in relation to the murder of journalist Eugene Moloney in the city at the weekend.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested two men in connection with the murder of a man in Dublin yesterday.

The Special Criminal Court has found that the trial of a Dublin man accused of membership of the IRA can continue despite a challenge to the legality of his arrest.

Six men are in custody this morning following two separate drug seizures worth over €1.4m in Dublin yesterday.