Two Galway men are to be sentenced today having pleaded guilty to membership of a criminal organisation, marking the first conviction under new anti-gang legislation.

Two Galway men have pleaded guilty to membership of a criminal organisation, marking the first conviction under new anti-gang legislation.

The trial of two Galway men accused of directing a criminal organisation has collapsed due to the illness of a juror.

Conversations recorded using audio devices placed inside cars will be used to prove that two Galway men are guilty of directing a criminal organisation, a court has heard today.

GARDAÍ raided 20 premises in Galway yesterday in the biggest ever operation into drugs and organised crime in the west of Ireland.