Gardaí are expanding the size and expertise of its secretive unit tasked with combating Islamic extremists. The garda’s security chief told the Irish Examiner that the investment would enhance the strength and investigative skills of Counter Terrorism International.

The public’s knowledge of the threat posed by Islamic extremists in Ireland is as limited as the amount of information provided to it by the authorities. As part of ongoing reports on this area, Cormac O’Keeffe was given a rare in-depth interview with the head of the Garda’s security services, Assistant Commissioner John O’Mahoney, about the reality of the situation here and what is being done about it. 

Gardaí have taken forensic and DNA samples from a public phone box where a caller citing Islamic State issued a bomb warning to the Kildare plant of US computer giant Intel.

LAST week’s terrible events in France have inevitably led to a review of security measures and calls to extend the powers available to police and military to confront violent extremists.

Coming less than a week after the Paris terror attack, investigators are under pressure to find out who was behind the incident at one of Ireland’s best known workplaces, reports Cormac O’Keeffe

An Australian passenger mistook the cockpit door for the toilet, triggering Friday’s hijack scare on a Virgin Australia flight from Brisbane to the Indonesian holiday island of Bali, police said.

A teenager’s threat to an airline prompted a flurry of copycats, despite her arrest, says Mark Johanson.

Dozens of Twitter users have sent 'threatening' tweets to American Airlines after a Dutch teenager was arrested.

A teenager has been arrested after sending a "threat" to American Airlines over social networking site Twitter.

America’s security chiefs have met to review the threat of a terrorist attack that led to the weekend closure of 21 US embassies and consulates in the Muslim world and a global travel warning.

Police have arrested two brothers suspected of planning a terrorist attack in France.

A member of the terror group blamed for last week’s cargo plane bomb plot was arrested in the UK on suspicion of planning a attack in this country earlier this year, Britain's Home Secretary revealed today.

The terrorists behind the airline ink bomb plot could not have known exactly where their packages were when they were set to explode, even after a suspected test run, US security sources said today.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said that the threat to Ireland from al Qaida or other international terror groups is considered to be low.

American intelligence officials tracked and intercepted three suspicious packages in mid-September that they now suspect were sent to the United States as a dry run for the mail bomb scheme intercepted last week, a US official said.

The tip-off that foiled the airline ink bomb plot came from a leading al-Qaida militant who surrendered to Saudi Arabia, Yemeni intelligence sources said today.

A team of US investigators was heading to Yemen today to help search for suspects in the cargo bomb plot.

Air passengers could now be subjected to “ludicrous” new security measures in the wake of the cargo plane bomb plot, Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said today.

Air travellers face no let up in stringent security checks after it emerged one of the cargo plane bombs was transported on passenger aircraft before being found.

The young Yemeni woman arrested on suspicion of mailing powerful bombs to US synagogues was released on bail today as Yemeni officials said authorities believed her identity had been stolen.

A 22-year-old Yemeni engineering student has been detained along with her mother in connection with the alleged cargo bomb plot.

A parcel carrying the mail bomb found in Dubai travelled on two separate passenger planes, it was revealed today.

Police in Yemen arrested a woman suspected of sending a pair of bombs powerful enough to take down aircraft.

US President Barack Obama declared tonight that authorities had uncovered a “credible terrorist threat” following the discovery of US-bound packages containing explosives aboard cargo jets.

Two US military fighter jets are escorting a commercial airliner from the Canadian border to New York City, officials said.

The British Home Office has stopped direct flights from Yemen to the UK in light of the security alert caused by a suspicious package found at a British airport.

France is warning its citizens visiting the UK of a high terrorism risk.