The Irish Penal Reform Trust study notes that single mothers are being drawn into the sex industry to make ends meet.

Two men and a woman are in police custody after three properties in the Old Park area of north Belfast were searched.

Lois West was joint deputy head of the Garda Síochána Analysis Service (GSAS) at assistant principal grade prior to taking extended sick leave.

Republican group Lasair Dhearg claimed responsibility for the incident in a social media post.

GNECB carried out searches in counties Sligo, Dublin, Galway, Limerick, Kilkenny, Kildare, and Meath

Gardaí did attribute some of the rise in reports of fraud to a “backlog” on reporting from previous years.

A search relating to the murders of the two women in the 1990s has continued for a fourth day.

An Garda Siochana members searched 13 homes in Ballymun, Dublin.

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash and Stowaways by Andre Aciman.

A 32-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of a 33-year-old man on Wednesday.

The money was found inside a suitcase that was in a car, which was stopped and searched in the Ballsbridge area on Friday.

Margaret Loftus said she has been ‘assured’ a review will take place into misogyny within the gardaí.

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of A Bad, Bad Place by Frances Crawford and A Guardian And A Thief by Megha Majumdar.

A house on the Newtownards Road was searched and detectives uncovered a quantity of the suspect plants and ‘associated equipment’.

The singer appeared at Southwark Crown Court for an eight-minute hearing in front of a senior judge.

Jim O’Callaghan was questioned about the levels of prosecutions and funding for projects tackling the issue.

An 18-year-old accused of causing death by dangerous driving appeared at Blanchardstown District Court on Tuesday morning.

In a statement An Garda Síochána said the 31 men and two women ranged in age from their early 20s to their early 60s

Survivors, therapists and campaigners have called for an all-out ban on the use of therapy notes in sexual abuse trials.

The Investigation Of Lucy Letby will also include contributions from the mother of one of her victims.

On September 1st, 2024, the defendant sent a text to Fiona Timmermans saying: "I'm going to cut your throat, you're dead."

MORE than 53 people came before courts in Naas on burglary charges in the first nine months of 2025, according to figures provided to Ireland South MEP and former barrister Cynthia Ní Mhurchú by the Irish Courts Service.

The Communications Minister said robust laws exist as Gardai investigate reports of sexual images produced by X’s chatbot.

Gardai said the man arrested on Wednesday was released without charge on Thursday.

The devices were found in the Upper Hightown Road of Newtownabbey.

On her fourth anniversary, the Ashling Murphy Memorial Fund says €150,000 has supported causes she championed.

Mr McCahill – who was named Donegal Person of the Year in 2016 – died after an assault in his Ardara home earlier this week.

The incident occurred in Newcastle, Co Down, on Saturday.

Police Federation for Northern Ireland chief Liam Kelly said he wants to see officers able to better protect themselves.

The drugs were discovered in boxes labelled as ‘Kitchen Hoods’ at Dublin Airport

National Crime Agency chief executive Graeme Biggar revealed the extent of criminal activity as he briefed the Policing Board in Belfast.

A 63-year-old has been charged with a range of offences.

John Mackey, 87, was targeted by Peter Augustine, 59, while out shopping in north London on the afternoon of May 6.

The woman, aged in her 50s, has been taken to hospital in Dublin.

Gardaí and the PSNI worked together in the cross-border terrorism-related investigation. Two far-right suspects arrested in terrorism-related investigation were 'intent on minority attack'

The 21-year-old is expected to appear before Newtownards Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

“It was happening for years"

Detectives investigating the death of Jordan Webb have been granted more time to question a 21-year-old suspect

An Garda Síochána made the appeal after a third night of demonstrations at a hotel housing asylum seekers

There was also an 18 per cent increase in public order offences as part of the gardaí's high-visibility policing plan for the city centre.

The PSNI has encouraged people not to engage in online speculation about the incident in Newtownabbey.

The alarm was raised in the Monaghan Street area of the city just before midnight on Sunday

There have also been around three home burglaries per county every week since April.