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Criminals

Sexual Assault

Ivana Bacik: Sentencing in Ireland must be reformed for survivors and victims

Ivana Bacik

2 Jul 2024

6.0k

knife crime in ireland

Jim O'Callaghan: 'The possession of knives has become normalised - this needs to be reversed'

Jim O'Callaghan

18 Jun 2023

11.7k

CSO

Almost half of criminals released from prison re-offended within a year, new figures show

25 Jun 2021

14.2k

black mass

Murderer, Irish-American gangster, FBI informer: The Whitey Bulger story

Updated 30 Oct 2018

55.2k

assets of crime

The Criminal Assets Bureau returned over €4.3 million to the State last year

4 Jul 2018

10.3k

Project Storm

Gardaí arrest 42 people and seize drugs in Kilkenny and Carlow

11 Oct 2017

19.3k

documentation

Feud gangs using drug addicts to get false passports

25 Sep 2017

25.2k

Ballymun

Intended target of Ballymun shooting had been warned of threat to his life

17 Aug 2017

51.5k

Rio de Janeiro

British tourist shot after her family accidentally drove into Brazilian favela

7 Aug 2017

53.4k

wish you were here

Tongue-in-cheek postcards launched in bid to track down Europe's most-wanted criminals

4 Aug 2017

16.8k

Project Storm

34 people arrested after 72 checkpoints carried out in Waterford

21 Jun 2017

41.4k

Mountjoy Prison

Chalice given back to Spike Island after 134 years in Dublin

15 May 2017

14.0k

Crime

Germany sees massive rise in politically-motivated crimes by foreigners

30 Apr 2017

15.0k

get back here

Ireland issued a record number of European arrest warrants last year

29 Dec 2016

9.9k

Cybercrime

Just 29 gardaí tasked with tackling cybercrime despite surge in internet attacks

15 Nov 2016

8.8k

Opinion

'The line between good and bad people can be thinner than you think'

Ian Gargan

17 Oct 2016

3.4k

Crime

Courts should hand down tougher sentences for crimes against businesses, say company owners

15 Aug 2016

7.1k

free to rome

Animal underworld: Exotic pets seized from mobsters are being given a second chance

18 Jun 2016

13.7k

Criminals

Gangs of Dublin: Another shooting, but who's fighting who?

1 Mar 2016

67.4k

Opinion

We seem to have forgotten the Special Criminal Court is supposed to be exceptional

Alan Greene

10 Feb 2016

2.0k

146

Crime

Retaliation: Eddie Hutch, brother of 'The Monk', shot dead in Dublin city

8 Feb 2016

330k

416

Germany

Police say most Cologne mob suspects were asylum seekers

8 Jan 2016

24.6k

145

Burglaries

New DNA database will 'close the net' on serial offenders

13 Nov 2015

8.9k

Criminals

Prison officers admit they don't know what to do with prison gangs

4 Nov 2015

14.7k

stay safe

'Want to stop people breaking into your house? Turn your lights on', says the Gardaí

22 Sep 2015

33.6k

sextortion

Ever take a 'sensitive' photo of yourself? You could be at risk of sextortion

12 Jul 2015

23.5k

Crime

Ireland has a Witness Protection Programme and we've spent €400k on it this year

19 May 2015

18.6k

Weed the toilet

This is NOT how you flush cannabis down the toilet

29 Apr 2015

29.7k

dumb criminals

Well, this is quite the crime scene...

29 Apr 2015

5.9k

Computers

New national DNA database to become operational this year

2 Jan 2015

7.6k

Theft

Burglars hold knife to 15-month-old baby before stealing cash and jewellery

6 Nov 2014

29.4k

transparency ireland

'It has never been easier to get away with white collar crime in Ireland'

26 Oct 2014

14.1k

Criminal Assets Bureau

Here's how much money was seized from criminals last year

8 Oct 2014

14.1k

pop tarts

Man tried to pass off a crushed up pop tart as crack cocaine, still got arrested

12 Sep 2014

2.4k

The Daily Poll

Poll: Should we introduce 'sobriety tags' for offenders of alcohol-related crimes?

1 Aug 2014

10.2k

Blackmail

Nokia was blackmailed into paying millions to criminals back in 2008

18 Jun 2014

7.5k

The Daily Poll

Poll: Should Ireland bring in a DNA database for criminals?

11 Jun 2014

10.7k

104

uncovered

Man arrested as €800,000 worth of cannabis found in Kildare house

3 Jun 2014

9.9k

BE CARFEUL

15-year-old in court as drivers warned about spate of carjackings

19 May 2014

11.2k

Drug Crime

Two due in court over €1.5m cannabis haul

6 May 2014

5.3k

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