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2025
Clondalkin
Gardaí searching for human remains at house linked to Annie McCarrick murder probe
A man arrested by gardaí investigating the murder has been released without charge this afternoon.
Updated 13 Jun 2025
43.1k
Have your say
Ireland needs a plan to protect its undersea cables and government wants your views
12 Jun 2025
10.0k
EU Irish Defence
EU Minister: Europe's security fears are 'new Brexit' as Ireland must be pragmatic on defence
11 Jun 2025
22.5k
Evan Fitzgerald
Commissioner confirms gardaí made 'controlled delivery' of guns to Carlow gunman
10 Jun 2025
43.2k
Air Corps Crisis
Military air traffic controllers to be offered emergency bonus pay to keep them in Irish Air Corps
Updated 10 Jun 2025
21.7k
MV Matthew court
Court told how bungling drug traffickers suffered serious seasickness aboard crippled trawler
Ukrainian Vitaliy Lapa and UK national Jamie Harbron could only communicate with google translate on the voyage that would end in failure.
Niall O'Connor
4 Jun 2025
14.7k
MV Matthew
Iranian smugglers, Dubai gangsters and the frantic crew texts as Irish Special Forces boarded
Detective Superintendent Keith Halley told the Special Criminal Court about how the major MV Matthew operation unfolded.
Niall O'Connor
3 Jun 2025
20.3k
Evan Fitzgerald
Large quantity of chemicals found inside barrel at Carlow gunman's bedroom
3 Jun 2025
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Fairgreen Shopping Centre
Man who fired shots in Carlow shopping centre named locally as 22-year-old Evan Fitzgerald
He was on bail for a number of firearms offences.
Updated 2 Jun 2025
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RELATED
Man fired 'multiple shots' into the air in Carlow shopping centre
2 Jun 2025
The Morning Lead
Report in 2021 warned of military air traffic control crisis but nothing was done until this year
The Journal has obtained a copy of the internal Report of the ATS Working Group which looked at “options to ensure the longer-term sustainability” of the service at Casement Aerodrome.
Niall O'Connor
1 Jun 2025
16.8k
The Morning Lead
'We knew he was lying': the inside story on how gardaí finally caught Richard Satchwell
The issue wasn’t that information wasn’t collected by the original investigators – it’s that it wasn’t identified as a critical part of the puzzle.
Niall O'Connor
31 May 2025
72.1k
irish peacekeepers
Tánaiste lashes out at Israeli Defence Forces 'reckless' firing on Irish troops in Lebanon
30 May 2025
6.3k
UNIFIL
Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon fired at by Israeli troops while on patrol
The incident happened at around midday as the Irish soldiers of the 126th Infantry Battalion were patrolling with soldiers from the Lebanese Armed Forces.
Niall O'Connor
Updated 29 May 2025
44.7k
Lt Gen Sean Clancy
Outgoing military chief: Irish Defence Forces personnel must 'push through' short term disruption
29 May 2025
12.3k
Irish Air Corps to move to five-day week from June as Air Traffic Control crisis deepens
One well-placed security source warned it could take “years” to fix the problem.
Niall O'Connor
27 May 2025
51.1k
French Thunder
French helicopter carrier visits Cobh ahead of major Atlantic invasion exercise
The Tonnerre paid a five day visit to Cork Harbour this week to rest up before they take part in a major amphibious assault exercise on the West coast of France.
Niall O'Connor
27 May 2025
12.6k
Drimnagh
Four questioned over 'accidental' shooting of Josh Itseli in Dublin
27 May 2025
17.7k
Triple unlocked
New Defence Bill: Suspensions of military personnel and raft of provisions for foreign missions
26 May 2025
17.5k
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stones in their shoes
Gardaí are 'unfairly' targeting Drew Harris for blame over recent changes, says oversight chief
Recently Dr Elaine Byrne sat down with The Journal to discuss policing in Ireland and explain her role in the new policing oversight body.
Niall O'Connor
25 May 2025
17.7k
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south lebanon
Irish Lebanon commander: 'This has been ten times worse than anything I experienced before'
Lt Col Shane Rockett returned to Ireland today after a six month tour of duty leading Irish troops in South Lebanon.
Niall O'Connor
23 May 2025
18.2k
Open letter
Hundreds of Ireland's lawyers sign letter saying government should enact Occupied Territories Bill
23 May 2025
96.4k
Donegal
Man in his 60s arrested in connection with Creeslough explosion which killed ten people
23 May 2025
29.1k
ICE flight
Tánaiste investigating if 'illegal' US deportation flight stopped in Shannon en route to Africa
The Journal has established that the purported deportation flight, a Gulfstream V, landed in Shannon and spent approximately two hours on the ground.
Niall O'Connor
Updated 22 May 2025
27.3k
The Morning Lead
Gardaí wasting time on frivolous incidents because of 'over-correction' to 999 call scandal
Dr Elaine Byrne, chair of the PCSA, criticised how gardaí are now forced to respond to calls they should not be called to deal with because of a reaction to a Policing Authority enquiry.
Niall O'Connor
22 May 2025
17.6k
Far right intimidation
Gardaí have found foreign actors using social media to 'amplify' far-right content in Ireland
Garda Deputy Commissioner Shawna Coxon was speaking this week at a conference on Policing of Far Right Intimidation in the Republic of Ireland.
Niall O'Connor
21 May 2025
10.8k
Kenmare
Michael Gaine: Specialist military search team brought in to hunt for fresh clues
The Engineer Specialist Search Team – drawn from the military’s One Brigade in Collins Barracks, Cork – are highly skilled soldiers with equipment and training in searching.
Niall O'Connor
20 May 2025
35.5k
Kenmare
Michael Gaine: Gardaí may use satellite imagery to find out when farm machinery was moved
A man arrested yesterday following the discovery of partial human remains is still in custody today.
Updated 19 May 2025
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homicide review
Gardaí must learn from shortfalls in Hawe case investigation, head of policing body says
In August 2016 Alan Hawe, a vice-principal, killed himself after murdering his 39-year-old wife Clodagh and their sons, Liam, 13, Niall, 11, and Ryan, six.
Niall O'Connor
18 May 2025
19.3k
Limerick
Gardaí investigate violent incident as car rams other vehicle off road in feud-related attack
17 May 2025
22.7k
PDFORRA conference
PDFORRA's new leader says young people 'lifeblood' of Defence Forces and need better conditions
15 May 2025
7.4k
Peacekeepers
UN lodges complaint with IDF after 'laser target light' focused on Irish peacekeepers
15 May 2025
19.1k
The Morning Lead
Fears Air Corps may have to cut down on night flights due to lack of air traffic controllers
Air traffic control for the Air Corps is managed from Casement Aerodrome at Baldonnel in southwest Co Dublin.
Niall O'Connor
15 May 2025
14.7k
Rossa Mulcahy
Incoming military Chief: Gaps in Irish Defence capability causing 'complex challenges'
14 May 2025
13.7k
RIP
Garda Kevin Flatley to be laid to rest on Friday in Dublin following requiem mass
13 May 2025
31.2k
jigsaw defence
Tánaiste: there is a need for new military kit but Ireland must solve the Defence staffing issue
13 May 2025
14.4k
pdforra
Major rethink on Defence Forces pay needed, PDFORRA chief tells annual conference
Updated 13 May 2025
16.1k
sneem
Man who died on Kerry farm may have lain undiscovered under tractor overnight
13 May 2025
54.7k
Dublin
Garda killed at speed checkpoint in north county Dublin
In a statement Commissioner Drew Harris named the deceased as Garda Kevin Flatley (49).
Niall O'Connor
Updated 11 May 2025
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Number One
No need for policing experience to apply as campaign begins to find new Garda Commissioner
9 May 2025
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Co Clare
Gardaí searched fishing boat and other locations on west coast following suspicious activity
22 Apr 2025
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