Crime figures show fall in homicides, but rise in kidnappings
Reported murders and manslaughters were down 11 per cent between 2008-2012.
View ArticleMillion euro paintings stolen in London in the 1970s have been recovered in...
The works are by French artists Paul Gauguin and Pierre Bonnard.
View ArticleFamily of five terrorised at gunpoint during armed robbery in Limerick
There were three young children in the house when the masked men with guns broke in to their home.
View ArticleTwo due in court over €1.5m cannabis haul
The two men were arrested yesterday by gardaí targeting a criminal gang based in Tallaght, south Dublin.
View Article15-year-old in court as drivers warned about spate of carjackings
A teenager will appear in court today after a taxi driver had his car hijacked in the early hours of Sunday morning.
View ArticleMan arrested as €800,000 worth of cannabis found in Kildare house
40kg of cannabis herb was found in Crossmorris.
View ArticlePoll: Should Ireland bring in a DNA database for criminals?
The DNA of the most serious criminals will be kept on a database under a new law. But is it a good idea? Or a step too far for civil liberties?
View ArticleNokia was blackmailed into paying millions to criminals back in 2008
The criminals acquired the encryption key for a core part of Nokia’s Symbian software, and threatened to make it public if their demands weren’t met.
View ArticlePoll: Should we introduce 'sobriety tags' for offenders of alcohol-related...
A pilot scheme was launched in London yesterday – should we follow suit?
View ArticleMan tried to pass off a crushed up pop tart as crack cocaine, still got arrested
Not-so-smooth criminal.
View ArticleHere's how much money was seized from criminals last year
CAB released its 2013 Annual Report today.
View Article'It has never been easier to get away with white collar crime in Ireland'
Can criminals do more damage with a computer than with a gun in a bank?
View ArticleBurglars hold knife to 15-month-old baby before stealing cash and jewellery
One of the burglars posed as a water meter reader to gain access to the mother’s home.
View ArticleNew national DNA database to become operational this year
IT improvements for the gardaí are on the way said Minister Frances Fitzgerald.
View ArticleWell, this is quite the crime scene...
Metropolitan Police uncovered *quite* the mess today.
View ArticleThis is NOT how you flush cannabis down the toilet
Metropolitan Police uncovered *quite* the mess today.
View ArticleIreland has a Witness Protection Programme and we've spent €400k on it this year
The protection programme was set up as gardaí tackled gangland crime.
View ArticleEver take a 'sensitive' photo of yourself? You could be at risk of sextortion
Faceless criminals are using young peoples’ personal images to extort money from them and the FBI want it to stop.
View Article'Want to stop people breaking into your house? Turn your lights on', says the...
The seasonal warning comes as an increase in crime is expected.
View ArticlePrison officers admit they don't know what to do with prison gangs
“This is the problem – the kind of control these people have over the general population.”
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