Policing reforms would ‘erode’ autonomy of force, Garda chief to warnDrew Harris will today tell an Oireachtas committee that proposed reforms of the police force are ‘disproportionate’ and ‘unconstitutional’
State DNA database now linked to other countriesHundreds of suspects have been identified, including a suspect for a cluster of seven unsolved burglaries in Dublin, thanks to the new links
Corporate watchdog gets more powers under new legislationOffice of the Director of Corporate Enforcement to be rebranded and get 50% more staff, but legislation stops short of giving forensic accountants the power to sit in on Garda interviews
Green light for Olympian Egan’s idea to reinvest criminal assets Crime-hit areas will receive ‘community safety fund’ devised from criminal proceeds, following a proposal by former boxer and current councillor Kenneth Egan
Susan O’Keeffe: Garda anti-corruption unit is decades overdueThe internal police force will not be perfect but is better than a complete lack of accountability
Three Ireland works with Gardaí on investigation into scam callsFigures show phone fraud attempts increased five-fold in April compared to same time in 2019
Gardaí shut down 80 websites that were trying to scam unsuspecting peopleFraudsters pretended to be from An Garda Síochána, government departments, the Attorney General’s Office and delivery firms as scams rise, says Minister for Justice
Garda left in dark over 23,000 crimes by Irish in Britain Computer glitch meant convictions went unrecorded here, potentially allowing criminals to slip through Garda vetting net