Paul Reynolds

Crime Correspondent

No one was injured in the incident but gardaí are described as having been 'shook' by the experience (File image)

Gardaí tackle man attempting to rob shop with replica gun

Two unarmed gardaí tackled and disarmed a raider who tried to rob a supermarket with a firearm.

Ireland • 23 Jan

William Moorehouse died after he was stabbed on Sunday evening

Six men arrested in connection with Bray murder probe

A further four men have been arrested by gardaí investigating the murder of a 36-year-old in Bray, Co Wicklow, following the arrest of two others.

Leinster • 21 Jan

William Moorehouse was the father of six children

Weapons recovered in probe over murder of man in Bray

Gardaí in Wicklow investigating the murder of a 36-year-old man in Bray yesterday evening have recovered a number of weapons in searches of the area.

Ireland • 20 Jan

24-year-old Nikita Burns (L) and 39-year-old Alan Vial both pleaded not guilty to murder

Court told couple attacked man, threw him off Sliabh Liag

A man and a woman accused of the murder of a 66-year-old man in Donegal in 2023 hit him on the head with a rock and threw him off the Sliabh Liag cliffs, the Central Criminal Court has heard

Courts • 17 Jan

The house in Clonee in Dublin was bought for €360,000

CAB takes luxury home of convicted cash-in-transit robber

The Criminal Assets Bureau has taken possession of the luxury home of a convicted cash-in-transit armed robber who it said was part of a gang that robbed millions of euro.

Crime • 16 Jan

Jason Smith was addicted to Xanax at the time of the offence, the court heard

Man who picked up drugs after running up debt is jailed

A 31-year-old man, who along with his family was the victim of a so-called tiger kidnapping when he was a 10-year-old child, has been jailed for three years for drugs offences.

Courts • 15 Jan

Both of the accused were targeted by gardaí in north Dublin under operation Fógra, set up to combat drug related intimidation

Dissident republican jailed over drug debt intimidation

A senior dissident republican arrested as part of a garda investigation into drug debt intimidation has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.

Courts • 15 Jan

Man fined, avoids jail over drunken behaviour on flight

A 34-year-old man, whose drunken behaviour on an airplane forced it to divert to Dublin and dump thousands of euro worth of fuel, has been given a suspended sentence and ordered to pay €10,000.

Courts • 14 Jan

The prisoner escaped while at Tallaght Hospital on Saturday morning

Prisoner who escaped from custody in hospital caught

A 43-year-old prisoner who escaped from custody has been rearrested and returned to prison

Ireland • 14 Jan

More than 150 gardaí were involved in the operation

Three arrested as drugs, weapons seized in Dublin search

Three men have been arrested and more than €180,000 worth of drugs seized as part of an operation targeting organised crime in north Dublin.

Dublin • 14 Jan