Despite record numbers of drug seizures by An Garda Síochána and customs officials in 2006, there has been no noticeable impact on the availability or price of drugs, or on the numbers of drug users in the country, according to Tony Geoghan of Merchant's Quay drug treatment centre in Dublin. John O'Connor of the Drug Treatment Centre Board says, “Drugs seem to be as available as ever”.
The renewed fleeting panic over child sex abuse, following on the revelation that the Gardaí ignored representations from the Austrian police authorities about Irish subscribers to a child pornography site, is yet the latest illustration of denial of the scale of child sex abuse here.
The government has failed to guarentee funding for the National Domestic Violence Intervention Agency, so it is has been forced to close at the end of January
For the first time, Gerry Adams outlines in detail his negotiations with the Irish government on the release of the killers of Jerry McCabe; how this was formally agreed; how Michael McDowell was to fly to Limerick to inform Ann McCabe; and how at the time of the Good Friday Agreement Bertie Ahern gave an explicit assurance on the release of these men
A feud between two inner city families threatens to escalate further following the killing of Gerard Byrne at the IFSC complex in the north inner city of Dublin on 14 December. By Frank Connolly.
Hundreds of convictions are at risk following a ‘highly unusual' Supreme Court decision which may invalidate ‘thousands' of regulations made by ministerial orders. By Justine McCarthy
Fears of retaliatory attacks after the recent double murder in Finglas mount as local activist describes the flood of firearms into the area. By Frank Connolly
Shane Touhey was found dead in a Co Offaly river almost five years ago. His inquest recorded death by drowning but the Garda investigation into what happened was flawed, indifferent and at times bizarre. Philip Boucher-Hayes reports
Those self-congratulatory media reports of Mary Robinson's praise for Ireland in combating global violence against women did not convey the whole truth of what the former president said.
Baiba Saulite, the mother of two who was shot dead at her home in north Dublin, was failed by the Garda, who provided protection for her solicitor but not for her, despite an obvious threat to her life. By Justine McCarthy