Gardai have "Common Law powers" entitling them to use their own "discretion" when dealing with the public, a trial of four gardai and a retired superintendent accused of unlawfully interfering in pending or potential road traffic offences, heard, Friday.
The mother of toddler Daniel Aruebose - who has admitted secretly burying her son on wasteland in Donabate, north Dublin - has handed over her Snapchat and email passwords to gardaí in order for them to examine her online conversations.
Judge 'minded' to make teacher liable for cost of security hired to keep him out of Wilson's Hospital Sacked schoolteacher Enoch Burke became involved in a stand-off earlier today with a security guard who attempted to stop him from gaining entry to a building at Wilson's Hospital School. The High Court was informed by a lawyer for the school's board of management that gardaí were called and were "on site".
Both defendants are charged with the murder of Mr Quilligan on a date unknown between September 1, 2023, and January 29, 2024, at an unknown location within the State. The charge is brought contrary to Common Law. The two men entered not guilty pleas when arraigned before Ms Justice Siobhan Lankford and a jury of ten men and two women at Cork Courthouse, Angelsea Street.
Gardaí say they had attended and were monitoring a number of public gatherings in Dublin city today During the afternoon a protest group gathered in the East Wall area. As the public gathering moved towards Dublin Port Tunnel a Garda cordon was established to prevent a protest from blocking the tunnel and to "maintain traffic movement through key infrastructure".
An English tourist was treated in hospital after a knife attack in Temple Bar late on Saturday night, close to where another English tourist was left in a critical condition after an unrelated attack a month ago.
The 51-year-old man died after he suffered serious injuries following an interaction with gardai. The man was involved in an incident with gardai close to the Holiday Inn on O'Connell Street last Friday. He died days later. Fiosru, the Office of the Police Ombudsman, said it is independently investigating the incident and has commenced a criminal investigation into it. It said the incident, which happened at around 4.15am, involved the serious harm of the man, who later died.
Shortly before 10am, gardaí and emergency services were alerted to the incident on Churchtown Road Upper, Dundrum. The on-duty Garda member was taken to Tallaght University Hospital for treatment of non life-threatening injuries, a Garda spokesperson said.
A lack of sanctions for poor performance and the absence of effective management led to a culture to take root in roads policing units whereby some gardaí deliberately avoided traffic offences.
