Customs officials face losing battle as €10bn cocaine trade leads to dramatic increase in violent crime in north-west Europe, writes Jon Henley in Le Havre

EU drugs agency said European gangs 'tend to pool their resources' in a network of co-operation, which investigators suspect is the case in the two-tonne importation intercepted off the Cork coast

The gathering of many of Europe’s top diplomats in Kyiv yesterday was intended to have a bolstering effect on seemingly vacillating support for Ukraine 

One reader says our fundamental problem is not a shortage of housing, while others consider topics including the National Gender Service, and pay and conditions in the Defence Forces 

Michael Carroll had also 'run amok' in Dublin City centre as he twice tried to murder another man

The 2.25 tonnes of cocaine seized inside a 'mothership' container vessel is the biggest haul of the drug in Ireland, exceeding the 1.5 tonne seizures in 2007 and 2008

The MV Matthew cocaine bust off Ireland's south coast illustrates the sophisticated logistics and vast sums of cash involved in drug trafficking, writes Ann Murphy

Although welcome, the seizure of a record haul of cocaine off Ireland's south coast will have little effect on the drugs menace unless drug users change their behaviour

Spanish and French authorities seized 3,400 kilos of cocaine from smaller vessels that were likely stocked from the MV Matthew

It is understood the gang's intention was to load the consignment, using a crane on the MV Matthew, onto a trawler and land it in Ireland

The over two tonnes of cocaine could have a final street value of around €470m

In Rathcormac Co Cork for the reopening of the refurbished garda station, the Garda Commissioner reaffirmed co-operation with Dubai police to tackle organised crime

It comes after the Garda Commissioner Drew Harris confirmed he had invited members of Dubai’s police force to Ireland to share 'information and intelligence' on the Kinahan cartel

To tackle human trafficking, we must target demand, use technological investigation tools, law reform, and increased prevention and detection methods

One reader says the 'anachronistic rabble-rousing of old fossils' will not help achieve a United Ireland, while others consider issues including mental health services and the RTÉ controversy

The Department of Justice and An Garda Síochána are doing their best to make the streets safe but people have no appetite for politicians denying the evidence of their own eyes

The Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police said the meeting 'was aimed at strengthening co-operation in combatting money laundering, cross-border and cyber crimes'

The fatal shooting occurred just three days after a member of the rival Kinahan cartel, David Byrne, was killed at a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotel

Ireland has no extradition treaty with the UAE but hopes that the authorities there will use precedents they have already set, where they previously deported major criminals to the Netherlands and Italy

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris is meeting counterparts in the United Arab Emirates where members of the cartel still live

Garda Commissioner has flown to the United Arab Emirates to meet police chiefs and government officials in a bid to secure their agreement to start sending cartel leaders back to Ireland

Ukraine must be willing to fight corruption even as the country continues to defend itself from the illegal Russian invasion

The documentary, Confessions of a Crime Boss, has received criticism in recent days from the family of murdered journalist Veronica Guerin, as well as politicians

The synthetic opiate is 50 times more powerful than heroin and has killed thousands in the US

An Garda Síochána and the Colombian National Police will work more closely together to investigate drug trafficking

Justin Kelly says there seems to be an ‘insatiable appetite’ for cocaine in Ireland, writes Security Correspondent Cormac O’Keeffe

Army private made protected disclosure to Department of Defence saying workplace issues escalated into threats

Gardaí arrested a man and sent a file to the DPP after Army private told his employers workplace issues escalated to bullying, harassment, and threats from a crime gang member

I have been a constituent and supporter for many years of Tánaiste Micheál Martin. I returned to Cork 18 years ago this month, having spent more than 30 years with United Nations peacekeeping operations.

Treated for non-life threatening injuries

Senior garda says people across every part of Irish society are being forced into sex work, forced to work as dealers, or forced to pay drug gangs hundreds of thousands of euro

Defendant dispatched enforcers he described as 'head-the-balls' and 'Dirty Harrys' to collect on drug debts, a sentencing hearing was told

Patrick Connors, 31, is allegedly wanted for passport fraud, theft, and multiple motor vehicle offences here in Ireland, according to the Enforcement and Removal Operations in Boston

163kgs of cocaine concealed inside hidden compartment in roof of a horsebox

At a previous bail hearing for Dermot McManus, the court heard that after a search warrant was obtained, €28,550 was found in socks on top of a wardrobe

If Sinn Féin wins the next election, one of its first tasks will be to make the Special Criminal Court a permanent fixture — this from a party that opposed the court for years.

The Special Criminal court heard from witnesses who saw Ross Hutch “clutching his head” and screaming “oh, no, no, no” after finding his slain cousin’s body

Counsel said that Thomas McConnell was "intrinsically involved" in the careful planning and execution of the "ambush" on Gareth Hutch

Proposed legislation sets out to outlaw the recruitment of children by criminal gangs

Grieving dad says of one of his son's murderers: 'He gets days out for good behaviour; we get to visit a grave'

TDs debate bill which proposes a five-year prison sentence for those who groom children into crime

Ger Dundon, who has changed his name to Darren McLean by deed poll, was described by the British judge as "a committed career criminal" and a “gangland enforcer”.

€10,000 worth of suspected cannabis herb was seized along with €5000 cash and a 221 registered BMW 320 car.

GRA conference