Do you remember the case of Dean Lyons? No? Back in March 1997, two mentally-ill women living in "sheltered housing" in Dublin were murdered in a savage attack during which [...]

Dalkey is one of the most charming and salubrious of South Dublin suburbs. It retains most of the character it used to have when it was just a village, clinging [...]

I see the new Anti-social Behaviour Orders are ready to roll. According to today's papers, the adult version will be available for the new year, with children's asbos following in [...]

This is what a Garda shouted at a young child in a car as about ten of his colleagues dragged the child's father away on a false murder charge. These [...]

Three questions. Who was drunk-driving in Raphoe on the night of the 13th October 1996 ? Who knocked Richie Barron down, and drove away? Why did the guards try so [...]

For a change, I think the Guards were right in what they did. (Shock, appalled recoiling horror, stunned amazement, disappointment, rejection, despair). No. They were right. This thing in Gort [...]

What did you think of the two gobshite guards outside the American embassy? Was that one of the most embarrassing things you ever heard or what? As I understand it, [...]

You'll remember Mr Justice Frederick Morris, chairman of the Morris Tribunal, investigating the Donegal guards. Well, he hasn't gone away, you know. Yesterday, his reports on three modules of his [...]

There's a report on the front page of today's Irish Times about a murder. It says: Neighbours who found the body of an 83-year-old man in Dublin said his throat [...]

A mentally ill man was alone in his house with a gun. Worried he might harm himself, his family called the Guards. The Guards came and shot him dead. The [...]