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<p>The report highlighted the number of contacts regarding thefts rose from 80 in 2023 to 133 last year.</p>

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Calls from victims of theft to helpline surged 66% last year, new report finds

Most common reason for contacts to Crime Victims Helpline was assault, accounting for 623 contacts. Harassment and stalking accounted for 595 contacts to the service

<p>Incidents such as drug busts in West Cork naturally grab the headlines but gardaí say the day-to-day reality is very different, and that they enjoy strong relationships with local communities.</p>

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Cork Crime: People in County Cork have strong communities. All they need is local gardaí

<p>Pat Dalton: 'Crime — persistent, often aggressive, and sometimes violent — has become an unfortunate and routine part of daily life in many pharmacies, including my own.' File picture: Tony O'Connell</p>

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Cork crime: Persistent and sometimes violent crime now routine for city pharmacists

Peep Hole in the door to a Prison Cell

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Nearly 400 inmates at large in the last decade never returned to prison

Cork Crime: Beat on the street is still a key to crime prevention

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Cork Crime: Beat on the street is still a key to crime prevention

Cork Crime: Soaring prices drive a surge in the theft of meat

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Cork Crime: Soaring prices drive a surge in the theft of meat

A prisoner serving life writes: ‘Why not help us instead of punishing us?’

A prisoner serving life writes: ‘Why not help us instead of punishing us?’

A book written by inmates in Mountjoy Prison highlights a project that shows many prisoners have the desire and potential to do so much good and stop the intergenerational cycles of violence and crime they experience

Mon, 04 Aug, 2025

Crime by offenders on bail rises 20% as prison overcrowding hits crisis levels

Crime by offenders on bail rises 20% as prison overcrowding hits crisis levels

Crime committed on bail has jumped 20% since 2022 — but overcrowded prisons are releasing offenders back onto streets

Sat, 02 Aug, 2025

Dublin garda stabbing sparked wave of online disinformation, says senior officer

Dublin garda stabbing sparked wave of online disinformation, says senior officer

Assistant Commissioner warns of agenda-driven disinformation following Dublin stabbing; Garda Representative Association highlights rising violence.

Wed, 30 Jul, 2025

Medical Marijuana Edibles, Candies Infused with CBD HHC or THC Cannabis in food industry

Ireland finally bans HHC 'but we must be vigilant about new drugs’

HHC, widely available to children as vapes and edibles, has been linked to serious medical episodes and psychosis here in Ireland

Wed, 30 Jul, 2025

Despair

Diversion scheme for those caught in possession of drugs to be in place by November

Health intervention to operate on discretion of gardaí

Tue, 29 Jul, 2025

Man charged with stabbing in West Cork remanded in continuing custody

Man charged with stabbing in West Cork remanded in continuing custody

Bas Mulders appeared before a sitting of Bandon District Court on Monday

Mon, 28 Jul, 2025

Inspector of prisons backs findings of jail report by European watchdog

Inspector of prisons backs findings of jail report by European watchdog

Government urged to to increase alternatives to custody and bail projects

Fri, 25 Jul, 2025

Man in prison hands of behind hold Steel cage jail bars. offender criminal locked in jail.

Prisons turned into 'human warehouses' by chronic overcrowding — Council of Europe inspectors

Overcrowding, violence — and a mentally-ill female prisoner who 'had not had access to a shower for four days' — among issues raised by the Council of Europe Committee on the Prevention of Torture

Thu, 24 Jul, 2025

Gardaí urge public to be vigilant over latest eFlow scam texts

Gardaí urge public to be vigilant over latest eFlow scam texts

Clicking on the text's hyperlink leads to a bogus website and a field in which the target is told to provide their bank details

Wed, 23 Jul, 2025

Heroin in Kerry: 'They want to pretend it's not happening'

Heroin in Kerry: 'They want to pretend it's not happening'

Sarah Horgan talks to a recovering addict, a local resident, and health professionals — including a needle exchange worker who says some people are slow to acknowledge the problem

Mon, 21 Jul, 2025

Vicious attack on Indian man a 'possible hate crime'

Vicious attack on Indian man a 'possible hate crime'

The victim, aged in his 40s, was seriously assaulted at around 6pm on Saturday

Mon, 21 Jul, 2025

Man in prison hands of behind hold Steel cage jail bars. offender criminal locked in jail.

Irish prisons entering 'unthinkable territory' as overcrowding hits 'crisis' level

Warning from Prison Officers Association comes as Ireland now has 860 more inmates than its prisons can hold

Mon, 21 Jul, 2025

drug syringe and cooked heroin on spoon. drug addict problem and therapy concept

'Young people and rural areas let down by lack of drug treatment and prevention services'

Independent evaluation of Government’s drug strategy makes 10 strategic recommendations

Mon, 21 Jul, 2025

Gardaí investigate whether attack on man in Dublin was hate crime

Gardaí investigate whether attack on man in Dublin was hate crime

A man in his 40s was hospitalised after the attack at around 6pm on Saturday

Sun, 20 Jul, 2025

Oberstown Detention Centre

Bill will grant judges power to defer detention for young offenders

Fianna Fáil TD calls for restorative justice to be part of the diversion scheme for juveniles and in the sanctions imposed on children by the courts

Tue, 15 Jul, 2025

‘My mother killed my dad’: Daughter breaks silence after years of abuse in Dublin home

‘My mother killed my dad’: Daughter breaks silence after years of abuse in Dublin home

Ellie Ryan speaks out after her mother is jailed for the manslaughter of her father, revealing years of hidden domestic violence and calling for legal reform

Tue, 15 Jul, 2025

Nine arrested in connection with three serious assaults in Wicklow

Nine arrested in connection with three serious assaults in Wicklow

One of the men charged is to appear at a special court sitting on Friday

Fri, 11 Jul, 2025

Limerick shop manager punched and bitten by woman 'under the influence'

Limerick shop manager punched and bitten by woman 'under the influence'

'I tried to deal with it myself because it's just very hard to keep staff. Most of my staff are very good, so it's just important that I try and deal with it myself'

Thu, 10 Jul, 2025

Money in old hands

'€100k stolen from dementia patient — but gardaí cannot act due to gaps in safeguarding law'

Cork North Central TD Colm Burke tells Oireachtas of a constituent's plight as advocates renew call for adult safeguarding legislation

Thu, 10 Jul, 2025

Navillus bosses lose their appeal over New York construction firm payroll fraud

Navillus bosses lose their appeal over New York construction firm payroll fraud

New York construction kingpins Dónal O’Sullivan and Pádraig Naughton sought to have their fraud convictions overturned

Wed, 09 Jul, 2025

Spanish man pleads guilty to conspiring to smuggle large quantity of drugs into Ireland

Spanish man pleads guilty to conspiring to smuggle large quantity of drugs into Ireland

Accused had been arrested in connection with the Tragumna drugs case in West Cork

Wed, 09 Jul, 2025

Puppy rescued in Limerick 'from youths kicking him around like a football'

Puppy rescued in Limerick 'from youths kicking him around like a football'

City councillor says An Garda Síochána will not set up a dedicated unit as the Department of Agriculture has primary responsibility for the care of animals

Wed, 09 Jul, 2025

Killer of Clare teacher is jailed for 62 months for drug-dealing

Killer of Clare teacher is jailed for 62 months for drug-dealing

The sentence of five years and two months is longer than the jail term the man received for the 2009 manslaughter of Lissycasey school teacher Brian Casey

Tue, 08 Jul, 2025

'Ireland needs military-grade drones to fend off bombardment of drugs by cocaine cartels'

'Ireland needs military-grade drones to fend off bombardment of drugs by cocaine cartels'

In the wake of the Broadstrand drugs seizure and convictions following the MV Matthew case, security sources say Ireland must up its game to tackle drug trafficking

Mon, 07 Jul, 2025

Mick Clifford: A woman murdered in her own bedroom — and how the State treated her husband

S Mick Clifford: A woman murdered in her own bedroom — and how the State treated her husband

Gardaí investigating the murder of Grace Livingstone in 1992 determined that her husband Jim Livingstone was the perpetrator, based not on the assembly of evidence but on their hunch or a failure in the immediate aftermath to identify any other suspect, writes Mick Clifford

Sun, 06 Jul, 2025

MV Matthew crew were no mere cogs — they played a vital role in cocaine trafficking venture

MV Matthew crew were no mere cogs — they played a vital role in cocaine trafficking venture

Guilty pleas reduced their sentences but the Special Criminal Court found the men were more than mere drugs mules

Sat, 05 Jul, 2025

Missing person Tina Satchwell case

Richard Satchwell to appeal against his conviction for the murder of his wife Tina

Richard Satchwell had admitted burying his late wife Tina Satchwell beneath a concrete floor in their East Cork home

Fri, 04 Jul, 2025

Computer hacker silhouette of hooded man

'Fagin’s Law' offences by adults to groom children into criminality 'difficult to prove', review finds

Gardaí said that less than 10 charges/summonses have been issued under the (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Act 2024

Fri, 04 Jul, 2025

Gardaí suspect €31m Courtmacsherry cocaine haul was destined for UK market

Gardaí suspect €31m Courtmacsherry cocaine haul was destined for UK market

Gardaí and Naval Service seize €31m in cocaine from an international gang in a major Courtmacsherry coastal sting operation

Wed, 02 Jul, 2025

Shane Flanagan 30Jun CCJ4

'Betrayal beyond words': Garda impersonated colleague to incite men to rape and kill her

Former garda told a court a colleague carried out a 'calculated, predatory act of violence' by impersonating her online and inciting men to come to her home and rape her

Mon, 30 Jun, 2025

Pensive child

Cork crime: With ambition and vision, we can upend this cycle of disadvantage and harm

On the final day of the Cork Crime series, Katherine Harford writes that investing in a 'village' of supports would address the harms blighting some parts of the city more than others

Wed, 25 Jun, 2025

Cahirmee horse fair

Striking disparity in jail sentences between Cork City’s northside and southside

New Irish Examiner analysis reveals significant sentencing disparities between Cork’s northside and southside, raising questions over justice and inequality

Tue, 24 Jun, 2025

Inside Alcatraz Prison - Row of Bars and Cells

Cork crime: Men jailed for twice as long as women, court data over five years reveals

New analysis of Cork court data reveals stark differences in jail terms by gender, offence type, and addiction impact

Tue, 24 Jun, 2025

An Irish passport gives citizens of Ireland, a top view of passports on a wooden table

Woman avoids jail for 'extremely serious' passport fraud

Judge said woman who arrived in Ireland on a student visa manipulated a vulnerable Cork man to put his name forward as the biological father of her child when they effectively had no relationship of any kind

Mon, 23 Jun, 2025

Gerry Hutch court case

Special 'gangland' powers have led to record number of arrests

Gardaí made a total of 152 arrests in the year ending May 2025, a rise of 40 (36%) on the previous year

Mon, 23 Jun, 2025

Cork crime: 'To get a sense of the place you live, it is worthwhile going to your local courthouse for a day'

S Cork crime: 'To get a sense of the place you live, it is worthwhile going to your local courthouse for a day'

Liam Heylin introduces our three-day series with a long view on the hard realities — and hope — he sees every day in our courts

Mon, 23 Jun, 2025

Inside Alcatraz Prison - Row of Bars and Cells

Cork crime: Homeless people account for a quarter of jail terms, new 'Irish Examiner' study reveals

Research project confirms that theft, assault, and drug offences are the crimes that city courts most often deal with

Mon, 23 Jun, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Cork crime series sheds light on our criminal justice system

Irish Examiner view: Cork crime series sheds light on our criminal justice system

‘Irish Examiner’ deep dive into crime and justice in Cork City should direct us towards the root causes of problems in our society

Mon, 23 Jun, 2025

Man in prison hands of behind hold Steel cage jail bars. offender criminal locked in jail.

Cork crime and jail time: Methodology statement

How we analysed more than 5,000 court reports over a five-year period, and focused on 1,415 cases that resulted in jail terms

Mon, 23 Jun, 2025

Never leave your drink alone

10% of those attending sexual assault treatment units reported multiple assailants

One in ten people attending Ireland's six SATUs last year said they had been assaulted by two or more individuals

Sun, 22 Jun, 2025

Irish survivors to tell UN session why they want a ban on use of counselling notes in rape trials

Beyond Surviving founder Ciara Mangan and other Irish representatives will tell the meeting in Geneva that defence lawyers' use of a victim's clinical notes can cause 'significant harm and suffering'

Sun, 15 Jun, 2025

Garda bosses urge public to engage with local stations

Garda bosses urge public to engage with local stations

Follows Oireachtas committee hearing where concerns were raised about Garda visibility and responses to calls for help

Fri, 13 Jun, 2025

Gardaí putting 'significant amount' of evidence to suspect in Annie McCarrick case

Gardaí putting 'significant amount' of evidence to suspect in Annie McCarrick case

Gardaí investigating Annie McCarrick's 1993 disappearance arrested a suspect on Thursday morning. Simultaneously, a house in Clondalkin was cordoned off for a detailed search

Thu, 12 Jun, 2025

Lubomir Puska Jnr and Viera Gaziova 9Jun CCJ2

'No proof' that sisters-in-law knew Puska had killed Ashling Murphy, say defence

Jozefina Grundzova and Viera Gaziova are on trial with their husbands, accused of impeding Jozef Puska's apprehension or prosecution by burning his clothes

Tue, 10 Jun, 2025