Maybe an old world is dying, like Antonio Gramsci told us, like Ursula von der Leyen is telling us, like those for whom Ireland’s neutrality is an anachronism unfit to withstand the threat of a barbarous non-west are telling us.
A senior garda accused a sergeant who brought him a report on alleged garda corruption of “neglect of duty” and “underhand action”.
The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) – in correspondence marked “urgent and confidential” – has confirmed the “potentially significant” patient safety issues caused by the use of non-medical grade springs in surgery at Temple Street Children's Hospital.
The Ditch can reveal that a county Westmeath man pleaded guilty this month to possession of a shotgun last year that should’ve been in garda custody.
“Prime minister Netanyahu, let me say this to you this evening, the Irish people couldn’t be clearer: we are repulsed by your actions – ceasefire now and let the aid flow safely,” said taoiseach Simon Harris at Fine Gael’s Ard Fheis.
The garda press office changed a contradictory statement about alleged garda involvement in the midlands drug trade.
An old joke: asking what’s the difference between apples and oranges, the answer being there’s no such thing as apple bastards. An acquaintance once told it to my family and was embarrassed when he found out my father’s a Protestant.
A senior garda made contradictory statements during an internal probe into claims he failed to adequately investigate corruption allegations against an Athlone garda.
Dublin Airport’s security procedures were changed the day after an investigation commenced at the airport in response to a whistleblower raising concerns with the Department of Transport.
Ex-detective garda Tom Higgins, named in an intelligence file linking him to the drug trade, was previously investigated over his alleged involvement in a tax scam.
In 2002 footage emerged of gardaí viciously assaulting people engaged in a peaceful Reclaim the Streets protest on May Day in Dublin city centre. One of these guardians of the peace was captured on video using his baton to beat a protester over the head. His display earned him the nickname Robocop.
An internal garda intelligence file named three Athlone gardaí suspected of involvement in the midlands drug trade.