Paul Reynolds

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Appeal for driver to come forward in search for Mayo man

1 week ago | rte.ie | Paul Reynolds

Gardaí and the PSNI who are searching for missing 38-year-old Mayo man, George Brennan are anxious to speak to a van driver who may have seen him. Mr Brennan went missing in Northern Ireland over two weeks ago. The PSNI said they are following up on a report that a man with a backpack was seen hitchhiking outside Limavady in Derry last Monday at around 4.45pm. A member of the public came forward and said he saw a man get into a white van with writing on the side travelling towards Ballykelly.
Gardaí have 'no leads' in Mike Gaine case - Commissioner

1 week ago | rte.ie | Paul Reynolds

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has said gardaí are still treating the case of the missing Kerry farmer Michael Gaine as a missing persons investigation and have no definite line of inquiry. Mr Harris said the investigation team has "no leads" in the case of the 56-year-old who disappeared on 20 March near Kenmare.
Minister says allegations made against gardaí are false

1 week ago | rte.ie | Paul Reynolds

The Garda Commissioner has told the Minister for Justice that allegations made against gardaí under parliamentary privilege in the Dáil earlier this month were false. People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Richard Boyd Barrett told the Dáil that Mothers Against Genocide protesters were "arrested very, very violently in some cases" and repeated an allegation by a woman that she had been "stripped completely naked" in garda custody.
Harris legacy one of failing policing strategies - AGSI

1 week ago | rte.ie | Paul Reynolds

The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors has said the legacy of outgoing Commissioner Drew Harris has been one of failing policing strategies, strained industrial relations, and change for the sake of change. Commissioner Harris is due to address his final Garda conference in Kerry this afternoon. However, AGSI president Declan Higgins has said Commissioner Harris has turned policing into a business, with spreadsheets replacing community, and rebranding replacing real reform.
AGSI criticises Minister for inaction on policing issues

1 week ago | rte.ie | Paul Reynolds

The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors has strongly criticised the Minister for Justice for what it says is his "inaction on key policing issues and garda industrial relations". The association, which opens its annual conference in Kerry today, says Jim O'Callaghan continues to ignore "repeated warnings" about the garda’s operational policing model which it says every garda and large numbers of the public know "is not working".
Ex-senior garda awarded damages makes charity donation

1 week ago | rte.ie | Paul Reynolds

A former Assistant Garda Commissioner who has been paid damages after he was suspended by the Garda Commissioner in the year he was due to retire has donated a substantial amount of the money to charity. Fintan Fanning, who is now studying to become a deacon in the Catholic Church, was paid damages and legal fees estimated to have cost the State around €250,000.
Man sentenced to life for murder of Tristan Sherry

2 weeks ago | rte.ie | Paul Reynolds

A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a gunman who shot dead another man at a restaurant in Dublin 16 months ago. Michael Andrecut, from Sheephill Avenue in Blanchardstown, was found guilty of the murder of Tristan Sherry who was attacked by at least seven men and beaten to death at Browne's Steakhouse in Blanchardstown on Christmas Eve 2023. Tristan Sherry's mother said she did not recognise her son when she went with gardaí to identify his body.
Man guilty of murdering man who took him and mother in

2 weeks ago | rte.ie | Paul Reynolds

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Harris to remain on as Commissioner for 3 further months

2 weeks ago | rte.ie | Paul Reynolds

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris is to remain in the job for another three months to facilitate the appointment of a successor. The Cabinet agreed to his contract extension this morning. The Commissioner had been due to retire on 1 June but will now stay on in the role until 1 September. The process to replace him has not yet commenced and the position of Garda Commissioner has not yet been advertised.
Man given life sentence for murder of his best friend

2 weeks ago | rte.ie | Paul Reynolds

A 30-year-old man who "brutally" beat his best friend to death with a baseball bat because he wanted to kill has been sentenced to life in prison. Robert Broughan, of St Patrick's Park, Rathangan in Co Kildare, attacked 34-year-old Roy Hopkins on the Grand Canal on 31 July 2020 after they had gone there together to fish. Broughan told gardaí there had never been "a cross word between them", but he wanted to make his friend's "head explode" and had also wanted to kill another person.