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Planning report into An Bord Pleanala allegations referred to DPP and the Garda

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has referred a planning report into “certain decisions” at An Bord Pleanala to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the Garda and the Standards in Public Office (SIPO). Mr O’Brien said he referred the report by ...

15 Aug 2022 at 22:18

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Housing Minister says An Bord Pleanala appointments to be halted pending reforms

Ireland’s Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien has said appointments to the planning appeals body will be “effectively” halted after he referred the findings of an independent report to Gardai and the Director of ...

16 Aug 2022 at 16:14

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Gardaí send 'number of files' to DPP over violent Longford feud

Detectives are awaiting directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to determine what charges, if any, can be brought against a number of suspects who were arrested following the incident inside Ardnacassa housing estate on ...

04 Aug 2022 at 13:21

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'There shouldn't be any rotation' - Sinn Féin TD calls for general election as DPP investigation begins

Pearse Doherty has said a general election should take place later this year to appoint a new Taoiseach instead of the planned rotation between Micheál Martin and Leo Varadkar following the leaking of a GP contract by then Taoiseach ...

25 Apr 2022 at 12:38

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Prosecutors receive file on disclosure of confidential document by Varadkar

A Garda investigation into the disclosure of a confidential document by Leo Varadkar has been completed and a file of evidence has been sent to prosecutors. The Tánaiste is under investigation for passing a copy of the official ...

23 Apr 2022 at 18:23

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Feud fears worsen as gardaí arrest nine people over alleged Longford shooting

The incident, which occurred on January 24, left a man with serious injuries in hospital. It's understood gardaí are examining whether the man may have been targeted after a firearm was discharged in the town's Ardnacassa ...

10 Apr 2022 at 15:48

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Seven teens accused of violent disorder at Longford school

A secondary school principal tried to wrestle an iron bar from a teenage pupil who was among a gang of seven students that tried to attack a young boy in an alleged violent disorder incident last year, a court has heard. ...

13 Apr 2022 at 18:00

National News

Gardaí asked about DPP file delay as Ashling Murphy murdered accused appears in court

THE garda investigation file on the murder of teacher Ashling Murphy will be submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in 10 days, a court has heard. Jozef Puska, 31, with an address of Lynally Grove, ...

09 Feb 2022 at 16:56

Local News

Gardaí asked about DPP file delay as Ashling Murphy murdered accused appears in court

09 Feb 2022 at 19:09

Local News

Man has been charged after dead body of pensioner brought to post office

Gardaí have charged a man in connection to an incident in which the body of a man was brought to a post office in an apparent attempt to claim his pension. Peadar Doyle, 66, was brought to the post office on the ...

27 Jan 2022 at 11:44

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Teen pleads guilty to assaulting three gardaí in violent altercation

A teenager charged with assaulting three gardaí, leaving one with a suspected broken nose, during a violent altercation inside Longford garda station has pleaded guilty to all charges before the court. The ...

20 Sept 2022 at 10:57

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Victim found intruder standing in kitchen, Longford court hears

A court has heard how a man was awoken to find an intruder allegedly standing in the kitchen of his apartment in Longford town earlier this year. Sgt Mark Mahon said gardaí were alerted to an incident ...

15 Oct 2022 at 12:05

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