Operation Ironside might sound like a Transformers spin-off but it was actually a pretty impressive initiative. American and Australian authorities have hacked a ‘crime app’ with encrypted messages that led to the arrest of hundreds of organised crime members. Across 18 countries, officials were able to hack encrypted messages and carry out Operation Ironside. Operation […]

5 years ago

Gardaí have also revealed the amount of these threats they consider to be critical or substantial. According to Assistant Garda Commissioner Pat Leahy, 522 in Dublin have had threats made against their lives, many of which are in relation to the violent Kinahan-Hutch feud. This feud is one of three in the capital that Leahy claims […]

8 years ago

Three people were arrested following raid in relation to Kinahan crime gang. Gardaí have released details of a “pill-making factory” that they discovered during a raid on a home in County Kildare. On the afternoon on Sunday 6 May, armed officers raided a house in St Raphael’s Manor in Celbridge as part of an ongoing investigation […]

8 years ago

“This is industrial harvesting of tickets to create a rigged market to artificially hike up prices that fans have to pay.” While we’re all still basking in the afterglow of U2’s phenomenal performance over the weekend, many of those who attending the gig had to fork up huge sums of money in order to secure […]

9 years ago