All news by author: John Kierans

Police officers searched the home of a prison officer and found tablets sewn into his uniform, leading detectives to suspect that he was supplying inmates at Mountjoy Prison

The brothers led the gang allied with slain hitman Robbie Lawlor in the notorious Drogheda feud which left four dead and dozens jailed for their illegal activities

Ashling Murphy's killer Jozef Puska is in a cell on his own and is getting 24-hour protection for his own safety - and a prison source said he never apologised for the woman's murder

David Stanners, nicknamed "Frog Eye", from Limerick, who was jailed for the brutal killing of rival gang boss Kieran Keane, has been found dead in his prison cell in Ireland

A woman with a 'heart of gold' has been killed in her home in New York in what police are saying was a murder-suicide. Irish woman Denise Morgan was found dead in Queens, US

Amy Fitzpatrick's aunt Christine is pleading with the Spanish Civil Guard force to re-open the missing persons case after receiving a chilling note claiming to know the location of her body