The Garda Síochána, more commonly referred to as the Gardaí or "the Guards", is the national police service of Ireland. The service is headed by the Garda Commissioner who is appointed by the Irish Government. Its headquarters are in Dublin's Phoenix Park.
A series of riots in Dublin on 25 February 2006 was precipitated by a controversial proposed march down O'Connell Street of a unionist demonstration. The disturbances began when members of the Garda Síochána attempted to disperse a group of counter-demonstrators blocking the route of the proposed march. The situation escalated as local youths joined forces with the counter-demonstrators.
Detective Sergeant Denis O'Brien, sometimes called "Dinny O’Brien", was a veteran of the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. He joined the Garda Síochána in 1933 and was killed by the Anti-Treaty IRA in 1942.
Garrett Howard was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Limerick, Dublin and Tipperary senior teams.
The Central Hotel fire, was a fire at a popular family-owned hotel in the heart of the seaside resort of Bundoran, County Donegal, in the northwest of Ireland. On 8 August 1980, a fire broke out killing ten people, including both locals and holiday makers. The tragedy was covered as part of the RTÉ television series Disasters in summer 2007.
The Walter Scott Medal for Valor is a medal awarded for acts of bravery by the Garda Síochána.
Henry Byrne and John Morley, two officers of the Garda Síochána, the police force of Ireland, were murdered on 7 July 1980 by alleged members of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA). The officers' deaths provoked national outrage. Three men were apprehended, convicted, and sentenced to death for capital murder. Two of the sentences were later reduced to 40 years imprisonment while the third was overturned.
Garda ar Lár was an Irish television series, the second season of which was broadcast on RTÉ One in January and February 2009. It examined incidents where members of the country's Garda Síochána died since the foundation of the state. Over thirty members of the force had died in this time. The series was broadcast on Mondays at 19:30.
Vincent Nolan, Garda Síochána and recipient of the Scott Medal, 27 August 1936 – 25 January 1980.
Martin K. Walsh was an Irish policeman with Garda Síochána and a recipient of the Scott Medal.
Michael Henegan was a member of the Garda Síochána 10307A and recipient of the Scott Medal.
Michael Noel Canavan was an Irish policeman with Garda Síochána (21578C) and a recipient of the Scott Medal.
Michael Joseph Reynolds was a member of the Garda Síochána, who was posthumously awarded the Scott Medal for bravery after being fatally wounded in a pursuit of bank robbers operating on behalf of the Official IRA.
Martin Donnellan, Garda Síochána Detective Sergeant 17179D and recipient of the Scott Medal, born 1948.
James Mulroy, was an Irish police officer who was the first recipient of the Scott Medal.
Richard Christopher Fallon was an Irish police officer who received the Scott Medal. He was the first member of the Garda Síochána to be killed in the line of duty as a consequence of The Troubles
Pa "Fowler" McInerney was an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper and full-back for the Clare and Dublin senior teams.
Between 26 November 1972 and 20 January 1973, there were four paramilitary bombings in the centre of Dublin, Ireland. Three civilians were killed and 185 people were injured. No group ever claimed responsibility for the attacks and nobody was ever charged in connection with the bombings. The first bombing in Burgh Quay may have been carried out by former associates of the Littlejohn brothers who were Secret Intelligence Service provocateurs, in a successful attempt to provoke an Irish government clampdown against the Provisional IRA, while the other three bombings were possibly perpetrated by loyalist paramilitaries, specifically the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), with British military or intelligence assistance. The UVF claimed in 1993 to have carried out the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings which incurred the greatest loss of life in a single day throughout the 30-year conflict known as the Troubles.
Adrian Donohoe was an Irish detective in the Garda Síochána based at Dundalk Garda Station in County Louth, who was fatally shot in Bellurgan on 25 January 2013 during a robbery by an armed gang of five people on a credit union. He was the first garda officer to be murdered in the line of duty since 1996, and was afforded a full state funeral.
The Garryhinch ambush was a surprise attack on the Garda Síochána by the Provisional IRA on 16 October 1976. A bomb planted by the IRA in a farmhouse at Garryhinch on the County Laois-County Offaly border in the Republic of Ireland was detonated. Garda Michael Clerkin was killed in the blast, and four other Gardaí at the scene were badly wounded. The incident was one of the few occasions during The Troubles when police officers in the Republic of Ireland were deliberately targeted.
