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Armed Garda support units to monitor Ireland's major cities from tonight

A decision was made to ramp up high-visibility security in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Kilkenny in the wake of the London attack.

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Jun 4th 2017, 10:23 PM

'Sharia police' who patrolled the streets in Germany did not break the law

The incidents sparked outrage in 2014 but a court has ruled there weren’t illegal.

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Nov 21st 2016, 6:20 PM

Violent patients, overdoses, attacks and babies arriving - Saturday night for Dublin's paramedics

Ambulance crews must go to where they are called to and they never know what the next call entails.

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Jun 21st 2016, 6:10 AM