Irish Times
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Legal aid crisis: Free Legal Advice Centres warns the Stateās legal aid system is āin crisisā and risks collapse amid an ongoing boycott by criminal legal aid solicitors over payment changes. Thousands of District, Circuit and Central Criminal Court cases have been adjourned.
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Criminal Assets Bureau: CAB returned ā¬14.9 million to the Exchequer last year, down from ā¬17 million in 2024. Minister for Justice Jim OāCallaghan will brief Cabinet on the annual report Tuesday.
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Killarney murder probe: GardaĆ continue gathering evidence for the DPP in the murder of Jamey Carney (43) in Killarney, but say locating prime suspect Ahmed Al Saqar (28), who fled after the killing, will be challenging.
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Major Garda operation: Eleven military-grade firearms, including three machine guns, and ā¬700,000 worth of heroin, cocaine and cannabis were seized in coordinated raids by the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau and units nationwide; multiple arrests made.
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Cross-border policing success: West Yorkshire Police praised Cork gardaĆ for arresting Jason Spence (38), a UK serial child-sex offender who fled to Ireland; he has been sentenced to 32 years for offences against four children.
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Fatal road collision in Cork: A woman in her 50s died after a carālorry crash on the R568 at Manch East, Ballineen, around 3pm Sunday. GardaĆ appeal for witnesses; a postmortem will follow at Cork University Hospital.
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Lough Ree tragedy: Martin Greene (15) from Athlone was recovered from the water at Carnakilla Point, Glasson, on Saturday evening and pronounced dead at the scene. Family and community tributes have been paid.
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Historic church closure: The Augustinians held a final Mass at St Augustineās Church, Washington Street, Cork, ending nearly 800 years of service in the city due to falling vocations.
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Antrim blaze linked to bonfire: NIFRS says embers from a nearby bonfire likely caused a fire that destroyed two houses and damaged two more in Greenisland, near Carrickfergus, early Sunday.
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National Day of Commemoration: Hundreds gathered at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham to honour Irish service members who died in past wars or on peace missions, with Defence Forces regiments in attendance and a PC-9M flypast.