Geographic Activity

Operation Tara: GNDOCB multi-region operation seizes c.€1.6m of cocaine and c.€529k of diamorphine; four men arrested, two charged with trafficking and money laundering

Multi-region (Dublin / Northwest / East) · 2026-09-23

IMO (doctors) and Ifut (university lecturers) vote for industrial action, joining INMO, Fórsa and SIPTU in a health-sector pay dispute campaign set to begin 30 September

Nationwide · 2026-09-22

DPC fines Google €403m after finding its processing of location data breached GDPR lawfulness, fairness, accountability and transparency obligations

National · 2026-09-21

Von der Leyen proposes a NATO Article 4-style EU security mechanism letting any member state, including Ireland, trigger coordinated talks over sabotage, cyberattacks or drone incursions

National · 2026-09-16

Analysis: French and British naval and air assets have quietly provided defensive cover during high-profile State events, underscoring Ireland's reliance on allies against hybrid threats

National · 2026-09-05

Security assessment: dissident chiefs 'struggling' to recruit for attacks despite three recent bomb incidents linked to the New IRA

National / Northern Ireland · 2026-09-02

DPC fines HSE €645,000 and issues corrective orders after inspections of 12 record-storage facilities found data protection failures and delayed breach notifications

National · 2026-09-02

UK and Ireland begin joint live exercises testing readiness for undersea cable sabotage incidents, citing rising hostile-state activity

National (maritime, multi-site) · 2026-09

Revenue, GNDOCB and PSNI joint operation seizes cannabis worth c.€1.7m, suspected cocaine, imitation firearms and cash in Co Louth and Co Antrim; two arrested

Louth / Antrim (cross-border) · 2026-08-27

Part 3 of the Central Bank (Amendment) Act 2026 commences, expanding the Central Bank's winding-up and enforcement powers over regulated (re)insurers

National · 2026-08-26

Boston Scientific investigating cyberattack that disrupted global order processing and shipping; Irish manufacturing and R&D staff sent to work from home

National (Irish manufacturing/R&D sites) · 2026-08-25

An Garda Síochána releases 2025 hate crime and hate-related incident statistics: 780 incidents recorded, up 15.4% year-on-year; racism and xenophobia the most common motives, Dublin the largest share

National · 2026-08-14

Draft Government cyber defence plan warns Ireland remains vulnerable to hostile state and non-state hybrid threats targeting infrastructure

National · 2026-08

CCPC publishes 31 enforcement actions against 18 traders nationwide for consumer-rights breaches

National (Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Waterford, Wicklow) · 2026-07-27

IIEA report: 'serious' risks to Ireland's subsea telecoms cables, which carry over 99% of data in/out of the state

National (subsea cable landing sites) · 2026-07-23

Critical Infrastructure Act 2026 commences; nine transport, water and energy projects designated priority critical infrastructure

National · 2026-07-17

INMO (nurses & midwives) to ballot for strike action over pay dispute

Nationwide · 2026-07-14

Accenture confirms breach after threat actor claims theft of 35GB source code and cloud credentials; company says isolated and remediated

National (global firm, large Dublin operations) · 2026-07-07

Corporate Enforcement Authority 3rd annual report: 18 directors disqualified; DPP directs charges over company law/fraud

National · 2026-07-02

PSNI statistics: race-related hate incidents in Northern Ireland rise to 2,367 in year to March 2026, the highest since records began in 2004/05

Northern Ireland · 2026-05

Recurrent Russian 'shadow fleet' vessel presence in Irish EEZ; Naval Service seeks boarding powers

National waters / EEZ · 2026 (ongoing, pre 1 Jul EU presidency)

NCSC 2nd National Cyber Risk Assessment warns of elevated threats to energy, telecoms and transport sectors

National · 2026

NCSC and Government flag hostile-state and foreign-influence risk around Ireland's EU Council presidency

National · 2026 (ahead of 1 Jul EU presidency)