However, Ireland also has one of the lowest homicide rates in Europe.

Two men attacked and robbed a 26-year-old man in the early hours of Monday in Antrim town.

The “appalling” attacks on 17 police officers in various incidents across Northern Ireland over a 24-hour period have been condemned

"Ireland is known as a country of céad milé fáilte. It is a stain and a huge difficulty when this happens," he said.

Gardaí are investigating two separate assaults which left two me in a critical condition

Justice Minister Helen McEntee will on Tuesday morning tell Cabinet that Mr Harris is to start the tendering process for the bodycams straight away.

Jaroslow Kilian (39) slapped, punched and kicked several engers, causing concussion to two people and lasting PTSD to a woman, the court heard

In dismissing the application, Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy said the court was not persuaded that the trial judge erred in refusing an application for a not guilty direction.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation described the assaults as "completely unacceptable"

The man has launched an appeal against his 10-and-a-half year sentence for making his partner's life a "horror show"

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris made the pledge after a spate of recent assaults on officers

There are calls for a zero tolerance approach to attacks on healthcare staff after new figures found there were over 7,300 verbal, physical or sexual assaults on staff in the last 18 months.

Hospitals will face an "avalanche" of legal cases if security concerns are not addressed following a large rise in assaults on nurses, according to an employment law solicitor. 

In an interview with The Hard Shoulder, on Newstalk, INMO general secretary, Phil Ní Sheaghdha said that workplace safety in hospitals is often forgotten or not discussed.