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Jim O'Callaghan

insurance premiums

Minister wants to 'maintain' insurance reforms before approving personal injury pay-out hikes

34 mins ago

819

welcome to jail

New virtual tour of Irish prison aims to reduce anxiety among incoming prisoners and visitors

2 hrs ago

16.0k

Deportations

Minister criticised after recent deportation flight took off without human rights monitor on board

19 Jun

15.3k

INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION

Citywest Hotel to be bought at a cost of €148 million for international protection accommodation

17 Jun

21.5k

124

Immigration

The government has spent over €1m on deportation flights for 170 people this year

16 Jun

4.4k

Immigration

'A week ago we were safe in Ireland': Family at centre of Red Cow deportation speak out

12 Jun

26.8k

Deportations

'I was always with them': Man separated from family after deportation from Ireland to Nigeria

Rasheed Dimeji Ismail said the government is making himself and other asylum seekers a “scapegoat” following anti-immigration protests.

Eoghan Dalton

11 Jun

67.3k

Ukraine

Temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees to be extended to March 2027

11 Jun

18.2k

Jim O'Callaghan

New terrorism offences bill will allow State to prosecute people who travel abroad for terrorism

Updated 10 Jun

16.4k

Justice Committee

One driver arrested every hour for drink or drug driving in 2024, Garda Commissioner says

10 Jun

4.2k

Jim O'Callaghan

Justice Minister voices concern over length of time taken to discover Tina Satchwell's remains

8 Jun

9.1k

Immigration

O'Callaghan claims banning child deportations would make system 'untenable' following criticism

Updated 6 Jun

16.5k

enforced deportation

Justice Minister says €325,000 deportation flight to Nigeria is ‘value for money’

5 Jun

28.4k

deportation flights

Over 30 people, including five children, deported to Nigeria on special chartered flight

Updated 5 Jun

26.4k

Prison shortage

Old Cork Prison to be demolished and rebuilt... by 2031

8 hrs ago

12.9k

restorative justice

New Government plan will increase meetings between criminals and their victims

2 Jun

8.1k

Deportations

Close to 50 people have been deported on commercial flights so far this year

There have been 119 enforced deportations so far this year and the majority of these have involved periods of detention prior to removal.

31 May

11.5k

DRCC

Calls to the National Rape Crisis Helpline exceed 20,000 for the first time

29 May

3.2k

Offences against the State Act

Justice Minister to repeal State's counter-terrorism laws and replace Special Criminal Court

29 May

13.7k

asylum seeker accommodation

Minister to bring forward plans to purchase Dublin's Citywest Hotel

27 May

18.2k

Immigration

Minister says 'upgraded' system will ensure 'vigorous' screening to tackle illegal immigration

26 May

19.1k

public apology

Justice Minister to make public apology to family of hit-and-run victim Shane O'Farrell

Shane O’Farrell was killed when he was struck by a car driven by Zigimantas Gradzuiska, who was on bail from multiple courts.

Updated 24 May

30.5k

gambling regulation

Ireland's new gambling watchdog is up and running, but its strict laws won't apply until 2026

24 May

8.2k

mothers against genocide

Protesters seek apology from Minister in row over footage claim in strip-search allegation review

23 May

11.8k

31m

Dublin

Garda killed at speed checkpoint in north county Dublin

In a statement Commissioner Drew Harris named the deceased as Garda Kevin Flatley (49).

Niall O'Connor

Updated 11 May

146k

Louth

'Huge unease' in Louth over delay in reinstating meetings of gardaí and politicians

10 May

9.0k

Number One

No need for policing experience to apply as campaign begins to find new Garda Commissioner

9 May

13.5k

Jim O'Callaghan

Bill to outlaw sex for rent and give gardaí power to remove protesters' masks approved by government

6 May

13.0k

community safety

Councillors flag fears with Department of Justice over government scrapping local policing fora

5 May

11.9k

ankle monitors

Electronic tags to monitor people convicted or accused of crime to be rolled out this year

1 May

7.0k

Irish Prisons

Over 350 people are sleeping on mattresses on the floor in Irish prisons

Muiris O'Cearbhaill

reports from Galway

Updated 1 May

16.0k

139

EU Migration and Asylum Pact

Huge overhaul of asylum law in Ireland incoming as Minister does not rule out detention centres

Updated 29 Apr

32.2k

mothers against genocide

Justice Minister: Footage shows Dáil allegations about strip-searching of protesters 'were false'

Jim O’Callaghan says he had asked that ‘bodycam footage’ be used to examine the claims.

Niall O'Connor

Reporting from AGSI conference.

Updated 15 Apr

30.8k

Kerry

Minister given 'no indication' from gardaí that missing Kerry farmer Michael Gaine was murdered

14 Apr

25.3k

skippers and cigs

Justice Minister to speak at AGSI conference but the garda group say he's 'not listening'

14 Apr

10.8k

citizenship

Law allowing naturalised Irish citizenship to be revoked in serious cases recommenced

Updated 10 Apr

70.7k

not going

Minister won't attend GRA conference as Commissioner hasn't been invited

Updated 9 Apr

12.4k

valerie's law

Legislation to remove guardianship rights from convicted killers to be brought to Cabinet

1 Apr

11.9k

Sex for rent bill

Labour Senator to launch Bill to ban ‘sex for rent’ adverts

31 Mar

12.8k

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