Stab vests need to be issued to all prison officers after the murder of an inmate in Cork, Fianna Fáil has said.

Fianna Fáil's Justice spokesperson says his party was not responsible for distributing a list containing the names of children allegedly involved in anti-social behaviour in Tallaght in Dublin.

A convicted murderer and a number of convicted attempted murderers are among those on temporary release from our prisons.

Assaults on elderly people should carry a minimum jail term of three years, Fianna Fáil has demanded.

Politicians of all hues are quick to champion the independence of the judiciary — but only until one of them feels the need to try to influence our courts.

Yesterday’s Sunday Times report that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission’s offices were the target of electronic surveillance cannot be left hanging in the air, unanswered and fuelling rumours that destroy faith in our justice and political systems.

An Oireachtas committee is to contact the Garda Ombudsman, calling on it to make a formal statement on dramatic reports its offices have been bugged.