Banking lobbyists have called for the introduction of new legislation to ease the plight of separated borrowers who are in mortgage arrears.

An injunction permanently restraining protesters from interfering with the fitting out of accommodation for asylum seekers in Ballinamore, Co Leitrim, was granted in the High Court today by Mr Justice Max Barrett.

All too often people with complex and challenging needs end up in prison because it is the only service with no waiting list, a mental health expert has said.

Long-awaited Government plans to update Ireland’s terrorism laws to include a range of offences, such as travelling abroad to join terrorist groups, are still not near to being published, it has emerged.

Health Minister Simon Harris said the standards would act as “a powerful tool” to encourage service providers to adopt best practice.

There is no denying that Irish politicians, in recent weeks, have said things about immigrants to this country that betray an appalling ignorance — as well as a lack of basic humanity.

A member of a welcome committee set up to support asylum seekers due to arrive on Achill Island has said that “anybody with a heart would have to reconsider” opposing the housing of vulnerable women in a local hotel.

The Department of Justice has postponed plans to accommodate asylum-seekers in Achill, Mayo.

Representatives of Ballinamore Community Group claimed the Minister of State at Department of Justice and Equality David Stanton agreed to pause plans to accommodate asylum seekers in the town.

The commitment was issued in May after the terrorist attack last March on two mosques in New Zealand, resulting in the death of 51 people. The atrocity was livestreamed by Brenton Tarrant and went viral.

Workers at the company that operates Ireland’s speed camera network say they have “no option” but to strike next week.

At five months pregnant, and completely alone, an 18-year-old Pamela Bangura fled Sierra Leone to seek asylum in Ireland.

Ireland is among six EU countries which have agreed to take in migrants stranded on a rescue ship in the Mediterranean.

A United Nations watchdog is concerned that travel and certification documents issued by Irish authorities to couples who want to adopt children abroad “lack specificity and can be easily falsified.”

The country’s judiciary claimed more than €1m in expenses for the first six months of this year.

Parents are confused over changes to their leave entitlements under the new Parental Leave (Amendment) Act 2019 due to come into effect on September 1.

The Garda Commissioner has written to a former garda confirming that he was kicked out of the force in the 1980s because he was suspected of being gay.

CIPD Ireland, the umbrella body for human resource and learning and development professionals in Ireland, said there is widespread confusion about the leave.

Legal experts and civil rights groups have said it is imperative that the Government open a public consultation on how redress schemes should operate.

Legal experts and civil rights groups have said it is "imperative" that the Government open a public consultation on how future redress schemes should operate.

The Information Commissioner has revealed his office is carrying out an investigation into some public bodies’ compliance with Freedom of Information (FoI) request deadlines, amid concerns over “unacceptable” delays.

Charlie Flanagan, the justice minister, is considering requests by the Inspector of Prisons for extra resources, staffing, and powers.

Poor recognition of the qualifications they hold is among the barriers to employment that non-EU migrants face in Ireland.

The Irish Refugee Council has called for a review of how deaths in Direct Provision are handled after a transgender woman was buried without a ceremony or anyone close to her present.

Grievances against government departments, local authorities, and health and social services dominate the thousands of complaints to the Ombudsman last year.

The Department of Justice has today launched three new radio ads as part of the ongoing No Excuses campaign to raise awareness of sexual harassment and sexual violence.

Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan has announced the allocation of €300,000 in funding to social enterprises providing employment opportunities for people with a criminal past.

The Civil Registration Service investigated 41 weddings last year as suspected “marriages of convenience”, with 20 ceremonies ultimately prevented from proceeding.

Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has expressed “grave concern” at the handling of deaths in prisons, according to internal prison service correspondence seen by the Irish Examiner.

Iyad El-Baghdadi said he was denied boarding at Berlin airport this morning because he was a refugee.

The CEO of the Insolvency Service of Ireland, Lorcan O’Connor says that the Master of the High Court Edmund Honohan was “wrong” when he described the Abhaile service as “a sick joke.”

The scale of criminal justice co-operation between Britain and Ireland under EU agreements is highlighted in a new report on the European Arrest Warrant.

The Department of Justice has this evening acknowledged a "regrettable and isolated incident" in which staff at direct provision centre close to the Limerick Clare border refused to give a mother and ill child bread and milk because the centre’s canteen was closed for the night.

The European Court of Human Rights is set to rule tomorrow on privacy rights and surveillance says Elizabeth Farries.

Organisations are experiencing ‘gender fatigue’ when it comes to implementing gender diversity in the workplace, a leading HR expert has claimed.

The Ombudsman received more than 3,000 complaints about providers of public services last year, including an increase in complaints about local authorities linked to planning and housing and 115 complaints from asylum seekers.

Niall Muldoon looks at child protection in other jurisdictions and learns how it is vital to unify activities between law enforcement and social work

Sixteen potential human trafficking victims have been identified by an organisation that has threatened the Government with High Court proceedings unless it halts a permit scheme used by the fishing industry.

Last year was the “worst year on record” for public bodies failing to make a decision in time on freedom of information (FoI) requests.

Legal change wouldn’t ever have come in time for Vicky Phelan, but its implementation, when promised, may have influenced the handling of her case, writes Gerard Howlin