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Defence Forces, firefighters, and prison guards can defer retirement by two years from today
Defence Forces, firefighters, and prison guards can defer retirement by two years from today
Justice Minister Helen McEntee said a similar measure entitling gardaí to retire later is due to follow in the early autumn

Mon, 19 Aug, 2024

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Airlines and ferry firms face steeper fines for passengers without correct documents
Helen McEntee said the move is 'one of a number of steps which I am taking to deliver a fair, but firm immigration system'

Mon, 12 Aug, 2024

trafficking
State 'failing to protect' victims of child trafficking
"It is critical that people are aware that child trafficking is happening in Ireland, and be aware of how to report any suspicions," said Mecpaths education manager Ann Mara.

Tue, 30 Jul, 2024

Balance.
Defamation Bill to leave statute of limitations unchanged
Professor of law at Trinity College Dublin  Neville Cox said the new bill will not “remedy arguably the most problematic of the aspects of the current law”.

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024

Watchdog: Prisoners sleeping on mattresses on floors 'wedged next to unpartitioned toilets'
Watchdog: Prisoners sleeping on mattresses on floors 'wedged next to unpartitioned toilets'
The Inspector of Prisons, Mark Kelly, also expressed grave concern at the 'undesirable uptick in physical violence' the worsening overcrowding will cause

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

Human trafficking prosecution 'just tip of the iceberg', says McEntee
Human trafficking prosecution 'just tip of the iceberg', says McEntee
Minister Helen McEntee was speaking in Cork at the two-day Senior Leadership Summit on Collectively Combatting Human Trafficking Conference

Wed, 26 Jun, 2024

Women of Honour group
Women of Honour say Defence Forces' handling of Crotty case 'beggars belief'
'Surely his admission of guilt should have been the moment to act, and not until there was either a sentence or an outcry' 

Mon, 24 Jun, 2024

Ireland stock
Justice department pushes for sexual offences legislation reform ahead of summer recess
The sole agency which can currently identify victims of human trafficking is An Garda Síochána, but this will change under the new legislation

Tue, 18 Jun, 2024

McEntee seeks to bring Ireland in line with EU through new immigration laws
McEntee seeks to bring Ireland in line with EU through new immigration laws
The minister for justice will also ask Cabinet approval to revoke certificates of citizenship in very limited circumstances

Tue, 18 Jun, 2024

Young woman getting keys to new apartment from Real Estate Agent
Government ‘is not prioritising law against sex for rent’
Experts say some landlords are exploiting people amid the housing crisis as adverts continue to appear online offering accommodation in exchange for sex

Sun, 16 Jun, 2024

Hopes revamped database will help to identify human remains
Hopes revamped database will help to identify human remains
Now includes details of 26 unidentified full remains, 20 unidentified partial remains, and 16 historical remains

Fri, 14 Jun, 2024

CITIZENS' ASSEMBLY
New Oireachtas committee on drugs use is expected to produce interim reports
Measure intended to ensure that work of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use is not lost if a general election is called

Wed, 05 Jun, 2024

Dublin Airport T2 Checkin
Airlines face higher fines for passengers without valid travel documents
The proposal will also see both the Department of Justice and the Garda National immigration Bureau draw up new guidelines for airlines to carry out checks for travel documents

Wed, 05 Jun, 2024

Arrested
'Vast majority' of large quantity drug possession sentences avoid 10-year minimum jail term
The data provides evidence to the extent to which the judiciary 'utilises judicial discretion to hand down appropriate sentences'

Mon, 20 May, 2024

Upset woman sitting on couch alone at home
S Sex for rent offers advertised as ‘genre of porn’, report finds
The report also calls on the Department of Justice to create a named offence to clearly target predatory landlords, and define the specific behaviours involved

Thu, 16 May, 2024

Skull discovered on Cape Clear beach added to human remains database
Skull discovered on Cape Clear beach added to human remains database
Database, launched by the Department of Justice a year ago, contains 46 remains which have been found in locations across the country since 1968

Tue, 14 May, 2024

Visa application
Migrant rights body hits out at 'ludicrous' waiting times to process visas
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland said thousands of workers involved in essential jobs are 'being forced to live apart from their families for years on end because of this unfair system'

Wed, 08 May, 2024

Letters to the Editor: Returning asylum seekers to Britain
Letters to the Editor: Returning asylum seekers to Britain
One reader asks if we, as a people, are comfortable being in some ways complicit in Britain's plan for addressing the movement of asylum seekers

Tue, 07 May, 2024

‘My family faces death in Gaza’ – Palestinian in Cork begs for help
‘My family faces death in Gaza’ – Palestinian in Cork begs for help
Habib Al Ostaz who can hear bombs detonating during calls to his family, has applied for permission to bring his family to Ireland

Sun, 05 May, 2024

POLICE Taser 1
€1.1m spent on taser 'stun-guns' for An Garda Síochána
Tasers have been used 30 times in the year up to last September, including on seven occasions last July

Fri, 03 May, 2024

Mick Clifford: Helen McEntee needs to get better grip on immigration brief
Mick Clifford: Helen McEntee needs to get better grip on immigration brief
The main opposition party didn’t cover itself in glory on the asylum issue either this week

Fri, 26 Apr, 2024

Leo Varadkar steps down as Taoiseach
Micheál Martin and Eamon Ryan at odds over transport policing
Tánaiste said Fianna Fáil would push for standalone transport police to be set up, but Transport Minister says he sees no need for a dedicated service

Mon, 22 Apr, 2024

Sex for rent offences to be dealt with through human trafficking legislation 
Sex for rent offences to be dealt with through human trafficking legislation 
Government legislation to tackle sex for rent offers in the private rental sector will be brought forward as an amendment to human trafficking legislation when it goes through the Seanad in the coming months.

Sun, 21 Apr, 2024

Fine Gael Ard Fheis
McEntee warned deportations 'highly litigious' as injunction sees asylum seeker flown back to Dublin
Department of Justice says charter flights, which the State is planning to resume, are 'financially burdensome', with a high risk the aircraft would depart Ireland 'with a much lower passenger contingent than desired, due to legal challenges'

Sun, 14 Apr, 2024

McEntee dismisses accusations Fine Gael is focusing too much on 'woke' issues
McEntee dismisses accusations Fine Gael is focusing too much on 'woke' issues
She said she knows what people 'intend to mean' when they say Fine Gael has gone 'woke' as a party but said it is a 'flippant term that people throw about to criticise' 

Sun, 07 Apr, 2024

Prisoner XL
Prison overcrowding could lead to violence, Department of Justice warned
In an application for additional funding, the department said it was experiencing 'record' overcrowding since the covid-19 pandemic

Thu, 04 Apr, 2024

Alcohol free drinks
Sheila Gilheany: Extending alcohol trading hours extends the harm
A one-hour extension of trading hours would equate to a 16% increase in alcohol-related crime, a 30% increase in road collisions in rural areas, and a 34% increase in alcohol-related injuries

Tue, 12 Mar, 2024

TD claims Justice Department's review of prostitution legislation 'not independent'
TD claims Justice Department's review of prostitution legislation 'not independent'
The Sex Workers Alliance of Ireland also criticised the Department of Justice's decision not to hire an outside consultant to complete the review

Mon, 04 Mar, 2024

Former Fianna Fáil representative sues over 'campaign against him by gardaí'
Former Fianna Fáil representative sues over 'campaign against him by gardaí'
Kieran Hartley has alleged unlawful acts on the part of gardaí on dates between 2002 and 2021

Mon, 26 Feb, 2024

State argues Rwanda policy does not legally exist and does not apply to cases before High Court
State argues Rwanda policy does not legally exist and does not apply to cases before High Court
Two lead challenges to the Minister for Justice’s designation of the UK as a “safe third country” have failed to specify the point at which they say the designation should have been revoked, lawyers for the State have told the High Court.

Wed, 21 Feb, 2024

Man in prison
Prisoners 'at risk of harm' from critically low number of mental health staff
Inspector of Prisons warns Government neglect in the treatment of prisoners with psychiatric difficulties results in potential suffering which could 'be construed as ill-treatment' 

Tue, 20 Feb, 2024

Helen McEntee visit to National Rehabilitation Hospital
Coroner system reform proposals to be brought to Government this year, Helen McEntee says
Department of Justice officials currently going through submissions from organisations and individuals in response to a recent consultation process on reforming the current system

Tue, 20 Feb, 2024

Europe Google
Ireland responds to EU decision on breaching terrorism regulation
The Regulation on the dissemination of terrorist content online sets out rules for internet service providers to address terrorist content

Thu, 08 Feb, 2024

Review group rejects proposal to end prosecution role of gardaí
Review group rejects proposal to end prosecution role of gardaí
Government had agreed in principle to the proposal by the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland  — but now a high-level review group has rejected the proposal

Wed, 07 Feb, 2024

Ex-Policing Commission member raises concerns over Ireland's new security oversight chief
Ex-Policing Commission member raises concerns over Ireland's new security oversight chief
University of Galway law professor queries the powers and appointment process of the new post

Sat, 03 Feb, 2024

Helen McEntee visit to National Rehabilitation Hospital
Government to speed up asylum system and 'crack down' on wrongful applications
Justice Minister Helen McEntee said four in 10 applicants do get international protection but that the other 60% who are refused that status will be sent home much more quickly

Mon, 29 Jan, 2024

The Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use
Politicians 'must show courage to oversee decriminalisation of drugs'
Paul Reid says Oireachtas and Government must work out how to implement the recommendations of the Citizen's Assembly on Drugs Use

Thu, 25 Jan, 2024

Leo Varadkar visits Galway
Leo Varadkar appeals to TDs to 'help set out the facts about immigration' 
Taoiseach makes his appeal in advance of Department of Justice briefing of ministers

Thu, 25 Jan, 2024

Bank holiday getaway
Airlines fined €2.5m in last two years for flying in passengers without travel documents
Some 3,285 passengers arriving in Ireland without valid travel documents last year were refused leave to enter carrier liability fines

Wed, 24 Jan, 2024

Casket in a Hearse
21 bodies lying unclaimed by relatives in Dublin mortuary 
The 21 unclaimed remains have been identified but have had to stay at the mortuary because relatives have not come to take them

Sat, 20 Jan, 2024

FILE PHOTO Ombudsman for Children Niall Horgan has criticised the Government for failing to act on concerns his office had durin
Key domestic violence strategy in doubt after departments rule out funding it
The funding was supposed to be for a specific child-proofing aspect of the strategy tackling domestic violence

Fri, 19 Jan, 2024

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Group set up to address prison overcrowding as inmate numbers reach record
The Department of Justice also said research has been commissioned to survey district court judges on their views of community sanctions

Wed, 17 Jan, 2024

Department of Justice reform proposals
Mounting pressures cramming already full Irish prisons
More offences, longer sentences, busier courts, and more remand prisoners are driving the overcrowding crisis in our prison system

Wed, 17 Jan, 2024

New drive for more gardaí sees recruit age limit rise to 50 
New drive for more gardaí sees recruit age limit rise to 50 
Garda numbers have fallen in the last three years, from 14,750 in March 2020 to a low of 13,880 last September

Mon, 15 Jan, 2024

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