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Jim O'Callaghan

ankle monitors

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

20 hrs ago

6.5k

Irish Prisons

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

Muiris O'Cearbhaill

reports from Galway

Updated 21 hrs ago

15.3k

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

31.3k

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

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Kerry

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

14 Apr

25.1k

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

70.5k

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

11.8k

Sex for rent bill

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

31 Mar

12.8k

Migration

Jim O'Callaghan attends anti-people smuggling summit in UK as Starmer seeks to target 'vile trade'

31 Mar

5.5k

Department of Justice

Long-awaited review of sex work legislation includes calls for full decriminalisation

Updated 25 Mar

11.2k

garda vetting

Justice Minister disputes Labour claims ‘unvetted trainee gardaí are patrolling the streets’

20 Mar

9.3k

Monaghan

Family of hit-and-run victim Shane O'Farrell to meet Justice Minister as part of long-running campaign

20 Mar

5.8k

Jim O'Callaghan

Justice Minister defends proposed sex-offender register, claiming information should be public

8 Mar

11.9k

on remand

Justice Minister says people likely to commit serious crimes shouldn’t be granted bail

6 Mar

19.3k

Gambling

Gambling watchdog's long-awaited licencing and regulation work to begin from tomorrow

4 Mar

5.4k

deportation flights

32 people deported to Georgia as special chartered flights from Ireland begin

Updated 28 Feb

52.8k

Jim O'Callaghan

Justice Minister who passed garda fitness test (sit-ups and all) happy it's now getting easier

21 Feb

48.0k

ukrainian refugees

Decision on changes made to payment scheme for hosting Ukrainian refugees due by end of month

16 Feb

31.3k

Dispute

Justice Minister calls for 'respect' for Commissioner as GRA refuse to invite Drew Harris to event

Updated 13 Feb

24.4k

public transport police

New law needed to give public transport police the powers of arrest

13 Feb

8.7k

Hit-and-Run

'No one will answer us': Family of Joe Drennan say they were told to leave DPP offices

11 Feb

16.2k

Justice Minister

'It could have been a lot worse': Justice Minister praises Garda response to Stoneybatter attacks

10 Feb

19.7k

garda recruitment

Justice Minister says workers with 'sedentary' office jobs should consider joining gardaí

28 Jan

28.5k

Dáil Éireann

Taoiseach insists there was 'no deal' made with Regional Independents on speaking rights

28 Jan

9.7k

War of Words

Martin disagrees with O'Dea's comments that McEntee is the 'worst justice minister' in Ireland's history

18 Nov 2024

8.5k

GE2024RIRA

Harris 'won't take part in election ruaille buaille' as Fianna Fáil again take aim at McEntee

Fianna Fáil TD Willie O’Dea said Helen McEntee was the “worst Minister for Justice in the history of the State”.

16 Nov 2024

29.4k

131

GE2024

War of words breaks out between Fianna Fail's Jim O'Callaghan and Fine Gael's Helen McEntee

15 Nov 2024

16.5k

112

Judiciary

Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of Government's judicial reform bill

8 Dec 2023

23.4k

Judges

President Higgins has referred the Judicial Appointments Bill to the Supreme Court

13 Oct 2023

22.3k

legal aid

TDs call for expanded legal aid for domestic violence after judge warns 'working poor' lose out

12 Sep 2023

10.4k

Dublin City

Justice Minister says Dublin City is safe but that 'things are not perfect'

Updated 21 Jul 2023

35.4k

202

Zapponegate

Taoiseach 'has confidence' in Simon Coveney, says spokesperson

Updated 8 Sep 2021

51.3k

189

Dublin Bay South

Will Micheál Martin lead the party into the next general election? 'We'll have to think about that'

9 Jul 2021

35.1k

litmus test

Pressure on FF's hopeful future leader O’Callaghan to deliver decent vote in Dublin Bay South

16 May 2021

27.6k

Josh Dunne

Government TD says 'absurd' ban on naming child victims needs to end

29 Jan 2021

22.4k

Travel

Stricter tracing of international travellers needed in Ireland to avoid spread of new strain, senator says

20 Dec 2020

26.0k

Opinion

'With its Security Council seat, Ireland has a unique opportunity to defend democracy in Belarus'

Jim O'Callaghan

2 Nov 2020

11.6k

Interview

Jim O'Callaghan: 'There's a danger in a political system that blindly follows everything NPHET says'

3 Oct 2020

41.8k

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