Department of Justice

Applicants led to believe they would receive a decision within 3-6 months under the ‘once in a generation’ scheme

Judges’ personal aides see a lot: verbal attacks, judgments flung across rooms, and occasionally ‘very violent’ incidents

Stakes for Minister for Justice and for Fine Gael are high amid criticism of response to crime and antisocial activity in Dublin

Cash available exclusively for Dublin and recruitment for force ‘gathering pace’, according to Minister for Justice

If Coalition leaves door open to party laying claim to law and order, then of course it will seize that chance

Man (57) had just left his accommodation on Talbot Street when he was set upon by several youths

Afghans already living in Ireland can apply for permission for up to four beneficiaries to join them under the Afghan Admission Programme

Evidence cited of people applying for asylum in Ireland who had already received refugee status in another European country

Barristers have protested over Government’s failure to reverse cuts imposed more than a decade ago

Surge in applications from China last year led officials to press for suspension of the Immigrant Investor Programme

Courts with exceptional powers are mostly a feature of undemocratic countries, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin tells event

Order requires telecoms firms to retain mobile phone metadata for State security reasons for one year

Lurking in the background of McDowell’s question about the extended definition of gender is a possible constitutional challenge

Government move to force stopgap data retention and amendment that could gag discussion on complaints prolong history of State bungling on data protection

Cost of €300 prohibitive in the context of ongoing cost-of-living crisis, Migrants Rights Centre Ireland says

Amendment will make disclosure of information deemed ‘confidential’ by Data Protection Commission an offence

Findings in case of woman who moved from Somalia were ‘particularly harsh’, judge found

Minister for Justice says vast majority supported her after returning from second maternity leave earlier this month

It is a red herring to conflate body-worn cameras with this tech, which has been controversial in every state where it has been mooted; and with very good reason

Costly delays make Ireland less attractive as a work destination, nurses say

The Wicklow TD gave the keys to the Department of Justice back to Helen McEntee this week but says he was no ‘caretaker’ minister as he returned to the Department of Higher Education

Body’s chief executive warns recommendations of landmark study must not be dispersed within Government

Minister, who is set to step aside from justice portfolio, wants facial recognition technology laws enacted swiftly

Women represented a majority of adult victims of family violence in the period examined in independent study published by Department of Justice

Government committed to achieving strength of 15,000 by 2024 but efforts hampered by several factors

At least 941 men were convicted until legislation repealed the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993

At least 941 men were convicted of ‘homosexual acts’, records released to The Irish Times under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act last year showed

Taoiseach says he does not believe there are enough gardaí on streets of Dublin to combat attacks

Hit-and-run victim Valerie McAllorum Ryan calls for changes to children’s sentencing laws after life-changing incident

Union representing 3,600 senior civil servants says changes to workers’ status unfair and unnecessary

‘Notifiable associations’ policy recommended by Garda Síochána Inspectorate in 2020 to lessen risk of internal corruption

Report finds courts, gardaí and Tusla are failing women and children and leaving them exposed to danger at home

Report finds victims characterised as abusers in family law courts and others not taken seriously by gardaí

Simon Harris to announce 400 new prison places over the next five years in response to crisis

The role of the Inspector of Prisons will also be expanded in a related shake-up

Figures suggest an increase of people carrying knives but also improved Garda recording of items seized

It is understood prison officials are considering purchasing bunk beds to alleviate the problem

Department of Justice outlines 140 actions to build ‘stronger, safer communities’

Proposals to remove juries from defamation cases would help reduce media sector’s exposure to disproportionately high awards for damage to reputation

Garda sergeants’ body criticises Sinn Féin TD Ó Broin for sharing montage image of officers at scene of Famine-era eviction