Aidan O Driscoll
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Warning of ‘huge financial implications’ if new Garda command centre delayed
- Crime & Law
- August 24, 2020, 02:26
The Office of Public Works (OPW) has warned there will be “huge financial implications” if there are further delays to work on a new Garda command and(...)

Farming investigations unit created to replace unpopular predecessor
- Irish News
- August 3, 2020, 13:14
The investigations division of the Department of Agriculture, whose numbers have been substantially reduced from six to three personnel, came into bei(...)

More than 100 criminal investigations into alleged scout abusers under way, gardaí confirm
- Social Affairs
- June 23, 2020, 01:00
Specialist gardaí are currently carrying out 110 criminal investigations into former scout leaders alleged to have sexually abused children in legacy (...)

Department of Justice ‘not fit for purpose’ before recent reforms
- Crime & Law
- February 6, 2020, 00:01
The Department of Justice and Equality was “not fit for purpose” prior to a recently completed overhaul, according to its most senior civil servant. (...)

Gardaí examining CCTV footage in Cork gun attack investigation
- Irish News
- December 1, 2019, 19:23
Gardaí investigating a gun attack on a 41-year-old man in front of his partner in Cork city at the weekend have begun examining CCTV footage in the ho(...)

Cork city shooting: link to earlier attack is investigated
- Irish News
- November 30, 2019, 09:26
Gardaí in Cork are investigating whether the shooting of a man on his 40s in the city on Friday night was linked to an earlier gun attack on the same (...)

State pledges to consult communities over direct provision centres
- Politics
- November 22, 2019, 00:53
The Government has pledged to engage with local communities around the country as it moves to finalise negotiations on the locations of new regional d(...)

Proposed Garda board strongly supported by justice review group
- Crime & Law
- October 16, 2018, 20:23
The group established to monitor reform at the Department of Justice has come out in strong support of a controversial proposal to create an independe(...)

Taoiseach defends decision not to publicly advertise top justice job
- Oireachtas
- July 11, 2018, 15:13
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has defended the Government’s decision not to publicly advertise the position of secretary general vacancy in the Department of(...)

Justice department criticised over appointment of new secretary-general
- Irish News
- July 11, 2018, 14:51
The Department of Justice has been criticised for appointing a new secretary-general without following due process. Minister for Justice Charlie Fla(...)