Jim O’Callaghan
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Law on naming child victims of criminal offences to change
- Crime & Law
- February 9, 2021, 20:14
The Cabinet has approved the adoption of a Private Member’s Bill to change the law in relation to the naming of child victims of criminal offences. (...)

Coronavirus: 518 more cases as Holohan warns of ‘significant’ reverse
- Politics
- October 5, 2020, 11:35
A further 518 confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been reported by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) on Monday evening. This brings to 3(...)

Hogan apology helps but he must explain his actions, says Tánaiste
- Politics
- August 23, 2020, 16:57
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said the EU Commissioner Phil Hogan’s latest apology “definitely helps” but that he needs to “account for himself and explai(...)

Fianna Fáil promises to ban credit card betting if elected
- Politics
- January 29, 2020, 16:54
Fianna Fáil has promised to ban credit card betting and so-called “whistle-to-whistle” wagers if elected to power. The party unveiled a policy paper(...)

Reform law to deal with gangland crime in same way as IRA, FF says
- Politics
- January 17, 2020, 13:40
If in government Fianna Fáil would reform criminal legislation to deal with gangland figures in the same way members of the Provisional IRA were tackl(...)

Podcast: Confidence lacking as public digest another Garda controversy
- Politics
- March 29, 2017, 13:35
There is a distinct lack of confidence emanating from the Opposition benches of late, as the Dáil gets to grips with the latest Garda controversy. Sp(...)

Judges fear lay majority on judicial body will politicise appointments
- Opinion
- January 27, 2017, 01:00
There is no doubting the concern at the highest levels in the judiciary about the Government’s plan for changing the way in which judges are appointed(...)

Miriam Lord: Enda leaves Senators feeling warm and fuzzy
- Oireachtas
- September 30, 2016, 01:00
The Taoiseach is a great man for the spiral-bound notebooks. He writes everything down in them during Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil. When Enda Kenn(...)

Court puts back approval for Persona funding in mobile license case
- Technology
- July 3, 2015, 15:26
An application for approval of an arrangement whereby a British company is funding litigation against the State and businessman Denis O’Brien has been(...)