Legal challenges and security concerns around travel contributing to deportation backlog
Delays in deportations have come into focus this week after a 26-year-old was accused of assaulting a young girl in Saggart
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Gardaí who rescued woman from burning house back on duty on Citywest frontline
‘We have families and homes to go to as well,’ says member of Garda Public Order Unit who won Scott Medal for bravery
Citywest unrest: 17 people due in court charged with public order offences
Seventeen people due in court on Thursday morning charged with public order offences
Several councils not using powers to buy vacant housing
Ministers to be briefed at Cabinet on plans to overhaul rules and guidance on State spending
Fine Gael intensifies attacks as Connolly says party is ‘absolutely terrified’
Heather Humphreys says: ‘I am not attacking Catherine’s work as a barrister, I am highlighting her hypocrisy as a politician’
Companies sue Ministers over alleged breach of €4.4 million contract for IP accommodation centre
Firms claim defendants have repudiated a contract to refurbish Knockmitten House in Western Industrial Estate
Garda recruitment drive sees significant interest from over-30s and ethnic minorities
Eager to grow, An Garda Siochana receives over 11,000 job applications in 2025
‘Go back to your own country’: Immigrants in Dublin tell of regular racist abuse
Some believe those with racist views are emboldened by what they see as changing political mood
Domestic violence perpetrators to be named on new register
The new law will also give An Garda Síochána the power to tell schools when a domestic violence incident has taken place at home
Twenty three Romanian men with convictions removed from State on chartered flight
In all, 130 people have been deported on five chartered flights since the beginning of this year
What is the justice system for if we don’t believe in rehabilitation?
Serving time in prison should not be the start of a longer sentence of stigma and shame
Government unprepared for increase in Ukrainian arrivals, Sinn Féin claims
FF says there has been a spike in arrivals following lifting of travel bar but it remains to be seen how sustained it will be
‘Staggering’ 75% rise in demand for support by women impacted by prostitution and trafficking
Ruhama see ‘extraordinary rise’ in number of women seeking support, with 35% of them new victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation
Overcrowding crisis laid bare by seven-fold increase in prisoners sleeping on floors
Jails under pressure as Government looks to add almost 1,600 spaces by 2031
Micheál Martin apologises to Fianna Fáil over disastrous presidential election campaign
Anger at Fianna Fáil no longer having candidate after Jim Gavin stopped campaigning following rent row
Catherine Connolly ‘broke rules’ over former Eirigí member, says Minister for Justice
Jim O’Callaghan says controversy not about person with convictions, but failure to follow procedure
Catherine Connolly did ‘all types of work’ as barrister and represented banks during crash
Presidential election candidate says she was ‘obliged as a lawyer to act on behalf of variety of clients’
People Before Profit allege Garda ‘brutality’ against pro-Palestine protesters
‘Multiple head injuries and broken wrist’ among injuries suffered on Saturday, activists say
‘Counterproductive’ to block 17% rise in personal injury awards, says Chief Justice
Failure to implement new rates ‘will put system of guidelines for damages at risk’
O’Callaghan not inclined to allow third parties to fund legal actions
Minister for Justice considers third-party funding as ‘enriching lawyers’
Practice of leaving asylum seekers to sleep rough must end, groups demand
More than 100 organisations nationwide urge Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan to act
‘Breathtaking evidence’ of accommodation operators overcharging State, says Mary Lou McDonald
Sinn Féin accuses Government of ‘utter incompetence’ over public funds as Minister says contracts renegotiated
Paying €10,000 to families to drop asylum claims will ‘save money’ for State, says Jim O’Callaghan
Minister says it costs €122,000 in accommodation and processing for every international protection applicant
Dublin is a safe city despite alleged attack on NFL player, says Jim O’Callaghan
Skylar Thompson, a quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers, suffered minor injuries in alleged incident
Women significantly more likely to experience sexual violence than men, ESRI report finds
New Cuan campaign launched to inform and reassure victims and survivors that help is available
Taoiseach says move to pay asylum seekers to drop claims and leave ‘makes sense’
Move intended to incentivise people who may not have international protection claim, to leave State voluntarily
Families to be offered €10,000 to drop asylum claims and leave
Move part of State tightening of asylum regime and intended as incentive to those without valid claim for international protection
Miriam Lord’s Week: McDowell turns a page as Steen seethes
Senator relaxes at book launch as failed presidential hopeful vents in blame game
And then there were three – the presidential candidates set off on the campaign trail
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Ireland open to using deportation hubs outside EU borders, says Jim O’Callaghan
Minister for Justice says proposal would have to be good value and respect human rights of deportees
Spanish warship to protect Gaza flotilla carrying Irish and international activists
Global Sumud Flotilla is targeted by Israeli drone attacks
Minister urges anyone involved in illegal burial of Daniel Aruebose to speak to Garda
Gardaí believe child died aged about three in 2021, but no cause of death yet established
Justice Minister ‘surprised’ Irish Prison Service paid ‘2 Johnnies’ €24,600 for podcast
Jim O’Callaghan says sum was ‘a lot of money to spend on a podcast’
Increase in US citizens applying for asylum here since Trump’s second term
A total of 76 Americans have sought international protection in Ireland since the start of this year, compared to 22 during the whole of 2024
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