Gardaí only got access to vital data on roads policing app seven years after its launch
Roads policing still awaiting access to drivers' licence photographs
Jim O'Callaghan
Building more prisons is not the answer to overcrowding
The Irish Penal Reform Trust outlines a more progressive and cost-effective approach
Compulsory Irish in a united Ireland? Unionists won’t like that
Calls to strengthen the language to correct the wrongs of colonialism may seem like a parody to them
Valerie French’s brother welcomes plan to strip parenting rights from spouse killers
Bill known as ‘Valerie’s Law’ to be presented to Cabinet on Wednesday
Despite battle against high-tech drone deliveries, prison contraband is on the rise
Aircraft used to provide inmates with equipment and tools necessary to create ‘hides’ for drugs inside cells
Martin Fraser bags Ambassador of the Year award, making him the diplomats’ diplomat
Outgoing Ambassador to the UK receives gong just before taking up new post as Ireland’s Ambassador to the UN
Meet Ireland’s newest gardaí: A Leinster player, a long jumper and a former Fair City actor
A cohort of 193 graduates lined up at Templemore training college on Friday to begin their careers in law enforcement
Gardaí could seek Air Corps help for Daniel Kinahan’s extradition from UAE
High-prisoner transfer could see Garda call on Defence Forces’ civil support function
Minister for Justice: ‘We should have kept prison capacity in line with population increase. We didn’t’
Jim O’Callaghan says courts should opt for more non-custodial sentences amid prison overcrowding
Troubles legislation will deliver ‘above all’ for victims and families, says Helen McEntee
Minister disappointed at time taken to progress UK government Bill to replace controversial Legacy Act
Man in custody as gardaí search for firearm discharged by child in Ballymun
‘Growing sense of fear in the community as violence escalates,’ says local People Before Profit councillor
Escort website ‘makes a mockery’ of Ireland’s law criminalising purchase of sex
Individuals linked to platform have ‘past criminal convictions for pimping’ says Senator Sharon Keogan
‘Anonymous cowards’ found threatening gardaí will face full force of law, says Minister
Convictions would be strong deterrent to abuse, says Jim O’Callaghan at Garda rank-and-file conference
Defence Forces have been called in to confront citizens since early days of the State
Troops deployed numerous times to streets and prisons to deal with disorder and violence
Garda chiefs ‘overzealous’ and too quick to suspend officers, GRA says
Gardaí are ‘afraid to pursue fleeing suspects’ due to fear of disciplinary action, according to representative group
Jim O’Callaghan crossed a dangerous line when he threatened to call in the Army
Even in critical circumstances such as the destruction of the British embassy in 1972 or in various prison riots, the State has never sent in its military to confront the citizenry
Micheál Martin survives week of internal Fianna Fáil dissent, but is a bigger heave on the way?
The Government’s response to the fuel protests exposed a fissure within the party, ‘loss of connectivity’ with grassroots supporters, and accusations of top-down leadership
New law will undo hundreds of historic gay sex convictions
Dáil debate hears of horrific penal system and climate of fear in which gay men lived or left Ireland to escape
Micheál Martin has enough support to resist FF leadership challenge, survey suggests
Ministers and TDs rally behind Taoiseach, but 25, mostly rural, TDs did not respond to Irish Times poll
Micheál Martin probably wasn’t anticipating a second surprise attack from within
Opposition politicians watch on as cracks in the Government’s resolve deepen
International Protection Bill passed in Dáil vote after three-hour debate
Most significant reform of immigration law in State’s history passed and now goes to President
Fuel protests: Why did it take so long for Garda to act?
In the News podcast: Dublin city centre blocked, national roadways disrupted and vital fuel depots under siege for days
Government survives confidence vote after surprise Michael Healy-Rae resignation
Sharp exchanges in Dáil debate as Coalition accused of ‘abandoning the Irish people’ by Mary Lou McDonald amid fuel crisis
Gardaí concerned radicalised fuel protesters may confront or attack senior politicians
Security being tightened for Taoiseach and Ministers amid concerns around hardliners and far-right agitators
Simmering Government tensions over O’Callaghan’s request for Army help with fuel blockades
Helen McEntee twice declines to confirm if Minister for Justice consulted her before Defence Forces announcement
‘You know who’s in control’ - How the fuel protests brought the country to a standstill
The seeds of this week’s disruption were sown in meetings in late March and fomented in online forums and WhatsApp groups
The Irish Times view on the fuel protests: patience is running out
Yielding to the core demands would undermine the Government’s already fragile credibility as a guardian of the public finances
Fuel price protesters say they will continue blockades despite claiming to have secured meeting
Nationwide disruption continues as petrol station forecourts run low on supply due to ongoing blockades
The three reasons why the Government refuses to meet the fuel protesters
Opposition parties called for engagement with demonstrators but there is distrust of them within Cabinet
Minister to consider starting work on Creeslough inquest before criminal proceedings end
Jim O’Callaghan meets family members of people who died in Co Donegal explosion in 2022
Calling in the Defence Forces against fuel protesters is a huge strategic error
By sending in the army to move tractors, the Government has proved every sceptic of increased defence spending right
An absolute right to protest? How do gardaí weigh that with the rights of those affected?
Obligation of the State to protect peaceful assembly is outlined in the Constitution
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