Sinn Féin wants to stop €4,000 charges on police community events
“Such groups often have to fundraise to make such events happen and to require them to pay for the work of the gardaí on top of this is unfair.”
View ArticleDozens of children moved around Ireland for sexual exploitation
A new bill wants people who groom children to face 14 years in jail.
View ArticleMore people have applied for asylum this year than in the entire of 2014
The Direct Provision system is now “virtually full” according to justice minister Frances Fitzgerald.
View ArticleFrances Fitzgerald’s new crime bill: What’s in it – and what will it mean for...
Planned new laws would give victims the right to information about their cases…
View Article2,500 people officially became Irish today
Three citizenship ceremonies were held in Dublin earlier today.
View Article‘A mockery of the justice system’: There are almost 116k outstanding warrants
Many relate to non-payment of fines.
View ArticleGetting a barring order against a violent partner is about to get easier
An emergency order can last for eight days and a barring order for up to three years.
View Article‘Serious stress and trauma’: Are cash-for-gold shops causing burglaries?
The government is under pressure to regulate the sector.
View ArticleHas Enda become a lame duck Taoiseach?
Analysis: Having been forced to clarify matters at the weekend, has the Taoiseach damaged his political prospects?
View ArticleFine Gael’s next leader, from most to least likely
Who succeeds Enda Kenny? We rank the contenders…
View ArticlePoll: Is too much being done to commemorate the 1916 Rising?
A commemorative event was held in west Cork for Michael Collins yesterday.
View ArticleSinn Féin says Frances Fitzgerald may have broken rules with ‘political smears’
Meanwhile, the Justice Minister has asked the Garda Commissioner to liaise with the PSNI in assessing the current status of the Provisional IRA.
View ArticleThe Garda Commissioner has weighed in on the existence of the IRA
Noirin O’Sullivan tonight took the unusual step of intervening in an ongoing row.
View Article‘One of the best’: Joe Schmidt becomes an Irish citizen
Richardt Strauss and Olly Hodges were also granted citizenship today.
View ArticlePoll: Do you support Ireland’s plan to take in 4,000 refugees?
Details were announced this morning.
View ArticleThere’s a lot more gardaí on the way, but what will they be used for?
And will they go to rural areas?
View ArticleWhy have Gardaí and Revenue still not destroyed nearly €500 million worth of...
One TD has called the situation “bizarre.”
View ArticleFarmers want prenups to protect them from ‘gold diggers’
The government is considering a new review of prenuptial agreements.
View ArticleCould Enda really go all the way to 2021?
Analysis: The Taoiseach said again this week that he intends to serve a full second term if re-elected. But is that realistic?
View ArticleWe only make €4k a year from each of the 139 closed Garda stations
The most recent crime statistics show burglaries are on the rise.
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