Department of Justice

Minister’s warmth about ceremonies contrasts with blunt pledge to cut numbers

Government approves priority drafting of legislation that would raise the residency requirement for naturalisation to eight years

Immigrants label Jim O’Callaghan’s proposed changes, including an eight-year wait before applying, as ‘performative’ and a ‘distraction’

Refugee and migrant support groups not impressed with changes

Department of Justice has paid more than €290,000 in ‘reintegration assistance’ fees so far this year

The need for enhanced policing resources has never been greater. Bringing retired gardaí back should be part of it

Five EU states plan to send migrants to offshore centres next year

The family of five are housed in a room of 23sq m and share a communal bathroom with other families

For decades, environmental psychology has explored why humans feel better outdoors in green spaces like forests, but attention is turning now to blue spaces, asking why water makes us feel happier

Agreement has been reached to increase staffing levels, although concerns remain about lack of capacity and an increase in detainees ‘acting out’

Wrong-way motorway driving to face harsher penalties under new laws announced after M9 crash

Green Party councillor calls on Jim O’Callaghan to intervene; UCC academic says universities showing contempt for native Irish students

Oberstown has recently seen an increase the number of boys it is certified to accommodate, from 40 to 42

Pilot scheme to be rolled out on phased basis to alleviate pressure on prisons

What is needed is a funded partnership model between the Government and the institutions backed by fee waivers and donor support

These students from a genocide zone have demonstrated academic excellence despite the enormous obstacles in their way

Currently no way of tracking or reviewing violent and tragic child deaths in Ireland

The reasons given for their refusal are beyond unreasonable

O’Callaghan needs to sort this out as soon as possible before the academic year begins

UCD offered computer science student full scholarship but Department of Justice rejected visa for ‘financial’ reasons

Manager Irina Bereznytska, herself Ukrainian, says the centre is likely to operate for only two or three days a week

A past minister for justice apologised for Irish failure to accept Jews fleeing Nazi persecution

Student refusal rate has doubled in two years amid Government clampdown

Letter sent to Jim O’Callaghan setting out measures that could end row ‘under consideration’ by Department of Justice

Ireland is the third-largest exporter of financial services in the European Union

Plus: 14 young cattle die of dehydration on Tipperary farm

Jars of honey produced by bees on roof of Department of Justice gifted to dignitaries, internal records show

Irish Penal Reform Trust disappointed by apparent lack of nuance in public debate on criminal legal aid

Three set to stand trial for grievous bodily harm and aggravated burglary among other charges

They’re seldom caused by defence solicitors

Major security operation being finalised for return of Kinahan cartel boss to Dublin

April data show 16,000 Ukrainians staying in more than 500 hotels and B&Bs paid for by taxpayer

Department of Justice's Kafkaesque decision embarrasses and humiliates most Irish people

With solicitor services absent, number just ‘weeks away’ from reaching 6,000, say sources

Kevin Farrell and Thomas McNicholas control several central Dublin properties used for refugee and homeless services

Letter read from Palestinian student with scholarship to Irish university who was refused a visa

Reform should not be treated as the alternative to controlling costs. We should have both

Profits at firm owned by James McCarville rose sharply last year, accounts show

Individuals left the country on a chartered flight which took them from Dublin to Nigeria

Teacher of English was accepted onto Master’s programme at UCD’s Belfield campus starting in September