Jim O'Callaghan

Government approach will ‘do nothing’ to prevent similar tragedies, children’s care alliance says

Law Society and Bar Council urge Minister for Justice to move to break impasse

Opposition parties call on Minister for Justice to attend Oireachtas committee to discuss ongoing feud with solicitors

Action initiated by son of Martin Doherty, who was shot dead by loyalist gunmen at the Widow Scallan’s pub in 1994

New legal term next month will usher in high volume of cases including long-running hearings of over four weeks

Prospective citizens say colleagues have left Ireland due to high cost of living and more could leave if changes come into effect

Solicitors tell senior judges the Minister for Justice has ‘failed to engage’ meaningfully over legal aid payments

Sunday’s flight saw 43 Georgian nationals deported as numbers climb to multiples of former levels

Total of 221 people have been removed from Ireland on charter flights so far this year

We have been ignoring the signs of a growing disillusionment and anger

Some solicitors are quietly signing up to the Minister for Justice’s new payments system – but few will speak publicly about it

Dispute and withdrawal of services continues, with ‘distress’ for victims, Minister told

TD highlights drug dealers’ criminal spree in Cork, says death by suicide of young people over drug intimidation should also be treated as attempted murder

The axing of the triple lock has become a clear demarcation line between the Government and Opposition parties

Injustices will result when important decisions are made in court about young people in absence of lawyers

The claim that senior personnel handling protected disclosures were met with hostility by senior Garda management is perhaps the most serious new allegation

Minister on Tuesday wrote to Law Society saying he would not be appointing an independent mediator in an attempt to resolve the dispute

We have twice as many new citizens coming through the channel that demands no actual connection to Ireland

Bringing the budget back on course will require difficult decisions

Force’s strength up by a net 300 this year, with 267 departures due to retirements, resignations, medical discharge and dismissals

I am aware of at least one case where an accused, who was unrepresented in the District Court and granted bail, assaulted their partner to a degree requiring surgery within two days of being released

In practical terms, new citizenship rules will be another bureaucratic obstacle for people. But its other meaning is arbitrary cruelty-by-admin

Planned changes would put Ireland among the ‘least hospitable’ countries for naturalisations, expert claims

Dozens of cases adjourned as judge encourages some defendants to secure representation

Complainant says adjournment of trial has exacerbated his mental health difficulties

Both inhumane and retrogressive to refuse these visas

The RTÉ Radio 1 host’s acerbic rant lifts a sagging show, while Matt Cooper gets to the heart of the story on The Last Word

Same political parties who once let wealthy buy Irish residency now want tighter rules for others who live here

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

Fiosrú requested that hearing be put back as it continues to investigate actions of gardaí in case

Micheál Martin says direct engagement is the ‘best’ way to resolve row over new €520 flat fee

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

Ministers to be briefed on issues including online child safety, Arts Council, fodder shortages and citizenship

Proposed changes smack of an attempt to pander to populist agitation

Rosemarie Loftus told Jim O’Callaghan she was ‘surprised’ he suggested the criminal courts were ‘operating effectively’

But those getting unemployment payments or certain housing supports could be blocked under reforms

Refugee and migrant support groups not impressed with changes

Candidates would have to be resident in the country for eight years and undertake language test under proposed overhaul

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