Jim O'Callaghan
M9 crash exposes limits of rules on social media giants when it comes to online harms
Deaths of five teenagers linked to popularity of high risk-taking for ‘likes’ and affirmation
Water rationing is probably inevitable unless people are made to pay for it
The existing system of unlimited free public water for all households is unsustainable in the long term and unfair
Cruel visa refusals don’t reflect pro-Palestine Ireland
How can anyone post an original bank statement from a country with no functioning banking system?
Grace Lynch’s father tells of near miss with scrambler bike months after daughter’s death
Garda liasion officer told Martin Lynch camera not working on road in which encounter took place
Trinity College Dublin suggests students petition Government Ministers over Palestinian visa issue
Widespread rejection of Palestinian scholars’ visa applications ‘deeply concerning’, administrators say
Deaths of children in domestic incidents to be subject to new national reviews
Currently no way of tracking or reviewing violent and tragic child deaths in Ireland
The Irish Times view on prison overcrowding: a growing crisis
Limerick’s Women’s Prison is the State’s newest and best. It is also the most overcrowded
Gardaí to receive pursuit training for the first time in aftermath of M9 crash
Members of the force are not trained to pursue vehicles
M9 crash: Minister for Justice condemns ‘outrageously dangerous criminal behaviour’
Gardaí to get pursuit training, Jim O’Callaghan says
Micheál Martin says talk of Border poll makes him go ‘bananas’
Taoiseach said party colleagues should concentrate on the benefits of the Shared Island initiative
‘Cull’ in study visas hurting Ireland’s English language sector, representative body claims
Student refusal rate has doubled in two years amid Government clampdown
Law society proposed compromises aimed at resolving dispute over criminal legal aid payments
Letter sent to Jim O’Callaghan setting out measures that could end row ‘under consideration’ by Department of Justice
Jim O’Callaghan requested ‘unoppressive’ Irish traditional music for EU ministers
Jars of honey produced by bees on roof of Department of Justice gifted to dignitaries, internal records show
Meaningful reform of criminal legal aid system requires greater understanding of issues
Irish Penal Reform Trust disappointed by apparent lack of nuance in public debate on criminal legal aid
Daniel Kinahan arrested after extradition from Dubai, due to appear at Special Criminal Court this evening
The Government jet carrying Kinahan departed Al Maktoum International Airport this morning and landed at Casement Aerodrome shortly after 6.30pm
Solicitors ‘not against change’, but want a working criminal justice system
‘One-size-fits-all’ legal aid payment model is more about cost-cutting and optics than genuine reform
Jim O’Callaghan needs to understand real reasons for delays in criminal justice system
They’re seldom caused by defence solicitors
Ukrainians obliged to find alternative accommodation as State winds down contracts
April data show 16,000 Ukrainians staying in more than 500 hotels and B&Bs paid for by taxpayer
Palestinian students and visas: Time for Taoiseach or Tánaiste to step in
Department of Justice's Kafkaesque decision embarrasses and humiliates most Irish people
EU ministers seek tougher migration response after Ceuta crisis
Minister for Justice says borders are a ‘shared responsibility’ following meeting with member states
Health and Safety Authority sends file on Creeslough tragedy to DPP
Move opens way for investigation to be completed into disaster in Donegal village in October 2022
Prison population at lowest point this year
With solicitor services absent, number just ‘weeks away’ from reaching 6,000, say sources
Ireland to urge solidarity with Spain in aftermath of migrant crisis in Ceuta
Jim O’Callaghan will aim to take temperature down at emergency meeting after Spain and Italy traded barbs
Ireland convenes meeting of EU ministers to discuss Spain’s Ceuta crisis
More than 50,000 people crossed into the Spanish territory from Morocco on Thursday and Friday
Jim O’Callaghan vs the solicitors: Minister under siege as criminal legal aid dispute escalates
Withdrawal of services could affect cartel leader Daniel Kinahan, who faces extradition in the coming weeks
Law Society flags remaining issues in dispute over legal aid changes
Solicitors ask for ‘targeted corrections and adjustments’ in exchange for adopting new scheme on interim basis
Judgment expected in October on challenge to new legal aid payment model
Some solicitors have withdrawn their services in protest at the new arrangement, which came into effect earlier this month
‘I want this fixed and to get back to work’: Solicitors split on criminal legal aid reform
Most unhappy at single flat-fee payments, but adjustments to address concerns have pleased others
Taoiseach may consider statutory inquiry to produce answers for Creeslough families
Ten people died in 2022 Donegal explosion at an Applegreen filling station after suspected gas leak
O’Callaghan’s amended offer in legal aid dispute ‘obviously unsustainable’, solicitor says
Michael Finucane says solicitors continue to seek ‘real and meaningful discussions’ with Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan
Families of those who died in Creeslough disaster to meet Taoiseach today
‘We’re going into four years, there’s no answers whatsoever,’ says mother of 14-year-old Leona Harper, who died in the explosion
E-scooters: What is available to buy and how difficult will the new rules be to enforce?
Amazon and AliExpress stopped selling vehicles not in compliance with speed limits but fast models remain on sale elsewhere
‘Studying in Ireland was the hope I was holding on to’: Palestinian teacher ‘dying inside’ since visa refused
Teacher of English was accepted onto Master’s programme at UCD’s Belfield campus starting in September
Solicitors to consider Minister’s changes in criminal defence legal fee payments aimed at resolving dispute
Controversial €520 fee to remain in place under fresh proposals but two-thirds of payment to be made at start of case
Up to individual solicitors to decide whether to continue withdrawing services, Law Society president says
Lawyers’ representative body had ‘good meeting’ with Minister for Justice over legal aid dispute
Jim O’Callaghan expected to hold firm line in talks on criminal legal aid reform
Minister for Justice to meet Law Society representatives amid bitter row over remuneration reforms
Life as a family lawyer: ‘I’ve had cases that ended in death’
Dublin solicitor Sandra McAleer has faced intimidation and death threats arising from her work in the complex family law court
High Court to rule on legality of detaining District Court accused without solicitors
Several people remanded in custody after appearing in court without representation due to ongoing legal aid dispute
Withdrawal of services by family lawyers averted after meeting with justice officials
Positive developments hoped for in separate criminal legal aid dispute
‘Significant’ car bomb linked to dissident republicans seized in Co Monaghan
Gardaí believe the device was being moved across the Border with the intention of using it in the North
Jim O’Callaghan v solicitors on legal aid reform – who will blink first?
In the News podcast: Lawyers reject new payment model which will reduce their earnings
Department of Justice received 78 legal aid invoices for individual’s theft charges
Jim O’Callaghan says he will meet Law Society to discuss its concerns about reforms
Taoiseach criticises action by solicitors in legal aid dispute amid major court disruption
Action over new payment model led to thousands of criminal cases being adjourned in courts across the country
The Irish Times view on bail reform: time for action
Onus on Jim O’Callaghan to move on a system nobody believes is fit for purpose
Limerick mayor calls for intensive Irish lobbying against EU sanctions on Aughinish Alumina
Mayor of Limerick insists ‘we need to fight for the jobs’ as report on exports to Russia expected to go to EU Commission
Every e-scooter in country will need to be registered and licensed from September
E-scooters to be banned for under-18s under proposals agreed by Government
What to do if you suspect a spy in your midst in Ireland
Six easy steps, plus appendix, to root out foreign intelligence assets operating in Ireland
Legal aid system did not delay Kerry football fan’s three-year case flagged by Minister
Man’s prosecution singled out as example of ‘unacceptable’ delays caused by old criminal legal aid system
Miriam Lord’s End-of-Dáil-term awards: Holly Cairns still getting under Taoiseach’s skin
Hissy fits, bust-ups, mortification and demonstrations of backbone as TDs and senators go toe to toe
Family lawyers could withdraw legal aid services within weeks
Industrial action could affect cases concerning child custody, access and domestic violence
E-scooters face strict regulations if Government opts not to ban them
Minister for Justice says gardaí actively confiscating e-scooters and scramblers, with 1,200 seizures this year
What to expect from Aughinish Alumina report and the call to ban e-scooters
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
O’Callaghan appeals to solicitors to ‘be reasonable’ over changes to legal aid scheme
At least 88 solicitors have resigned from criminal legal aid panel amid a row over fee structure changes
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