Bills to legislate for e-scooters and 40km M50 speed limit on Government agenda
Climate Action, Affordable Housing and Parents Leave Bills planned before Easter
'Irish Times' view on Judicial Appointments Commission: Minimalist plan for change
New rules on transparency or accountability for politicians involved in the process are entirely absent
Justice portfolio ‘appealing’ to Minister for Transport Shane Ross
Changes in how judges appointed piloted by Minister but Bill may not pass before election
Shane Ross: ‘Going to Cabinet meetings was a weekly ambush’
Minister recalls testy relationship with Enda Kenny and looks forward to general election
Opposition confirm intention to prevent Bill on judiciary becoming law
Victor Boyhan tells Seanad ‘we’ll be here for many, many months yet’
Most filibustered legislation in living memory back in Seanad with 78 new amendments
Upper House votes against having legal majority on commission to appoint judges
Judicial appointments Bill needs ‘substantial work’, Minister says
Bill unexpectedly passes committee stage after more than 100 hours of Seanad debate
Bill on judicial misconduct and sentencing guidelines passes Dáil
Landmark legislation first proposed 20 years ago, dealt with by Dáil in less than two hours
Government may attempt to guillotine judicial reform bill again
Bid to curtail debate on Bill defeated by 26 votes to 24 in the Seanad
Task of selecting District and Circuit Court presidents begins
Minister for Justice secures ‘agreement to note that nomination process be put in place’
A ‘series of unfortunate events’ in Seanad as Senators debate about lunch
Minister quotes Lemony Snicket as row in Upper House leads to vote on lunch time
Judges’ misconduct hearings to be held in public
Chief justice issues warning after Government moves to allow public inquiries
Taoiseach slates ‘Seanad filibuster’ of judicial appointments law
Important legislation being ‘backed up’ because of delaying tactics, Varadkar tells Dáil
Government nominates judges as judiciary Bill moves slowly
Shane Ross wants reform of selection process as he believes bench is marred by ‘cronyism’
Senior judges complained they were not consulted on Judicial Appointments Bill
Anti-corruption body asks Government to reconsider controversial legislation
Judicial appointments Bill passes in Dáil and now goes to Seanad
Sinn Féin joins with Fianna Fáil in voting down several Government amendments
Confusion over judicial appointments branded ‘farce’
Ceann Comhairle suspends Dáil debate on Bill over contradictory amendments
Sinn Féin deal to allow Dáil to pass Judicial Appointments Bill
Government agrees to introduce sentencing guidelines as part of reform package
Attorney General to have a say in appointing judges
Move comes just weeks after AG called the new judicial appointments Bill a ‘dog’s dinner’
Charlie Flanagan says judicial Bill ‘in a difficult place’
Attorney General described legislation championed by Shane Ross as dog’s dinner
Shane Ross’s judges Bill a ‘dog’s dinner’, claims Attorney General
Séamus Woulfe says Opposition amendments make it ‘challenge’ to pass Bill
Judicial appointments bill advances despite transparency fears
Flanagan says providing explanation for those rejected for bench roles ‘legally problematic’
Shane Ross rejects criticism by judiciary of appointments Bill
Judges want to replace political interference with judicial dominance, Minister says
Senior judges criticise planned reforms to judicial appointments
Letter claims lay commission will not promote choice of ‘best possible candidates’
Judges warned Varadkar Ross’s reforms would not work
June letter claims Minister’s proposals would fail to depoliticise judicial appointments
Sinn Féin and Solidarity PBP support Fine Gael judges’ Bill
Legislation passes second stage by 83 to 53 votes but no further progress until autumn
Diarmaid Ferriter: Judicial appointments Bill just an ego trip
Shane Ross’s Bill will not serve justice and is not designed for balance in decision-making
Judicial Bill an unsound solution to a problem that does not exist
Passage of important legislation has had to play second fiddle to Shane Ross’s pet project
State’s best paid lawyers would make terrible judges, says FF barrister
Wexford TD James Browne stresses judicial ability to address personal weaknesses
Judicial appointments Bill hits Oireachtas roadblock
Shane Ross denies having ‘vendetta’ against judiciary
No guarantee judges Bill will pass by summer - Varadkar
Government pressing ahead with Bill despite opposition of the most senior judges
Varadkar defends ‘modern’ judicial appointments Bill
Changes proposed by Shane Ross follow international practice, says Taoiseach
Senior judges voice Bill concerns in unprecedented letter
Five court presidents write to Taoiseach over ‘implications for administration of justice’
O’Callaghan says FF would repeal Bill on appointing judges
Strong criticism of Bill by president of the High Court Mr Justice Peter Kelly
Solicitors push for lay influence in appointing judges
Law Society submission this week to back Shane Ross proposal to shake up system
Michael McDowell criticises judicial reform plans
Senator says lay majority on proposed appointments council is ‘an attack on the system’
‘Making a Murderer’ attorney addresses Law Library
Dean Strang tells audience at Dublin event that ‘almost everyone is a criminal’
Government to fast-track Judicial Council Bill
The legislation’s passage has been accelerated due to the position of Shane Ross
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