702 prisoners were unlawfully at large in 2024, with 126 still at large by the end of the year.

14 people who attended the Mothers Against Genocide group protest against the Israeli war in Gaza were arrested after an entrance to Leinster House in Dublin was blocked.

A total of 372 officers sustained injuries in assaults during 2024, while another 128 were injured on duty as a result of being attacked during the first six months of this year.

Micheál Martin has backed Drew Harris days after the Justice Minister did not take an opportunity to express confidence in the policing chief.

The Garda Commissioner ‘met obligations’ around informing the Justice Minister about an undercover operation prior to a shooting, a spokesman said.

Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan said it was ‘far cheaper’ for the government to own the facility than pay to use it.

Minister Jim O’Callaghan said Ireland is currently accommodating almost 33,000 people seeking international protection

Her body was found six years after she was murdered by her husband Richard Satchwell.

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Thirty five people, including five children, were deported on a flight from Dublin to Lagos, Nigeria on Wednesday night

Five children and nine women were among 35 people deported from Ireland to Nigeria on Wednesday night.

The children were all part of family groups, gardaí said.

The premises has been evacuated and the scene is preserved. The Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team has been requested to attend.

Enda McGarrity said the Donaldson family had been ‘stonewalled’ in their quest for answers over the 2006 murder of Denis Donaldson.

There were 22,700 contacts with the centre’s 24-hour helpline in 2024

Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan said there is a need to ensure that road-policing gardai are not exposed to ‘excessive levels of danger’.

The latest review from the Central Bank has blamed inflation and soaring repair costs for the increases.

The Justice Minister confirmed they had been sent back to Georgia after receiving, but failing to comply with, deportation orders.

The Dáil returns on Tuesday, April 29th, and there is plenty of business in a packed schedule

The Cabinet is expected to sign off on new proposals on Tuesday which will reform the current system to improve decision times

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The Farrelly Commission report made no findings that Grace had experienced sexual or emotional abuse.

Shane Farrell was cycling home when he was struck by a car in the Carrickmacross area of Co Monaghan.

The bomb killed 29 people, including a woman who was pregnant with twins, in the worst single atrocity in the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan said drafts have been exchanged between his department and the inquiry

New legislation will allow gardaí to attend routine court hearings remotely, the Justice Minister has said.

New figures provided by the Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan show that 703 deportation orders have been issued so far in 2025.

An expert in criminology said the implication that gardai need new powers to search for knives is unfounded.

Jim O’Callaghan said the flight has landed and the people are ‘back safely in Georgia’.

Jim O'Callaghan said it was ‘incomprehensible’ that there was no system to publish information about people convicted of serious offences

Gary Gannon said he can understand why gardaí want more powers but said that safety mechanisms must be built into the legislation.

The protocol, signed up to by 17 agencies, recognises the "undisputed fact that delays in the criminal justice system are detrimental to child victims and child defendants"

Mr O’Callaghan said it was his belief that laws allowing judges to refuse bail where they believe there is a risk that the person would go on to commit another serious offence are being applied.

In 2024, 1,116 people departed from the State under various mechanisms, and this was an increase of 252 per cent on the 2023 total of 317.

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The Minister for Justice said ‘too many people’ are coming to Ireland seeking international protection who are not entitled to it

A murder investigation is under way following the death of the man in Dublin city centre

The introduction of a new transport police is in the programme for government.

Jim O’Callaghan said had gardai not arrived at the scene ‘extremely fast, this could have been a lot worse’

Fine Gael MEP Maria Walsh has called on Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan to prioritise implementation of the new legislation

The officer was treated at Dublin’s Mater Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

A TD has called for "enhanced communication" between An Garda Síochána and candidates who are waiting over a year on their vetting after completing the application process

Jim O’Callaghan said that it was going to be ‘a challenge’ to hit the targets for garda recruits