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Over 355,000 hours of community service work carried out by offenders last year
The 2018 annual report of the Probation Service is published today.
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The 2018 annual report of the Probation Service is published today.
Melvin Rattigan knocked a woman off her bike in Dublin city centre in 2015.
Brothers John and Conal McGinley had pleaded guilty to one count of theft at the July 2016 gig in Dublin’s Marlay Park.
Montana congressman Greg Gianforte was handed 40 hours of community service today.
The woman was taken to Tallaght Hospital but had to return the next day as the wait was too long.
Adam McCarthy expressed “genuine remorse” in court over the attack which left Niall McHale unconscious.
The man was ordered to carry out the community service within a year in lieu of a two year jail term.
Mark Bissett’s “bizarre behaviour” happened when he turned violent during a drink and drug fuelled outburst.
The victim was assaulted a short time after stepping in to help a friend he saw being attacked.
The accused had arrived to the scene at a late stage of the assault in a taxi.
The popstar is alleged to have struck and choked a bartender.
She had a black eye, compression marks on her neck and received four stitches to her cheek.
Liam Dowling will carry out 200 hours community service in lieu of a two-year sentence.
Rather than blocking up the prisons with less serious offenders would community service be a more viable option?
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Last year, there were 2,354 Community Service Orders made, with a total of just over 352,000 hours in lieu of a custodial sentence.
A new scheme approved by ministers could see unpaid fines deducted from a person’s wages if they remain unpaid.
Minister Alan Shatter said community service reduces expenditure on prison services and requires offenders to make recompense for their crimes.
Our prisons have become pressure cookers, bursting at the seams and increasingly difficult to police. Eoin O’Carroll sets out new ideas for reform.
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New legislation will force judges to consider community work instead of jail for minor offenders.
Alan Shatter says new legislation to reduce the prison population will be passed by the end of July.
The new government’s first legislation, to go before the Dáil tomorrow, advances policies laid down by the last cabinet.
New justice bill will require judges to consider handing down community service order instead of sentences of 12 months and under.
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