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# department-of-justice - Monday 13 January, 2020
Ireland has no plans to follow the UK and introduce civil partnerships for opposite-sex couples
The government said that there are no plans to change the law in Ireland.
# department-of-justice - Monday 2 December, 2019
Explainer: What happens next in the Lisa Smith case?
How long can she be questioned by gardaí, and is she likely to face charges?
Ireland is failing to meet its obligations regarding hate crime, report says
The report was written as an alternative to previous hate crime reports submitted to the United Nations.
# department-of-justice - Friday 22 November, 2019
Department planning new Direct Provision centres to cut down on 'highly unsatisfactory' shortages
50% more people have applied this year and many end up in emergency accommodation according to the Department of Justice.
# department-of-justice - Wednesday 13 November, 2019
Consultation to take place on whether Ireland's nightclub opening hours should be updated
Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan is “very keen” to open up a consultation with stakeholders.
# department-of-justice - Sunday 3 November, 2019
Anti-LGBT preacher banned from Ireland over 'abusive' views which were 'likely to stir up hatred'
Steven Anderson was the first person to be issued with an exclusion order preventing him from entering Ireland.
# department-of-justice - Thursday 24 October, 2019
'The law is weak': Government launches public consultation on hate speech
The Department of Justice is currently finalising research on legislative approaches to tackling hate crime in other countries.
# department-of-justice - Sunday 20 October, 2019
Government officials clashed over roles on regulating children's access to porn after Ana Kriegel trial
Two departments claimed they weren’t responsible for monitoring the issue.
# department-of-justice - Thursday 29 August, 2019
Government to spend €65 million on new Direct Provision centres in four counties
The Department of Justice & Equality has struggled to open new centres since 2018.
# department-of-justice - Friday 9 August, 2019
The Justice Minister was asked to limit free legal aid for repeat offenders. Here's why that won't happen
Tipperary County Council passed a motion in March requesting that the Minister for Justice consider it.
# department-of-justice - Sunday 4 August, 2019
'A gross violation': Asylum seekers say post is being opened without consent
Residents in Direct Provision centres have claimed the practice is commonplace.
# department-of-justice - Friday 19 July, 2019
Ireland trying to make arrangements to bring Lisa Smith home
The Dundalk woman and her young daughter are currently in Syria.
# department-of-justice - Tuesday 18 June, 2019
Justice Department hit with €27,000 levy by Dublin City Council for vacant site it is trying to transfer to the council
The site at 51A Old Kilmainham Road, Dublin 8, has been vacant for a number of years.
# department-of-justice - Thursday 13 June, 2019
State offers 'unreserved apology' for burying asylum seeker without telling friends
Sylva Tukula died at the Great Western House Direct Provision centre in Galway in August 2018.
# department-of-justice - Thursday 6 June, 2019
'An insensitivity at the heart of the State': Decision to bury woman who died in Direct Provision without telling friends criticised
Sylva Tukula died in Galway in August 2018.
# department-of-justice - Sunday 26 May, 2019
Department of Justice sounded warning over plans to almost double allowance for asylum seekers living in direct provision
Officials said changes to allow residents of asylum centres to work had created “most generous” system in EU.
# department-of-justice - Monday 6 May, 2019
Fears over legal challenge 'disrupting' asylum seekers led to Direct Provision centre being scrapped
The proposal was affected by a number of legal and planning issues, as well as suspected arson attacks.
# department-of-justice - Sunday 5 May, 2019
'He has no one to talk to': Concerns raised around potential lack of schooling for 86 children of asylum seekers
There are currently over 500 people asylum seekers living in emergency accommodation.
# department-of-justice - Sunday 31 March, 2019
Emergency accommodation: Over 500 asylum seekers now living in hotels and B and Bs across Ireland
“The current reliance on private contractors is clearly not working,” migrant rights centre Nasc has said.
# department-of-justice - Monday 25 March, 2019
'Farmers wouldn't keep cows in this': Complaints over mould, leaks at Dublin Direct Provision centre
The centre accommodated around 50 asylum seekers before it closed last June.
# department-of-justice - Tuesday 5 March, 2019
Waterford locals defy anti-immigrant protesters by applauding meeting to welcome Syrian refugees
A meeting of the Lismore Welcome Project was interrupted last night.
# department-of-justice - Friday 15 February, 2019
'Mind-boggling': Department can't say whether payments to firm were for surveillance of prison staff
The prison service paid two private security companies over a two-year period.
# department-of-justice - Monday 11 February, 2019
Just one maximum compensation payout in Magdalene scheme since expansion Exclusive
The government has compensated nine Magdalene women out of 87 who have applied since the scheme was widened last year.
# department-of-justice - Thursday 24 January, 2019
Commissioner says there's no plan to move 600 gardaí to border - but what WILL happen?
There is concern as the March deadline approaches that hundreds of gardaí will be transferred last-minute in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
# department-of-justice - Wednesday 9 January, 2019
Ireland to accept migrants from Malta following EU deal to relocate almost 300 people
49 migrants stranded at sea for weeks arrived in Malta today following the deal.
# department-of-justice - Wednesday 26 December, 2018
Groups who support victims of crime have been given €1.7m by the Government for 2019
The funding will be given to dozens of non-governmental organisations.
# department-of-justice - Thursday 22 November, 2018
Alleged use of tracking devices on cars of Irish prison officers to be probed by Inspector of Prisons
Revelations that officers’ vehicles had been bugged were published today in the Irish Examiner.
# department-of-justice - Thursday 1 November, 2018
Staff at Direct Provision centre to be retrained after a mother was refused food for her sick child
The contractor said it will also ensure that tea, coffee and snacks are available on a 24/7 basis.
# department-of-justice - Monday 22 October, 2018
Thousands sign petition asking Justice Minister to stop deportation of student facing threat of torture
Shepherd Machaya could be deported within days after his permission to remain in Ireland expired on 21 October.
# department-of-justice - Wednesday 29 August, 2018
Nurse who returned to Pakistan under threat of deportation was told the next day that asylum status is under review
Vicky Khokhar spent three years in a direct provision centre and during that time volunteered five days a week at a local nursing home.
# department-of-justice - Sunday 8 July, 2018
Flanagan calls for Magdalen survivors of 'adjoining institutions' to contact government over redress
Previously, women who had worked in a laundry but not actually lived there had been denied state compensation.
# department-of-justice - Saturday 2 June, 2018
Magdalene reparations will finally be paid to those who lived in the forgotten institutions
Previously, women who had worked in laundries not covered by the Magdalene Restorative Justice scheme had been denied compensation.
# department-of-justice - Saturday 26 May, 2018
Here are the top 10 countries outside Europe that requested visas to Ireland
Most people with permission to remain in the State are working or studying, according to the Department of Justice.
# department-of-justice - Sunday 20 May, 2018
Trump demands review into claim FBI spy infiltrated his presidential campaign
The US President tweeted his intentions today.
# department-of-justice - Tuesday 8 May, 2018
Alan Kelly says his questions about the Department of Justice are going unanswered
The Labour TD said the refusal to answer his ‘legitimate’ questions is ‘undemocratic’.
# department-of-justice - Saturday 14 April, 2018
Waterford's new €25.9m courthouse opened this week - take a look
It’s the fifth courthouse to be opened recently as part of a multi-million government programme.
# department-of-justice - Tuesday 27 March, 2018
Dept of Justice had 'shortcomings' but 'did not deliberately conceal' emails from Disclosures Tribunal
An independent report in how it handled materials given to the Tribunal was published this evening.
# department-of-justice - Wednesday 14 March, 2018
Single refugees in Ballaghaderreen are relying on housing offers from the Irish public
The Department of Justice said due to the shortage of social housing the decision has been taken to only resettle people outside of high demand areas.
# department-of-justice - Saturday 10 March, 2018
Asylum seekers in Ireland can finally work, but it doesn't look like they're allowed drive to that work
There is a lack of clarity as to whether or not asylum seekers in Ireland are legally allowed to obtain a driving licence.
# department-of-justice - Wednesday 21 February, 2018
Giving the unborn full rights would have consequences 'with reverberations', Supreme Court hears
A landmark Supreme Court appeal hearing is under way which is expected to have crucial ramifications for the pending referendum on the Eighth Amendment.
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Poll: Should Mary Lou be allowed partake in RTÉ and Virgin Media's party leader debates?
CONTROVERSY HAS BUILT over the exclusion of Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald’s exclusion from two televised leaders’ debates ahead of this year’s general election.
Yesterday it emerged that Sinn Féin is seeking legal advice over McDonald’s exclusion from RTÉ’s leaders’ debate on 4 February, while the party also wrote to Virgin Media to object to a head-to-head debate between the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael leaders this week.
Virgin Media Television argued that coverage is in accordance with BAI guidelines, and was allocated on the basis of party performance in the 2016 general election and the local elections in 2019.
RTÉ also told the Irish Times that the decision was made to host a head-to-head debate between Leo Varadkar and Micheál Martin on the basis of the 2016 election and other elections since, as well as “other factors”.
The broadcaster also said other party leaders would face off during a debate on Claire Byrne Live on 27 January.
However, Sinn Féin’s performance in two opinion polls – the most recent of which put the party just two points behind Fine Gael – has led to calls for McDonald to be included.
But what do you think? Should RTÉ and Virgin Media include Mary Lou McDonald in their leaders’ debates?
Poll Results:
Yes (11817)
No (2758)
I don't know/No opinion (282)
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Lise Hand: Meticulous election planning meaningless as parties skid on first banana skins
By Lise Hand - @liseinthecity
Opinion: It's hard enough living with MS without having to push for support
By Lauren McCauley - @laurenamccauley
A new EU index shows Ireland lagging in its care of patients with MS, writes Lauren McCauley.
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