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Four months on, and we’ve lost a Minister and a Commissioner – and now the inquiry is more futile than most.
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Four months on, and we’ve lost a Minister and a Commissioner – and now the inquiry is more futile than most.
Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has welcomed today’s High Court ruling.
Members of the committee slammed his lack of cooperation as “farcical”.
A further 261 are held in solitary confinement, some for 23 hours a day.
Brian Purcell will appear before the Oireachtas Justice Committee the week after next.
Fianna Fáil is now for calling for a road map to “restore this situation to normality”.
He stressed that if he takes any legal action, it would not be at the taxpayer’s expense.
The Sunday Independent reported today that the Data Protection Commissioner will find that the Minister broke the law.
The 52-year-old says the original six-week garda investigation into the case that became known as the Dalkey ‘house of horrors’ was a sham. She’s calling for a full review.
The former Justice Minister noted that it was addressed directly to Shatter, and not officials in his Department.
Several TDs have said that the Minister’s position is now untenable.
Minister Shatter made the announcement this afternoon.
John McGuinness says a female garda was warned off pursuing a claim of sexual harassment within the force.
Justice Minister Alan Shatter faced strong criticism yesterday with Mary Lou McDonald suggesting he get the boot. What do you think?
The Justice Minister was strongly criticised by both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin today.
The Minister for Justice will appear before an Oireachtas committee later today to discuss the suspected surveillance of the Ombudsman’s office.
The Minister warned against the rise of extreme far right political parties – including UKIP – in a speech last night.
Have pity on the person who has to go through all of those applications.
A further 1,890 people were refused access to the country at ports and airports.
Minister Alan Shatter says that the State will not take over the scheme from the Law Society as it would “not be in the public interest” to stump up out of their own pocket.
The changes would mean children could use firearms in “extremely supervised circumstances”.
Tommy Broughan’s pressing ahead with the ‘Brighter Evenings Bill’ despite Alan Shatter’s suggestion that we just “get up earlier”.
More than two million people have become refugees since the start of the conflict in March 2011.
The Real IRA crime boss was shot dead a year ago this week. Dissidents are planning a march at his graveside on Saturday.
The Justice Minister said it was a “great cruelty” that women could not seek a termination in cases of rape.
The compensation scheme announced this week falls far short of what’s required, survivors say.
The Magdalene survivors will all receive cash payments from €11,500 to €100,000, depending on their length of stay.
Due to public demand, the Justice Minister’s novel about a politician’s affair with his secretary is being reprinted by Poolbeg.
Alan Shatter admits to an error of judgement, but defends his record, as the Dáil begins debating a motion of no confidence.
The Taoiseach is pressed on why a report exists of Mick Wallace’s encounter with Gardaí, but none of Alan Shatter’s.
An official statement from the Justice Minister came after inquiries made by the Garda Commissioner to local garda management.
The Wexford TD called for an investigation into how the justice minister found out the information.
Shatter said that Wallace was “making a pretence, for political purposes”.
Between 20–25 protesters gathered outside the Justice Minister’s home this morning to protest against abortion.
Thousands of Irish servicemen were dismissed or prosecuted for fighting with the Allies during World War II.
They met the Minister for Justice and Junior Minister Kathleen Lynch about getting a state apology and redress for their time in the home.
Around 42,000 serving teachers will have to be vetted retrospectively under new legislation, which one teachers’ union says will create long delays.
Get to bed early because the clocks will go forward one hour at 1am.
The legislation will mean that a court can adjourn repossession proceedings in order to allow for the drawing up of a personal insolvency agreement.
Justice Minister Alan Shatter said the overall drop in crime lat year provides reassurance that “efficiencies” are making a real contribution to public safety.