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Friday 4 December 2020
The new offences deal with the non-consensual distribution of intimate images.
The fines will not come into effect for another week or two.
Dublin has seen a considerable increase in Covid-19 cases in recent weeks.
The total figure is a decrease from 465 people in January 2014.
Garda colleagues said they hope other suspects will be held accountable.
The UN can’t defend people in Syria or even deliver aid, writes Barry Andrews. The least we can do is prepare for the prosecution of the terrible crimes that happen there.
Chief Justice Frank Clarke said detailed planning is set to progress cases of all types to be heard from late August and through September.
The Department of Justice is seeking to reduce footfall at the Registration Office.
The judge has been nominated by government and will be appointed by President Michael D Higgins.
The German Football Association is investigating players displaying political messages during matches.
The Justice Department had overruled lawyers’ prison time request following an intervention by the president.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said ‘anyone who should be punished must be punished’.
The Department of Justice is currently finalising research on legislative approaches to tackling hate crime in other countries.
Nobody can now be granted Irish citizenship if they have spent a single day outside the country in the past year.
The ruling applies to those who have left Ireland in the year before they apply for citizenship.
Experts called the ruling “absurd”, pointing out that the law on citizenship has never been interpreted so strictly before.
The court is waiting for psychiatric reports to be completed.
The two teengers are to be sentenced in four weeks’ time.
The 2018 annual report of the Probation Service is published today.
The law enables Ireland to ratify the Istanbul Convention.
In an interview with the Sunday Independent, McGrath said the policing of new drink driving laws had been “really over the top”.
The court has now effectively disposed of its backlog of legacy cases.
Clodagh’s family met with Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan today.
Members of the Law Society’s family and child law committee are to appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Justice this morning.
Convictions for minor offences can hold people back from accessing employment and education long after they have completed their rehabilitation, writes Lynn Ruane.
Figures on roads policing detections were released today by gardaí.
The convictions of the nine men and one women were ultimately quashed.
The 23-year-old man’s body was recovered from the River Brosna in 2002. His family believes he was murdered.
The Justice Committee published a report on the matter today.
Ireland’s DNA database holds 16,361 DNA profiles of suspected offenders and convicted offenders.
The Taoiseach said he would like to see this case taken by Maurice McCabe settled.
Meanwhile Leo Varadkar has said Callinan is not being given a blanket indemnity.
Drew Harris said he has a responsibility to show good management of public money.
Minister Charlie Flanagan’s proposal would be “grossly disproportionate”, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties has said.
Pope Francis begged for God’s forgiveness for the “sins” by members of the clergy.
The Myanmar military crackdown sparked a mass exodus of 700,000 to camps in Bangladesh.
The agency has acknowledged that it is concerned about requirements it has to inform suspects about complaints made to gardaí.
The two divisions will be ‘Home Affairs’ and ‘Justice and Equality’.
Mr Justice Bernard Barton discharged over 50 people in Dublin’s Four Courts this week.
The government argued that the State’s responsibility can’t be established through a conviction.
RESTAURANTS AND GASTROPUBS are allowed to reopen across the country from today.
Ireland entered Level 3 restrictions earlier this week after spending six weeks at Level 5.
Non-essential shops and services have reopened, cultural institutions like cinemas and museums are back open and from today, you can once again dine in a restaurant.
So, today we want to know: Do you plan on going to a restaurant/gastropub this weekend?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Some sun, then clouds, showers around
Max: 6 °C
Min: 5 °C
Clouds and sun with a couple of showers
Max: 7 °C
Min: 1 °C
Mainly cloudy and chilly
Max: 5 °C
Min: 1 °C
