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# justice - Wednesday 12 February, 2020
Prosecutors quit after being overruled in case of Trump aide Roger Stone
The Justice Department had overruled lawyers’ prison time request following an intervention by the president.
# justice - Tuesday 14 January, 2020
Iran makes arrests and plans 'special court' over shooting down of Ukrainian plane
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said ‘anyone who should be punished must be punished’.
# 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.
# justice - Thursday 18 July, 2019
Minister promises 'urgent action' after shock High Court ruling on citizenship applicants
Nobody can now be granted Irish citizenship if they have spent a single day outside the country in the past year.
# justice - Wednesday 17 July, 2019
Government 'carefully studying' ruling not to grant citizenship to those who temporarily leave Ireland
The ruling applies to those who have left Ireland in the year before they apply for citizenship.
Shock ruling says citizenship cannot be granted if applicant has spent a day outside Ireland in past year
Experts called the ruling “absurd”, pointing out that the law on citizenship has never been interpreted so strictly before.
# justice - Monday 15 July, 2019
Ana Kriegel murder: Sentencing of Boy A and Boy B delayed until 29 October
The court is waiting for psychiatric reports to be completed.
# justice - Wednesday 19 June, 2019
Ana Kriegel murder: The sentences Boy A and Boy B could be facing
The two teengers are to be sentenced in four weeks’ time.
# justice - Monday 17 June, 2019
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.
# justice - Monday 29 April, 2019
Irish citizens who commit serious offences abroad will be open to prosecution from today
The law enables Ireland to ratify the Istanbul Convention.
# justice - Sunday 31 March, 2019
Finian McGrath withdraws comments over political policing after strong criticism from Cabinet colleagues
In an interview with the Sunday Independent, McGrath said the policing of new drink driving laws had been “really over the top”.
# justice - Monday 4 March, 2019
Supreme Court cuts wait time for appeals to one year
The court has now effectively disposed of its backlog of legacy cases.
# justice - Thursday 28 February, 2019
Family of murdered woman Clodagh Hawe to meet Garda Commissioner
Clodagh’s family met with Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan today.
# justice - Wednesday 20 February, 2019
'It's in crisis': Law Society raises concerns over security issues in family courts system
Members of the Law Society’s family and child law committee are to appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Justice this morning.
# justice - Sunday 13 January, 2019
Lynn Ruane: People with a criminal record for minor offences deserve a second chance
Convictions for minor offences can hold people back from accessing employment and education long after they have completed their rehabilitation, writes Lynn Ruane.
# justice - Tuesday 1 January, 2019
Over 8,750 drivers were arrested last year on suspicion of driving under the influence of drink or drugs
Figures on roads policing detections were released today by gardaí.
# justice - Saturday 29 December, 2018
Charlie Haughey was urged to pressure 'British arrogance' over Birmingham Six and Guildford Four
The convictions of the nine men and one women were ultimately quashed.
# justice - Saturday 15 December, 2018
'We're not getting justice': Shane Tuohey's family kept in the dark in inquiry into his death
The 23-year-old man’s body was recovered from the River Brosna in 2002. His family believes he was murdered.
# justice - Thursday 6 December, 2018
Committee backs changes to ‘women’s place in the home' section of Constitution
The Justice Committee published a report on the matter today.
# justice - Monday 3 December, 2018
Ireland's DNA database to be shared with other European countries to help fight cross-border crime
Ireland’s DNA database holds 16,361 DNA profiles of suspected offenders and convicted offenders.
# justice - Tuesday 13 November, 2018
Government seeks advice on pursuing Callinan and Taylor for legal damages
The Taoiseach said he would like to see this case taken by Maurice McCabe settled.
# justice - Monday 12 November, 2018
Commissioner 'reviewing' decision to fund Callinan's legal defence in McCabe case
Meanwhile Leo Varadkar has said Callinan is not being given a blanket indemnity.
# justice - Wednesday 24 October, 2018
Garda Commissioner: 'I'm not apologising for cutting overtime'
Drew Harris said he has a responsibility to show good management of public money.
# justice - Tuesday 18 September, 2018
Ban on taking photos of gardaí on duty would 'criminalise ordinary members of the public'
Minister Charlie Flanagan’s proposal would be “grossly disproportionate”, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties has said.
# justice - Sunday 26 August, 2018
'No mention of accountability or cover-up' - Criticism of pope's Knock Shrine speech on clerical abuse
Pope Francis begged for God’s forgiveness for the “sins” by members of the clergy.
# justice - Saturday 25 August, 2018
Rohingya refugees protest for 'justice' on first anniversary of a Myanmar military crackdown
The Myanmar military crackdown sparked a mass exodus of 700,000 to camps in Bangladesh.
# justice - Friday 10 August, 2018
'We have a duty to keep personal info private': Tusla denies withholding child abuse details from gardaí
The agency has acknowledged that it is concerned about requirements it has to inform suspects about complaints made to gardaí.
# justice - Tuesday 10 July, 2018
'The buck stops nowhere': Department of Justice to be split into two parts
The two divisions will be ‘Home Affairs’ and ‘Justice and Equality’.
# justice - Saturday 7 July, 2018
Judge releases 50 people from jury service - because there was no judge or courtroom available
Mr Justice Bernard Barton discharged over 50 people in Dublin’s Four Courts this week.
# justice - Thursday 5 July, 2018
Motion seeking redress for victims abused as children passes despite government opposition
The government argued that the State’s responsibility can’t be established through a conviction.
# justice - Wednesday 27 June, 2018
New figures show increases in crime across every category (except homicides)
Sexual offences were up by just under 15% in the year to the end of March.
# justice - Monday 25 June, 2018
'Prison is for dangerous criminals': Drop in numbers sent to prison for non-payment of fines
More than 2,000 people were sent to prison for failure to pay a court-imposed fine last year.
# justice - Friday 22 June, 2018
Journal Media won four awards at yesterday's Justice Media Awards
Reporters Gráinne Ní Aodha, Sean Murray, Paul O’Donoghue and Cianan Brennan picked up prizes for their articles.
# justice - Sunday 22 April, 2018
Our payouts are three times that of the UK, so why wouldn't whiplash legislation work here?
Britain and Ireland are currently the outliers of Europe when it comes to soft tissue injury claims, and the UK has announced plans to cap whiplash payouts via legislation.
# justice - Friday 13 April, 2018
Stardust families seek fresh inquest, 37 years after coroner returned no verdict in fire deaths
A total of 48 people died in the fire.
# justice - Monday 2 April, 2018
Justice minister says he plans to abolish court poor box payments
Charlie Flanagan says it is no longer fit for purpose.
# justice - Thursday 18 January, 2018
Roma children living in 'overcrowded houses with rats, damp and sewage'
Over 80% of respondents in new research reported discrimination in the street or in a public place.
# justice - Sunday 7 January, 2018
US police apologise to victims after throwing away untested rape kits
The Fayetteville police force in North Carolina has admitted it threw away more than 300 rape kits.
# justice - Saturday 6 January, 2018
'Liberal' barrister fought game changer case that overturned the ban on importing contraceptives
Former Supreme Court justice Donal Barrington died this week at the age of 89.
# justice - Thursday 28 December, 2017
Department of Justice will be 'divided' but it will remain under one minister
The department will be internally split into two divisions with seperate deputy secretaries.
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Poll: Would you be comfortable if the social distance rule was changed to 1 metre?
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER Dr Tony Holohan has said that the 2m social distancing rule will be reviewed along with other measures, amid calls to halve the policy to one metre.
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, the government has urged members of the public to maintain a two-metre distance from others when outside their homes.
However, concerns have been raised about the impact the measures will have on businesses as the country re-opens, as well as people’s ability to use public transport.
Health authorities have also suggested that the 2m rule limits the number of patients that can be treated in emergency departments and waiting rooms.
But Irish health advice is based on guidance from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and some worry that shortening the distance will lead to a further spread of Covid-19.
So today we’re wondering: Would you be comfortable if the distance rule changed to 1 metre?
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Yes (7459)
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Using all of our health service facilities has helped against Covid-19. Any change to that should be handled carefully
By Dr Ciarán Ó Riain
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