Government spent €3m on deportation flights in 2025 in move to tackle immigration Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan Wayne O’Connor and Maeve McTaggart Today at 06:30 Asylum-seekers have been paid more than €1m by the State over the last two years to leave Ireland as part of a scheme enticing them to drop their claims to … Read more
Archyde Apple executives expressed “alarm” following a speech by Irish Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan regarding potential updates to data interception laws, prompting a meeting with the Department of Justice last… You can read the full story here: Apple Met DOJ Over Irish Minister’s Data Privacy Comments. Source link
When asked if his refusal to meet families affected by the Creeslough tragedy was insensitive, Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan said his job was not to be sensitive, but to ensure that justice was delivered. He was speaking to reporters during a cross-Border police conference held by An Garda Síochána and the Police Service of … Read more
The family at the centre of a large protest outside the Department of Justice earlier this month is being deported from Ireland. Titilayo Oluwakemi Oyekanmi said she and her three sons are being deported to South Africa on Saturday. Her sons Samuel, Joseph and Genesis, who are aged between five and 18, attended local schools … Read more
After a whirlwind romance and a baby, the woman’s husband became controlling Adele’s ex-husband used their finances to control her and isolated her from friends. Posed photo: Getty From the moment she met him online in 2012, “Adele” (not her real name) was convinced she had found the man of her dreams. After years of … Read more
There was no space for almost 400 asylum seekers in International Protection Service Accommodation (Ipas) centres on their arrival in the State last month, Department of Justice figures show. With the system continuing to come under pressure, Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan confirmed there was no bed available for 392 people who had arrived in … Read more
The Government should follow international best practice including that of the UK in dealing with scrambler and quad bike misuse because “communities want to see people being prosecuted” and their bikes seized, the Dáil has heard. Sinn Féin TD Dessie Ellis said British police have been using a DNA spray which tags riders and bikes. … Read more
Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan. Photo: Collins Children as young as seven are arriving to school high on drugs, a Dáil committee has been told. The Oireachtas Committee on Justice has also heard that people in one rural community are sitting outside drug dealers’ homes “to intimidate them in reverse” in response to drug-related violence. Source … Read more
It only takes three clicks to be able to watch a woman being strangled by a man during sex. One cursory search serves up video after video of women in states of distress. Tears and eye make-up are streaming down their faces, which are turning red from lack of oxygen as they twist and strain … Read more
Five children were among a group of 35 people deported to Nigeria on a chartered flight from Dublin Airport on Wednesday. The Garda National Immigration Bureau carried out the operation, which involved 21 men, nine women and five children. The children involved were deported as part of family groups. An Garda Síochána said in a … Read more