Jim O'Callaghan

Government to track passenger flight data to help detect ‘suspicious travel patterns’ and terrorists

Cabinet told of 63% rise in people on hospital trolleys over St Patrick’s weekend compared to same period in 2025

New pilot project sees Ireland processing asylum applications in line with EU migration pact

Officials meeting 12-week timeline for ‘safe-country’ cases and those with less than 20 per cent acceptance rate

The Oscar for best Fianna Fáil Minister in a supporting role goes to ... Jim O’Callaghan

It was a 'real advantage' to have Micheál there as leader of a non-Nato European country, he burbled

Experience of being born in mother and baby home informed TD’s decision to oppose Bessborough development

‘That’s part of my history’, Richard Boyd-Barrett tells demonstration outside Dáil

Government finalising ‘appropriate intervention’ in response to rising fuel and oil costs

Tánaiste Simon Harris told the Dáil it would be agreed at the next Cabinet meeting, likely on Tuesday

The cost of defending cases: solicitors push back on plan to change how lawyers are paid through criminal legal aid

‘There’s a world of difference between theft of a Creme Egg and mortgage fraud,’ says one lawyer

Minister’s plan to reduce criminal legal aid fees will lead to solicitor ‘exodus’ – Law Society

Plan for €455 ‘one flat fee’ in breach of Programme for Government commitments, society says

Taoiseach denies claims Government not providing information to Troubles legacy bodies

Micheál Martin says UK-Ireland legacy framework a ‘generational opportunity’ to make progress for survivors and bereaved families

Political failings leave women prisoners ‘warehoused’ in inhumane conditions

Report from Dóchas Centre visiting committee submitted to Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan notes overcrowding ‘worst' to date

Some gardaí working until age 64 for the first time in history of force

Mandatory retirement age for gardaí, sergeants and inspectors previously 57 years but increased to 62 in 2024

Senior Apple leaders ‘alarmed’ by Jim O’Callaghan’s comments on data security

Tech giant told officials data privacy and security are ‘core values for the company’

Plans for electronic tagging of criminal offenders delayed after tender attracts no bids

Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan previously called delays ‘embarrassing’ and said system would be rolled out by the end of last year ‘at the very latest’

Garda to exhume body of Liam Farrell as part of review into ‘suspicious’ Co Leitrim death

Garda review ‘active and ongoing’ as Farrell family welcome the development

Irish officials were warned in advance that Irish travellers would have faces scanned at Holyhead

Minister for Justice says his department was advised in advance of facial recognition technology trial by UK immigration officers

‘My job is not to be sensitive’, says O’Callaghan, after rejecting Creeslough families meeting

Mother of explosion victim Leona Harper (14) says move was a ‘slap in the face’

A garda sergeant spied on two adult men having sex. But he wasn’t prosecuted. They were

Almost 1,000 men were convicted under anti-gay laws, and 1,700 were prosecuted. Their wait for justice is nearly over

Family at centre of Department of Justice protest deported to South Africa

Members of south Dublin community ‘shocked and saddened’ by development on Saturday

Chartered flights now ‘routine’ says Minister as 63 South Africans deported

Fifty four adults and nine children were flown from Ireland to South Africa on Saturday night

Around 4,000 industrial school abuse survivors could qualify for new supports

Health, housing and education entitlements follow 51-day hunger strike by campaigners

Judicial review reforms raise ‘serious’ concerns over access to justice, say barristers

Limitations imposed by Civil Reform Bill go ‘far beyond restrictions’ in similar jurisdictions

Minister questions why 11 Sinn Féin TDs had to speak on a single amendment to International Protection Bill

Dáil passes legislation by 74 to 65 votes and Bill now goes to Seanad

‘What happened to you was wrong’: Survivors of institutional abuse receive State apology

Move comes as direct result of 51-day hunger strike outside Leinster House by four survivors in 2025

Minister for Justice faces backlash from solicitors over District Court fee proposal

Minister for Justice says payment plan will mean ‘great efficiencies’ and fewer adjournments

Full Central Mental Hospital could get more beds ‘in near future’, says Minister

Jim O’Callaghan says he’s aware people with serious mental health issues are being sent to prison due to lack of spaces at hospital

Immigration law overhaul: Five issues that have divided the Dáil

Opposition TDs criticise plans to guillotine International Protection Bill on Wednesday

O’Callaghan considering appeal of damages awards to asylum seekers left homeless on arrival

Minister for Justice says he will examine Judge Cian Ferriter’s ruling closely before deciding on appeal

‘Preventable’ prison deaths highlight serious systemic failures, says Irish Penal Reform Trust

Series of reports published by Minister for Justice ‘lay bare cracks in system that continue to widen, with devastating consequences’

UN human rights report on Garda pepper spray ‘ill-informed and inaccurate’, Minister says

Rapporteurs criticised use of strong spray and potential deployment of Tasers

English-language schools challenge Ministers to show evidence they act as visa ‘back door’

Government assessing sector and developing options to bring international student numbers down, briefings show

Detention of children ‘who have done nothing wrong’ should not be legislated for, Dáil hears

TDs criticise International Protection Bill provision to detain children ‘as last resort’

UN rights monitors ‘alarmed’ at Garda using double-strength pepper spray on peaceful protesters

Special rapporteurs contact Government, including over public order policing at pro-Palestine protest at Dublin Tunnel last year

Arrests of deportees intensify overcrowding in Irish prisons

Intended deportees ‘compete for floor space’ with violent offenders despite committing no crimes

Only 2% of asylum seekers transferred back to EU state where they first applied

Figures show 361 people who applied for asylum in Ireland in 2025 had already been granted protection in another EU state

Migration policies should be managed with facts not emotions

Social cohesion is possible and thriving with the presence of migrants

Wait time for refugee family reunification to be altered to two years, says Minister

Jim O’Callaghan tells Dáil International Protection Bill will be amended following comments by TDs

What is in the new Defamation Bill and how will it change rules on press freedom?

Key reforms include abolition of juries in defamation cases and more protections for journalists

Jim O’Callaghan hails balance of rights, protections as Defamation Bill passes Oireachtas

Abolition of juries in High Court defamation cases is most significant change in decades

Margaret Loftus says 13 years before Garda husband was convicted almost broke her

Margaret Loftus says she was intimidated and punished by her Garda colleagues after reporting her husband for assault

Garda group raises threat of ‘blue flu’ on St Patrick’s Day if issues not resolved

GRA warns it may withdraw services around Ireland’s EU presidency and will cancel voluntary overtime on national holiday

FG TD urges Government to reduce planned family reunification wait time to one year

International Protection Bill ‘a profound failure of political judgment’, Sinn Féin’s Darren O’Rourke tells Dáil

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