Jim O'Callaghan

Paying €10,000 to families to drop asylum claims will ‘save money’ for State, says Jim O’Callaghan

Minister says it costs €122,000 in accommodation and processing for every international protection applicant

Dublin is a safe city despite alleged attack on NFL player, says Jim O’Callaghan

Skylar Thompson, a quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers, suffered minor injuries in alleged incident

Women significantly more likely to experience sexual violence than men, ESRI report finds

New Cuan campaign launched to inform and reassure victims and survivors that help is available

Taoiseach says move to pay asylum seekers to drop claims and leave ‘makes sense’

Move intended to incentivise people who may not have international protection claim, to leave State voluntarily

Families to be offered €10,000 to drop asylum claims and leave

Move part of State tightening of asylum regime and intended as incentive to those without valid claim for international protection

Miriam Lord’s Week: McDowell turns a page as Steen seethes

Senator relaxes at book launch as failed presidential hopeful vents in blame game

And then there were three – the presidential candidates set off on the campaign trail

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Ireland open to using deportation hubs outside EU borders, says Jim O’Callaghan

Minister for Justice says proposal would have to be good value and respect human rights of deportees

Spanish warship to protect Gaza flotilla carrying Irish and international activists

Global Sumud Flotilla is targeted by Israeli drone attacks

Minister urges anyone involved in illegal burial of Daniel Aruebose to speak to Garda

Gardaí believe child died aged about three in 2021, but no cause of death yet established

Justice Minister ‘surprised’ Irish Prison Service paid ‘2 Johnnies’ €24,600 for podcast

Jim O’Callaghan says sum was ‘a lot of money to spend on a podcast’

Increase in US citizens applying for asylum here since Trump’s second term

A total of 76 Americans have sought international protection in Ireland since the start of this year, compared to 22 during the whole of 2024

Irish Government has done more for people of Palestine than any other, Minister says

Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns says Coalition is ‘still dithering’ over Occupied Territories Bill

Ex-tech lobbyist named as Ireland’s new Data Protection Commissioner

Niamh Sweeney to take up role in October

Threats against Simon Harris being treated as ‘national security’ issue

Gardaí employ antiterrorism legislation to catch perpetrators as details of additional threats emerge

The Irish Times view on Fianna Fáil and the presidency: a pointer towards the party’s future

Micheál Martin will soon mark 15 years as leader, the longest continuous tenure since Éamon de Valera

Minister for Health will not attend hospital consultants’ annual conference

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill’s meeting in March with the senior clinicians’ association was described as ‘tense’

Legislation ‘on the way’ to cut power of judicial reviews to prevent, delay housing plans

Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan directs officials to examine rebalancing of controversial legal process

Hundreds of Chinese millionaires approved for Irish ‘golden visas’ after scheme closed

Applications in train at time of scheme closure in 2023 were kept open despite concern over weak controls

Gardaí believe remains of missing boy assumed dead are buried on lands in north Co Dublin

No response from cadaver dog brought on to search site

Use of Tricolour to mark territory for ‘indigenous Irish’ inappropriate, says Minister

Jim O’Callaghan cautious on any demands to take flags down, saying issue has to be handled ‘sensitively’

Prison service ‘stretched beyond limits’, with number of prisoners without beds up 150%

Most of those in custody last year left school before passing their Leaving Certificate

Special Garda operation sees number of Brazilians deported, including some in prison

Garda National Immigration Bureau operation is part of more aggressive approach over last two years

Citywest Hotel sold to State at €148m for asylum seeker accommodation

The Government is running a ‘community engagement plan’ following local concerns in Dublin

Irish exports to US surged to €75bn ahead of tariffs

Cabinet to be briefed in increase in use of DNA profiles during garda investigations

Fianna Fáil’s secret ballot on presidential candidate could yet prove unpredictable

Fine Gael has more certainty as former minister Heather Humphreys set to be confirmed as its candidate on Tuesday

Presidential election: Jim O’Callaghan backs Jim Gavin to be Fianna Fáil candidate

Minister for Justice says former Dublin GAA manager would be ‘uniquely qualified’ to succeed Michael D Higgins

Jim Gavin has support of almost all Fianna Fáil Cabinet members and growing number of backbenchers

Momentum growing behind former Dublin Gaelic football manager with declarations of support from parliamentary party members

‘I would like the message to go out to people that Dublin is a safe place’, says Jim O’Callaghan

Fianna Fáil Minister attends graduation of more than 150 recruits at Garda College, Templemore

English tourist in critical condition following assault in Temple Bar

Man (40s) taken to Beaumont Hospital with serious injuries to head

We cannot police the streets if online material is not regulated

Racism in this State goes back a bit, but vile discourse online is new and most of it comes from abroad – principally the US and UK

Letting gardaí access our WhatsApps and chats to investigate crime could backfire

Forcing companies to create access pathways would insert vulnerabilities that could be exploited

Investigating historic schools abuse a ‘major pull’ on Garda resources, authority warns

Fewer offences of possession of child sexual abuse material due to resource issues at online child exploitation unit

Three times more IPAS centres closed in last seven months than all of 2024

Department of Justice says 490 beds have been removed from the system due to closures so far this year

Number of failed asylum applicants granted leave to remain in State drops by half

More than 1,000 were granted permission to remain in 2023, but fewer than 500 in 2024

More than 11,000 knives seized by gardaí over five years

Highest number of seizures recorded in Dublin’s inner city areas

Indian taxi driver faces loss of livelihood as he recovers from unprovoked Dublin attack

Racist language and assaults on Indian and Pakistani community create climate of fear

A promising start for Jim O’Callaghan, not so for James Browne: How has the Cabinet performed in its first six months?

Jim O’Callaghan and Peter Burke have made promising starts, James Browne has a lot of catching up to do

Garda stabbed multiple times in ‘unprovoked’ Dublin city-centre attack

Officer on routine patrol taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries

Key challenges for incoming Garda commissioner Justin Kelly

Recruitment, domestic violence, morale and the narcotics trade will head the agenda for incoming chief

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