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Jim O'Callaghan

Yesterday
25th March 2025
Department of Justice
Long-awaited review of sex work legislation includes calls for full decriminalisation
Updated 17 hrs ago
8.0k
Last week
16th March 2025 - 22nd March 2025
garda vetting
Justice Minister disputes Labour claims ‘unvetted trainee gardaí are patrolling the streets’
20 Mar
9.2k
51
Monaghan
Family of hit-and-run victim Shane O'Farrell to meet Justice Minister as part of long-running campaign
20 Mar
5.8k
This month
March 2025
Jim O'Callaghan
Justice Minister defends proposed sex-offender register, claiming information should be public
8 Mar
11.8k
on remand
Justice Minister says people likely to commit serious crimes shouldn’t be granted bail
6 Mar
19.2k
49
Gambling
Gambling watchdog's long-awaited licencing and regulation work to begin from tomorrow
4 Mar
5.4k
18
Last month
February 2025
deportation flights
32 people deported to Georgia as special chartered flights from Ireland begin
Updated 28 Feb
52.7k
Jim O'Callaghan
Justice Minister who passed garda fitness test (sit-ups and all) happy it's now getting easier
21 Feb
48.0k
51
ukrainian refugees
Decision on changes made to payment scheme for hosting Ukrainian refugees due by end of month
16 Feb
31.2k
Dispute
Justice Minister calls for 'respect' for Commissioner as GRA refuse to invite Drew Harris to event
Updated 13 Feb
24.1k
public transport police
New law needed to give public transport police the powers of arrest
13 Feb
8.7k
66
Hit-and-Run
'No one will answer us': Family of Joe Drennan say they were told to leave DPP offices
11 Feb
16.2k
Justice Minister
'It could have been a lot worse': Justice Minister praises Garda response to Stoneybatter attacks
10 Feb
19.7k
This year
2025
garda recruitment
Justice Minister says workers with 'sedentary' office jobs should consider joining gardaí
28 Jan
28.5k
74
Dáil Éireann
Taoiseach insists there was 'no deal' made with Regional Independents on speaking rights
28 Jan
9.7k
4
Last year
2024
War of Words
Martin disagrees with O'Dea's comments that McEntee is the 'worst justice minister' in Ireland's history
18 Nov 2024
8.5k
GE2024RIRA
Harris 'won't take part in election ruaille buaille' as Fianna Fáil again take aim at McEntee
Fianna Fáil TD Willie O’Dea said Helen McEntee was the “worst Minister for Justice in the history of the State”.
16 Nov 2024
29.4k
131
GE2024
War of words breaks out between Fianna Fail's Jim O'Callaghan and Fine Gael's Helen McEntee
15 Nov 2024
16.4k
112
All time
Judiciary
Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of Government's judicial reform bill
8 Dec 2023
23.3k
24
Judges
President Higgins has referred the Judicial Appointments Bill to the Supreme Court
13 Oct 2023
22.3k
35
legal aid
TDs call for expanded legal aid for domestic violence after judge warns 'working poor' lose out
12 Sep 2023
10.4k
45
Dublin City
Justice Minister says Dublin City is safe but that 'things are not perfect'
Updated 21 Jul 2023
35.4k
202
Zapponegate
Taoiseach 'has confidence' in Simon Coveney, says spokesperson
Updated 8 Sep 2021
51.3k
189
Dublin Bay South
Will Micheál Martin lead the party into the next general election? 'We'll have to think about that'
9 Jul 2021
35.1k
86
litmus test
Pressure on FF's hopeful future leader O’Callaghan to deliver decent vote in Dublin Bay South
16 May 2021
27.6k
39
Josh Dunne
Government TD says 'absurd' ban on naming child victims needs to end
29 Jan 2021
22.3k
Travel
Stricter tracing of international travellers needed in Ireland to avoid spread of new strain, senator says
20 Dec 2020
26.0k
42
Opinion
'With its Security Council seat, Ireland has a unique opportunity to defend democracy in Belarus'
Jim O'Callaghan
2 Nov 2020
11.6k
15
Interview
Jim O'Callaghan: 'There's a danger in a political system that blindly follows everything NPHET says'
3 Oct 2020
41.8k
83
parliamentary party meeting
'I want Micheál Martin to succeed as Taoiseach' says Jim O'Callaghan after bruising FF meeting
17 Sep 2020
41.9k
60
Fair City
The 'oldest street photographer in Dublin' on why it's never too late to change careers
5 Sep 2020
78.3k
government formation
Fianna Fáil TDs suggest all-party 'national government' to tackle Covid-19 threat
8 Mar 2020
38.7k
96
ge2020
Video game loot boxes exposing children to gambling must end, says Fianna Fáil
29 Jan 2020
13.3k
39
Tweets
'Hiding isn't going to make it go away': Fine Gael Ministers call on Clifford-Lee to apologise over social media comments
Updated 12 Nov 2019
25.5k
22
Irish Rail
'Urgent need' to address growing levels of anti-social behaviour on public transport
28 Oct 2019
20.2k
35
Emergency Accommodation
State paying hotels and guesthouses €462,000 per week to accommodate asylum seekers
16 Oct 2019
23.5k
37
tougher sentencing
Doubling sentences for knife crime to 10 years 'will send a clear message', says Fianna Fáil
1 Oct 2019
11.9k
42
policy and economy
Facebook warned that ban on children's junk food ads could hurt marketing of Spotify playlists
3 Jun 2019
11.9k
20
policy and economy
Facebook says a ban on junk food ads for children could hurt the marketing of Spotify playlists
30 May 2019
214
1
Charlie Flanagan
No dedicated Transport Police yet as Minister says extra garda cash 'undoubtedly' benefits transport policing
25 May 2019
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18
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