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Garda commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan An Garda Síochána targeted over 600 organised crime gangs, investigated over 9,000 missing persons cases, and issued over 200,000 penalty-point notices in 2014, ...

Kevin Humphreys TD Ireland's Gender Recognition Bill has passed through both Houses of the Oireachtas and is due to be signed into law by President Michael D. ...

The Irish Prison Service (IPS) has expressed concerns about the use of children by gangs who are smuggling drugs and contraband into prison. The agency has launched ...

A woman who was trafficked into Ireland and forced into sex work at the age of 14 has brought a High Court challenge to win backdated child ...

A woman who was trafficked into Ireland and forced into sex work at the age of 14 has brought a High Court challenge to win backdated child ...

Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland programme director at Amnesty International A majority of people in Northern Ireland would support the legalisation of same-sex marriage, a new poll has ...

Mr Justice Stephens The High Court in Belfast has ruled that the UK government's refusal to hold a public inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat ...

Two legal challenges to the outcome of Ireland's marriage equality referendum will be heard by the Court of Appeal at the end of July. Both cases were ...

Emily Logan The Good Friday Agreement will be damaged if the UK government scraps its Human Rights Act and withdraws from the European Convention of Human Rights, ...

The High Court in Belfast has ruled that Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus did not breach its contract when it pulled out of Belfast International Airport (BIA) ...

Justice minister Frances Fitzgerald TD A controversial proposal to allow some alleged child abusers to cross-examine their victims will require "careful consideration", according to Irish justice minister ...

Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs Seán Sherlock TD A delegation from the Government of Ireland is being questioned by the United Nations Committee on ...

Mid-Ulster District police commander Superintendent Mike Baird The Police Service of Northern Ireland has warned young people to report disturbing interactions they have online, in the aftermath ...