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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, according to a new report.

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. Higgins this week.

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 new confidential phone line following reports that criminal gangs are inserting drugs into children in order to smuggle them through

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 benefit for her daughter. She says that her daughter, who was born in Ireland and has since been recognised as a refugee, was a refugee from birth and the 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 benefit for her daughter. She says that her daughter, who was born in Ireland and has since been recognised as a refugee, was a refugee from birth and the 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 found.

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 Finucane was lawful.

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 dismissed by High Court President Nicholas Kearns earlier this month, but an appeal hearing has been set for 30 July, two weeks after the Dáil rises

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, an Oireachtas committee heard today.

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) in 2012. The airline was accused of breaching a ten-year contract signed in 2007 when it shifted its services to George Best Belfast City Airpo

David Ford MLA Northern Ireland's justice minister David Ford has hailed new figures showing "great results" from the Organised Crime Task Force (OCTF).

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 Frances Fitzgerald.

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 Economic, Social and Cultural Rights over the country's human rights record.

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 of a 17-year old schoolboy's death.

Justice minister Frances Fitzgerald TD The Government of Ireland is set to announce changes to legislation surrounding corporal punishment after the Council of Europe ruled the country's existing legislation did not satisfy human rights rules.