Bail

Foreign nationals — including from other EU countries — appear to be less likely to be granted bail by Irish judges in contradiction to EU guidance on the matter, according to new research. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) today published a research report into the use of pre

The number of defendants brought back to court for breach of their bail conditions has risen by around 50 per cent in five years, new figures reveal. Provisional figures show there were 2,286 bail revoked orders made in 2019, a 50 per cent increase from 1,523 in 2015 – with a substantial incre

A bail supervision scheme which offers an alternative to remand detention for young people charged with criminal offences has been extended to courts in Cork and Limerick. Children's Minister Dr Katherine Zappone has signed a contract with Extern for the continuation and expansion of the Bail S

An opposition bill to strengthen bail laws will be blocked by the justice minister over constitutional concerns, the Department of Justice has confirmed. The Bail (Amendment) Bill 2017 was introduced as a private member's bill by Fianna Fáil justice spokesperson Jim O'Callaghan and cleared se

Judges and lawyers attended Law Society House on Friday for the launch of a new book by barrister and former academic Katie Quinn and solicitor advocate Charlene Dempsey. Bail Law and Practice in Northern Ireland, published by the Law Society of Northern Ireland, outlines the many powers of the poli

Draft legislation providing for cross-border recognition of bail decisions and the monitoring of bail conditions is set to be published. The Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Decisions on Supervision Measures) Bill 2019 will implement an EU framework decision from 2009, drawn up in response to

People on bail were responsible for more than one in nine of all crimes recorded last year, the Irish Examiner reports. Figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) indicate that these include one in seven of all murder and manslaughter cases.

Judge Gerard Haughton has been appointed to conduct a scoping exercise into the circumstances leading to a cyclist's death over seven years ago. Shane O'Farrell, 23, was killed in a hit-and-run near his home in Co Monaghan in August 2011. The driver of the car, Zigimantas Gridziuska, had dozens of p