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An Garda Síochána is retaining the personal data of innocent people who have been cleared as suspected producers or sharers of online child sex abuse material without any legal basis, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has claimed. The civil liberties group has published corr

The Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) will assess claims from gardaí injured as a result of malicious incidents under legislation approved by the Oireachtas. The Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 provides for a complete overhaul of the current Garda compensation sc

The judge with oversight of speeding ticket cancellations has said he "remains uneasy" about gardaí claiming exemptions for speeding while performing a routine duty. Judge Matthew Deery, the independent oversight authority for the Garda fixed charge processing system (FCPS) cancellation polic

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is set to intervene in a Supreme Court case concerning the reach of search warrants in relation to electronic devices. The rights body has been given permission to use its amicus curiae function in DPP vs Patrick Quirke, a case where a search warrant wa

A ground-breaking research project has brought together young black people from Blanchardstown and gardaí who work there to explore the extent to which restorative practices can facilitate dialogue and build understanding. Restorative practices (RP) are a set of principles, skills and process

An action plan to counter the threat of internal corruption in An Garda Síochána has been published by the government. The implementation plan sets out how the government will respond to the 34 recommendations of a Garda Inspectorate report published in March 2021.

Helen McEntee, the justice minister, will join a number of leading international experts later this month to discuss the oversight of national security in Ireland at a conference hosted by University of Galway's School of Law. Taking place on Friday 23 September 2022, the conference is being organis

Plans for a new District Garda HQ in Newcastle West, Co Limerick have been unveiled by justice minister Helen McEntee. Mrs McEntee was joined by Patrick O'Donovan, the minister of state with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, to make the announcement at the site of the proposed new stati

Northern Ireland’s High Court has refused an application for judicial review where a police constable argued that any misconduct that he committed in previous employment should not have come under the scrutiny of the PSNI or its code of ethics. The court found that the code applied to any serv

Police officers in England have reportedly been told to reveal to their bosses the identities of news reporters. The measure, already used by some police forces, follows guidance from the College of Policing and was only discovered by accident, The Guardian reports.

An Garda Síochána is continuing to struggle with a three-year backlog of seized electronic devices, according to a new report. The Policing Authority's assessment of policing performance in the first half of 2022 says there is "enduring concern" over the backlog and its impact on "the

Dr Vicky Conway, an accomplished legal academic and one of Ireland's foremost researchers on policing, has passed away. In a short statement this morning, the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University (DCU) said: "We are terribly sad to have to share the passing of our colleague Vicky C

The Policing Authority has commissioned new research into the experience and perceptions of policing within diverse and minority communities in Ireland. Dr Vicky Conway, an associate professor at DCU School of Law and Government and an expert on policing, will carry out the research after being awar

Travellers are discriminated against by gardaí and the judiciary, according to a study. Researchers concluded that members of the ethnic minority group are “over policed as suspects and under policed as victims”.

The indiscriminate collection of mobile phone data will only be allowed where a judge agrees there are national security grounds to do so, under new legislation which follows a successful EU court challenge brought by convicted murderer Graham Dwyer. The Department of Justice yesterday published the