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# Hate speech
Ireland is failing to meet its obligations regarding hate crime, report says
The report was written as an alternative to previous hate crime reports submitted to the United Nations.
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Dec 2nd 2019, 2:03 PM
# criminal justice
Irish citizens who commit serious offences abroad will be open to prosecution from today
The law enables Ireland to ratify the Istanbul Convention.
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Apr 29th 2019, 7:18 AM
# Law and Order
Almost all women in Irish prisons are there for committing petty crime
95% of women in jail are committed for crimes such as shoplifting, failure to pay fines or handling stolen goods.
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Apr 23rd 2019, 12:05 AM
# criminal justice
Trump holds meeting with Kim Kardashian days away from historic summit with North Korea leader
Kardashian was expected to meet aide Jared Kushner but in the end she met with President Donald Trump.
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May 31st 2018, 7:17 AM
# making amends
The 'sexy' side of criminal law - fixing wrongful convictions, and why people confess to crimes they didn't commit
Living your life after 20 years spent outside society for a crime you didn’t commit is no joke says president of the Innocence Project of Iowa Brian Farrell.
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Jan 25th 2018, 6:05 AM
# loose lips Leo
Leo: Some people told me to shut up and keep my head down
The Fine Gael national conference has been talking crime and the economic recovery this morning.
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Feb 21st 2015, 3:05 PM
# Preserved
Sexual assault patients could have more time to keep biological evidence
It is planned that biological evidence could be kept for up to a year.
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Oct 10th 2014, 2:34 PM
# Overcrowding
Big increase in number of women being sent to jail
The number of women being sent to jail has increased by one third in the last three years, while the number of men being imprisoned has levelled off.
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Nov 21st 2013, 8:15 AM
Voices
Lisa McInerney: So St Pat's is to close - but that's just the first step
Report after report has documented the problems with St Patrick’s Institution – but now we need to actually deal with young offenders in a meaningful way.
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Jul 15th 2013, 7:00 AM
# Young offenders
"There's going to be riots" when St Patrick's inmates move to new prison
A senior prison officer has warned that rival gangs will battle for dominance when the young offenders are moved to an adult prison.
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Jul 7th 2013, 8:30 AM
# Rape
Victim devastated as man who raped her when she was 14 ‘walks free’
A man was a given a suspended sentence last week after being found guilty of raping his wife’s sister when she was 14.
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Jun 10th 2013, 10:52 AM
# criminal justice
Nine murders committed by people released on bail
Figures released by the Department of Justice show 16,812 crimes were committed by those on bail in 2012.
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Feb 12th 2013, 6:30 AM
# criminal justice
Department insists public will be safeguarded from sex offenders
Concerns have been raised that the Spent Convictions Bill will allow some people who have committed sexual offences to have their criminal record wiped.
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Jun 19th 2012, 10:29 AM
# criminal justice
New bill will allow minor criminal records to be wiped
The Spent Convictions Bill will strike out some convictions if the person has not been convicted again within a certain period.
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May 4th 2012, 7:29 AM
# criminal justice
160 prisoners to be granted temporary release for Christmas
The majority of the prisoners come from lower security institutions.
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Dec 22nd 2011, 5:29 PM
# Fines
Guess how many people have been jailed for not paying fines this year?
New figures reveal the thousands of people who have been jailed this year in Ireland for non-payment of fines.
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Dec 19th 2011, 5:34 PM