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The Government has announced that Cavan and Monaghan are to receive three new Garda cars by the end of 2015. So far this year, 10 new Garda Vehicles been supplied to the force in the Northern Sound Region. In a statement to Northern Sound News, Minister Heather Humphreys says it has also been announced that […]

An Garda Síochána to develop new strategy on Custody Management The GSOC report is available on the Department’s website at http://justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/PB15000375  Monday 22 June 2015 Frances Fitzgerald T.D, Minister for Justice and Equality, has today published the report submitted to her by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) into the Garda practice, policy and procedure in […]

Monday 22 June 2015 Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Justice & Equality, has welcomed plans by An Garda Síochána to commence prosecutions for the failure to present driving licenses in Court. The Minister has expressed concerns at latest figures indicating that a large proportion of person coming before the Courts on road traffic offences were […]

  19 June 2015 The Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald, TD and Minister of Justice, David Ford MLA, have discussed ongoing North-South co-operation across a range of criminal justice matters under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Co-operation on Criminal Justice Matters. The Ministers reviewed the range of ongoing cross-Border initiatives in […]

·       New courthouses for Drogheda, Letterkenny, Limerick and Wexford ·       Major refurbishment and extensions to courthouses in Cork, Mullingar and    Waterford ·       Construction expected to begin later this year Monday 15 June 2015 Frances  Fitzgerald,  TD,  Minister  for  Justice  and  Equality, has today welcomed  the  announcement by the National Development Finance Agency that BAM  […]

– Supreme Court  judge nominated by Chief Justice to conduct inquiry under section 109 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 – Inquiry to examine matters relating to GSOC investigation following death of Ms Sheena Stewart on 1 January 2015 Friday 12 June 2015 Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Justice & Equality, has today announced the […]

Seanad Éireann Thursday, 11 June 2015 _________________________________ “That Seanad Éireann resolves that sections 2 to 4, 6 to 12, 14 and 17 of the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 (No. 39 of 1998) shall continue in operation for the period beginning on the 30th June 2015 and ending on the 29th June 2016.” […]

Check Against Delivery, June 9th 2015 Second Stage Speech by the Minister for Justice and Equality Frances Fitzgerald TD Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 Seanad Éireann Cathaoirleach,I move that the Bill be read a second time. Senators will recall that when I assumed my present office I committed to delivering a sea-change […]

AGSI President Tim Galvin, General Secretary, John Redmond, National Executive member, Paul Wallace together with AGSI solicitor Michael Hegarty met with Minister Frances Fitzgerald yesterday (Thursday 4th June) to request a Judicial Review into the death of our colleague and friend the late Sergeant Michael Galvin in accordance with Section 109 of the Garda Síochána Act […]