Press releases relating to issues under the remit of the Department are listed chronologically below. For ease of reference, they are also sorted by theme as follows:
Courts Policy/Legal Services
Crime & Law Enforcement
Equality/Disability
Financial Shared Services
Garda & Policing
Immigration/Asylum
Legislation, Law Reform & EU
Northern Ireland
Other regulatory functions
Prisons & Probation
Youth Justice, Children & Family
You can find information on the role of the Press Office as well as contact details here.
- 18/10/2006
- Responsibility for 1,900 Civilian Staff transferred to the Garda Commissioner
- 18/10/2006
- New Garda Promotion System now in place
- 17/10/2006
- Over 29 million euro realised through dispersal of former prison lands at Shanganagh Castle, Shankill, Co. Dublin
- 13/10/2006
- Child Abduction Central Authority – Figures for 2005
- 10/10/2006
- Eligibility for Protection Regulations signed into law
- 10/10/2006
- Government rejects new EU Proposals on Divorce
- 09/10/2006
- Commencement of Fireworks Public Awareness Campaign
- 29/09/2006
- Garda Recruitment Campaign an overwhelming success
- 27/09/2006
- Statement from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform on the issues raised in the C&AG report on the acquisition of the Thornton Prison Site
- 25/09/2006
- Justice Archives Group recommends release of Department's historic material