Eleanor Burnhill

Prisoners at the women's Dóchas Centre and the Training Unit at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin will be allowed to receive phone calls from listed friends and family directly to their cells for the first time, under a pilot project.

An application by Enoch Burke to recuse the Chair of a Teaching Council panel that is looking into allegations of professional misconduct against him, has been refused.

Two groups representing families at the centre of a planned inquiry into Children's Health Ireland have written to the Minister for Health outlining their concerns that the process will not be transparent.

There has been a year-on-year increase in restorative justice referrals from the courts, according to new research published by Maynooth University in conjunction with the Probation Service.

A new support programme has been launched to support families with children who take in foster children across Ireland.

The My Fostering Journey project involved listening to biological and adopted children, otherwise known as "children who foster", about their experiences.

Hundreds of Ukrainians living at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin have been told they must leave by September due to a change in Government policy around how the State provides accommodation for people affected by the war.

Drug cases in the District Court have increased by 8% year on year, according to the annual report of the Courts Service, which was published today.

A man who gardaí want to speak to in connection with the murder of Jamey Carney in Killarney last week has been arrested in the Middle East.

One hundred more Dublin-based solicitors have said they will resign immediately from the Criminal Legal Aid panel, in a major escalation of the dispute over the new legal aid payments scheme.