Letters to the Editor, September 28th: Health insurance costs, Gaza and driven to distraction
This is not a competitive market working for the consumer
This is not a competitive market working for the consumer
Data supplied by Minister for Justice show 75% of cases dealt with in one appearance under new system and 99% within five dates
Figures for payments in July and August show financial impact on lawyers in dispute with Department of Justice
Matt Carthy says seeking competition watchdog’s views on legal aid dispute is a diversion
O’Callaghan suggests Christy Kinahan snr could seek shelter in Iran after being ‘run out’ of Ireland and Spain and having UAE visa cancelled
Fine Gael TDs accused of jumping the gun on sports facilities fund
Labour leader tells Dáil a quick escape can be difference ‘between a life saved and a life lost’
Government approach will ‘do nothing’ to prevent similar tragedies, children’s care alliance says
Law Society and Bar Council urge Minister for Justice to move to break impasse
Opposition parties call on Minister for Justice to attend Oireachtas committee to discuss ongoing feud with solicitors
Action initiated by son of Martin Doherty, who was shot dead by loyalist gunmen at the Widow Scallan’s pub in 1994
New legal term next month will usher in high volume of cases including long-running hearings of over four weeks
Prospective citizens say colleagues have left Ireland due to high cost of living and more could leave if changes come into effect
Solicitors tell senior judges the Minister for Justice has ‘failed to engage’ meaningfully over legal aid payments
Sunday’s flight saw 43 Georgian nationals deported as numbers climb to multiples of former levels
Total of 221 people have been removed from Ireland on charter flights so far this year
We have been ignoring the signs of a growing disillusionment and anger
Some solicitors are quietly signing up to the Minister for Justice’s new payments system – but few will speak publicly about it
Dispute and withdrawal of services continues, with ‘distress’ for victims, Minister told
TD highlights drug dealers’ criminal spree in Cork, says death by suicide of young people over drug intimidation should also be treated as attempted murder
The axing of the triple lock has become a clear demarcation line between the Government and Opposition parties
Injustices will result when important decisions are made in court about young people in absence of lawyers
The claim that senior personnel handling protected disclosures were met with hostility by senior Garda management is perhaps the most serious new allegation
Minister on Tuesday wrote to Law Society saying he would not be appointing an independent mediator in an attempt to resolve the dispute
We have twice as many new citizens coming through the channel that demands no actual connection to Ireland
Bringing the budget back on course will require difficult decisions
Force’s strength up by a net 300 this year, with 267 departures due to retirements, resignations, medical discharge and dismissals
I am aware of at least one case where an accused, who was unrepresented in the District Court and granted bail, assaulted their partner to a degree requiring surgery within two days of being released
In practical terms, new citizenship rules will be another bureaucratic obstacle for people. But its other meaning is arbitrary cruelty-by-admin
Planned changes would put Ireland among the ‘least hospitable’ countries for naturalisations, expert claims
Dozens of cases adjourned as judge encourages some defendants to secure representation
Complainant says adjournment of trial has exacerbated his mental health difficulties
Both inhumane and retrogressive to refuse these visas
The RTÉ Radio 1 host’s acerbic rant lifts a sagging show, while Matt Cooper gets to the heart of the story on The Last Word
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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