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Thousands of prisoners unable to use toilet privately amid âsevereâ overcrowding (opens the original)
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Standards in Irish prisons plummeted last year as the prison service battled with âsevere and escalatingâ overcrowding as well as âroutineâ imprisonment of people needing mental healthcare, a new report has found. The report from the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) said Ireland is âsinking under the weight of prison numbersâ, with the average daily number in custody up almost 10 per cent last year to 5,417. The report said 3,653 prisoners could not toilet in private last year, while
Law to prevent questioning of rape victims in court on sexual history âis not workingâ (opens the original)
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A law intended to protect rape complainants from being questioned about their sexual history during trial is ânot doing the job it was designed to doâ and should be repealed and replaced, according to a report. The so-called ârape shieldâ law was designed to restrict the defenceâs ability to cross-examine complainants in a sexual offences trial about their other sexual experiences beyond the events subject of the charge. However, a judge has discretion whether to grant applications to
âI canât find anything elseâ: Father of four pleads with court enforcing eviction orders (opens the original)
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âIâm a hard-working man. Iâve four kids at school,â the man says. Facing an application to enforce a vacant possession order so his landlord can sell the property, he also tells the court he never missed a rent payment. The man is among several tenants appearing at Dublin District Courtâs September hearing of applications to enforce orders of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB), the State body that arbitrates in disputes between landlords and tenants. âI donât want to be in dispu
Four students from Gaza challenge âirrationalâ visa refusal to pursue studies (opens the original)
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Lawyers for four Gazan students seeking to pursue fully funded courses at Irish universities are seeking a fast-tracked hearing on their challenges over being refused entry visas. Three of the students are still in Gaza, and one is in Spain after the Spanish government intervened to secure his evacuation. All four applications are opposed by the Minister for Justice When they were mentioned before Judge Anthony Barr at the High Court on Tuesday, counsel for the applicants Blinne Nà Ghrálaigh s
DPP appeals former priestâs âunduly lenientâ sentence for sexual abuse of his three sisters (opens the original)
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An appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) over a manâs âunduly lenientâ eight-year sentence for sexually abusing his three sisters in their south Dublin family home will be heard next month. Paula Fay, Catherine Wrightstone and Yvonne Crist had publicly voiced âdeep disappointmentâ over the sentence imposed on their brother Richard Brennan in July 2025 after his conviction in the Central Criminal Court. The global eight-year sentence was imposed on the former priest for 24
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