IRELAND LACKS CYBER-ATTACK AWARENESS AND RESILIENCE
The government has been called upon to revaluate its National Cyber Security Strategy, considering what one independent senator has described as Ireland’s ‘disjointed’ security system, whilst leading cyber security experts claim that businesses here need to share...
IRELAND’S NEW INSPECTOR OF PRISONS SET TO MAKE HIS MARK
International human rights lawyer Mark Kelly has become the new Inspector of Prisons and is due to take up his position on 15 August. His appointment comes at a time with plans in the pipeline to expand the role of the office to include independent monitoring of...
EVENTS TO MARK THE CENTENARY OF AN GARDA SÍOCHÁNA
Several initiatives and events are taking place throughout this year to mark the centenary of the establishment of An Garda Síochána in 1922, the occupation of the Four Courts and the enactment of the Irish Free State Constitution. “The Decade of Centenaries Programme...
COMMISSION RECOMMENDS MAJOR EXPANSION OF IRELAND’S DEFENCE FORCES
The Commission on the Defence Forces has issued a wide range of recommendations in its final report to the Government, including proposals to increase the €1.1bn defence budget by 200%, expanding the Naval Service fleet to include 12 ships, and equipping the Air Corps...
STALKING IS NOW STANDALONE OFFENCE UNDER NEW LEGISLATION
Gender-based violence and harassment of women has come to the fore more than ever this year, and now for the first time in Ireland, legislation will be put in place to protect against gender-based crimes and to categorise stalking as a standalone criminal offence....
‘VAT ON DEFIBS PUTTING LIVES AT RISK’ – HEART FOUNDATION
The Irish Heart Foundation is calling for the removal of VAT on defibrillators as soon as is allowable under EU law and claims that changes in EU legislation will finally give the Government the power to abolish what the charity has condemned for years as “a tax on...
