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Dublin charity accused of funding bin Laden
The US government has accused the Irish representative of the Islamic African Relief Agency (IARA), Ibrahim Buisir, of raising funds for bin Laden and other terrorists.
16 October 2004 (137 words)
Dublin: travellers fight against concrete barrier
Following a spate of illegal dumping, Dublin City Council decided to block off Finglas Road with concrete boulders, angering the resident Traveller community.
12 October 2004 (145 words)
Inquest into Chinese death returns unlawful killing verdict
The inquest into the death of Chen Li Ming (22) who was attacked in Dublin on 11 October 2002 has been unable to establish how he died.
8 June 2004 (130 words)
Twenty per cent of prison population are non-nationals
According to statistics published in March by the prison service, almost one in five people sent to jail are non-nationals.
20 March 2003 (96 words)
Police need training in civil rights
A former Justice Department psychologist, Dr Paul O'Mahony, has claimed that the growing list of scandals relating to Garda misconduct suggests a systematic problem in policing culture.
2 March 2003 (70 words)
Amnesty raises concerns about racism in the criminal justice system
Ireland has refused Amnesty International (AI) access to its prisons to carry out a study of racism.
22 February 2003 (227 words)
Minister defends deportation drive
The minister for justice, equality and law reform, Michael McDowell, has defended controversial deportation raids under Operation Hyphen which led to 190 people being arrested in one fortnight in August.
1 September 2002 (406 words)
Mountjoy prison: deportees stage hunger strike
In March, four Nigerians and two Algerians went on a hunger strike in protest at being treated as criminal detainees and held in their cells for 15 hours a day rather than being housed in the minimum-security base.
1 April 2002 (137 words)
Anti-terrorist officers target Middle Eastern groups
Special Branch personnel and the crime and security branch in Dublin's Phoenix Park garda headquarters have boosted the number of officers deployed to tackle Middle Eastern groups.
1 January 2002 (91 words)
Garda anger Polish Consul after turning back seven Polish visitors
The Polish Consul in Ireland, Peter Longchamps, and the ICCL have complained after seven Polish citizens were refused permission to enter Ireland and were subsequently detained in Mountjoy prison.
1 November 1999 (150 words)
Attacks on travellers on the rise
The Irish Traveller Movement have called on the Minister of Justice to investigate why it took the police ninety minutes to arrive at a caravan site in Bantry after a group of thirteen men attacked six traveller families.
1 March 1995 (83 words)
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