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Lawyer handling damages claim against MTK says US sanctions strengthen his case

Gangland figure Daniel Kinahan and his boxing firm MTK Globak are being sued by Moses Heredia, a US boxing manager, for $6 million in damages over the alleged poaching of boxer Joseph ‘JoJo’ Diaz

Justice committee chair says hate crime bill needs tweaking

Fianna Fáil TD James Lawless argued that basing convictions on proof of motivation alone would render it weak and ineffective against such crimes

Wanted: your ancestors who may have committed historic crimes

Family historians are using a newly-digitised list of ‘proclamations’ from between 1821 and 1860 to seek out namesakes who might have been involved in criminal activity

Lucinda Creighton: Attacks on the elderly should be a national call to action, not just to words of sympathy

We have become almost numb to reports of robberies and assaults on older people. Much more can, and must, be done to make all our citizens feel safe in their own homes

Victims of violent crime and their families say the state’s criminal injuries compensation scheme is unwieldy and traumatic to negotiate, so is there a better option?

In one case, a woman who suffered fractured nasal bones and lacerations on her face following an attack by an ex-partner was denied €700 compensation for dental treatment because her application was submitted after the deadline.

How victims and their families could be better served by our justice system

In the wake of the murder of Ashling Murphy, fresh concerns are being raised about a lack of access to legal guidance for victims and insufficient supports to help with healing

Willie O’Reilly: Media must hold their fire on big crime cases

The furore over the identification of the man later cleared of any involvement in Ashling Murphy’s murder reminds us that being first isn’t always best

Elaine Byrne: Culture of discrimination won’t change until men tire of it too

Women have stories about everything from biased attitudes to assault. Only men’s help will change the culture

The rise of paedophile hunters: heroes or misguided amateurs?

So-called paedophile hunters have had notable successes in securing convictions of online predators, most recently in the case of former RTÉ presenter Kieran Creaven. But some experts fear that the actions of these amateur groups carry several risks

Elaine Byrne: US experience shows how it pays to reward whistleblowers

We should take note here of a Harvard study which found that whistleblowers not only responded to the opportunity of financial incentives, but that the US Department of Justice took their claims more seriously, leading overall to a win-win for the taxpayer

Clash of the Clans: Bleak account of the most vicious gang war in Irish history

Nicola Tallant’s retelling of the Hutch/Kinahan feud isn’t easy reading at times, but it’s a required text for anyone wanting to understand Dublin’s gangland

Policing reforms would ‘erode’ autonomy of force, Garda chief to warn

Drew Harris will today tell an Oireachtas committee that proposed reforms of the police force are ‘disproportionate’ and ‘unconstitutional’

Leader of Irish Boys fails in appeal against jail term

Stephen Keating, who was convicted last year of duping 160 people out of $2.1 million in Australia, has lost an appeal to reduce his eight-year sentence

Second act of Martens murder trial becomes a waiting game

More than five months after Molly Martens and her father Tom had their convictions quashed for the murder of Jason Corbett, no date has yet been set for a retrial, adding to the distress of the Corbett children

Elaine Byrne: We owe it to Martin O’Hagan to seek the uncomfortable truth of his murder

The brutal killing of the investigative journalist in 2001 was a blatant act of intimidation and an attack on democracy, but two decades on, official Ireland remains indifferent

State DNA database now linked to other countries

Hundreds of suspects have been identified, including a suspect for a cluster of seven unsolved burglaries in Dublin, thanks to the new links

Corporate watchdog gets more powers under new legislation

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement to be rebranded and get 50% more staff, but legislation stops short of giving forensic accountants the power to sit in on Garda interviews

Green light for Olympian Egan’s idea to reinvest criminal assets

Crime-hit areas will receive ‘community safety fund’ devised from criminal proceeds, following a proposal by former boxer and current councillor Kenneth Egan

Susan O’Keeffe: Garda anti-corruption unit is decades overdue

The internal police force will not be perfect but is better than a complete lack of accountability

Three Ireland works with Gardaí on investigation into scam calls

Figures show phone fraud attempts increased five-fold in April compared to same time in 2019