Ireland’s Justice Minister Alan Shatter is hanging onto his job as a drink driving controversy threatens his political future.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter is under pressure to resign for his use of private and privileged Garda (police) information in an attempt to damage independent TD (member of Parliament) Mick Wallace.

The killing of an Irish police detective during a credit union hold-up has been called an attack on the Irish state and its police force.

Ireland will continue to buy weapons from Israel, according to Minister for Justice Alan Shatter.

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Justice Minister Alan Shatter has expressed both concern about growing crime and confidence in the Gardai (police) to crack down on it following two gangland murders in front of children of the victims within 12 hours.

The update of Apple’s operating system to iOS 6 has brought about several glitches in their Maps application, one which places an airport atop of Dublin’s own farms, drawing comment from Minister for Justice Alan Shatter.

Ireland had a terrible record when it came to stopping the extermination of Jews, Irish Minister for Justice Alan Shatter stated yesterday, the Irish Times reports. He was speaking at a conference in Dublin commemorating the work of Raoul Wallenberg who saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust.

Ireland’s Justice Minister Alan Shatter has slammed a Real IRA paramilitary display at the Dublin funeral of one of its alleged leaders.

Ireland’s Justice Minister has launched an astonishing attack on Palestinian ‘cyber bullies’ who forced Irish band Dervish to cancel an Israeli tour.

Ireland’s Minister for Justice has accused one of the country’s leading newspapers of mounting a ‘witch hunt from the McCarthy era’ against him.

Irish Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore has said he is "greatly concerned" that Joseph Kony and his collaborators remain "at large" in Central Africa, and that Ireland strongly supports the International Criminal Court as it seeks to bring the Ugandan war lord to justice.

Ireland’s Minister for Justice Alan Shatter is considering new legislation making it a criminal offense to buy sex.

As many as eight Irish government departments will be investigated as part of a new an inquiry into the Magdalene Laundries, according to a group representing the survivors who met with the Irish Justice Minister Alan Shatter at the weekend.

A leaked US embassy cable written by former US ambassador Thomas Foley in December 2007 reveals that Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern believed at least three US flights involved in so-called extraordinary renditions landed on Irish soil.

READ MORE- Irish Minister for Justice will step down after General Election 2011

Ireland’s Minister for Justice, Dermot Ahern, has announced that he plans to step down at the next General Elections, set to take place in early 2011.