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Save the Date: Friday, 10th October 2024

Save the Date: The 11th Irish Criminal Justice Agencies Conference focussing on 'Youth Justice in Motion: Prevention, Intervention, Contribution' will take place on Friday, 10th October 2025 in Dublin.

ACJRD Newsletter

ACJRD's Quarter 2 2025 Newsletter is now available - with information on the Irish Criminal Justice Agencies Conference, ACJRD's events calendar 2025 and other upcoming events; Latest news, vacancies, volunteering, internships and competitions; research and calls for abstracts; funding and invitations to tender; publications and podcasts, along with other news...

Latest Updates

Vacancy: Clinical or Counselling Psychologist, (Irish Prison Service), 11 July

Vacancy: Head of Department – European Financial & Economic Crime Centre (Europol), 14 July

Vacancy: State Solicitor (Chief State Solicitor’s Office), 16 July

Vacancy: Trainee Solicitor Programme (Chief State Solicitor’s Office), 16 July

Vacancy: Data and Policy Analyst (Irish Prison Service), 17 July

Vacancy: Pharmacist (Irish Prison Service), 18 July

Vacancy: Specialist – OCG Operational Coordination Team (EU Organised Crime Unit), 21 July 

Vacancy: Specialist - Technology & Development, Data-driven investigation support (EU Organised Crime Unit), 22 July

Vacancy: Seconded National Expert, Policy & Development Team (European Cybercrime Centre), 25 July

Vacancy: Senior Specialist – Head of Team – Procurement & Contracts (Europol), 4 August

Traineeships - various (Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg), 15 September

Vacancy: Money Laundering Reporting Officer (An Post) 

Vacancy: Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC) - Vice President (J.P Morgan) 

Study: Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP)

Vacancy: International Protection Panel and Repatriation Panel 

Volunteer: Victim Support at Court 

Latest Updates

Call for Submissions: Special Issue on the Independent Sentencing Review [UK], 11 July

Policing and Society Conference ‘De-escalation’ [1-2 October, Iceland] call for abstracts, 15 August 2025

AI bias in law enforcement - a practical guide 

Understanding and mitigating bias to harness AI responsibly

Women’s Aid Impact Report launched

New report recommends specialist legal service for children 

Commissioner Harris Defends Garda Reforms Amid Criticism in Final Report 

Record Low in Garda Roads Policing Staff

Record Helpline Contacts Expose Scale of Sexual Violence 

The role of policing in UK economic growth

New Report: Major Developments and Trends on Terrorism in Europe in 2024

Women attending the sexual assault treatment unit services in the Republic of Ireland: A 7-year review

Reducing the criminalisation of children in the care system

Global Prison Trends 2025: A Critical Look at Global Justice Systems

Eurojust Annual Report 2024

Symposium Report Expresses Human Rights Risks of AI in Policing

2024 ACJRD Annual Conference Report available

Latest Updates

An Omni-crisis in international law: Iran, Israel, and Gaza, 8 July, online

EUROCRIM 2025 Conference, 3-6 September, Athens

Ethnic inequalities in the Criminal Justice System: Evidence from the Crown Court in England and Wales, 23 October (Online, UK)

2024 ACJRD Annual Conference Report available

Membership of ACJRD for 2025 is due for renewal, so we are currently contacting our members.

Benefit from reduced prices and priority access to Conference, Seminars and Networking events... 

ACJRD are delighted to welcome Orla O’Neill, ACJRD’s new Executive Director.

In a big change for ACJRD, Maura Butler retired as Chairperson at our Annual Conference on 12 June 2024, having taken up the role in 2007. Mary Griffin, CEO and Under Treasurer of the King’s Inns, has taken up the role from Maura.

Since our move to a new mailing list provider, Mailjet, took place on 1st January 2024 we have removed anyone from the ACJRD mailing list who has not opted-in.

Why do I have to opt-in again? ACJRD have moved to a new mailing list provider, Mailjet, and to comply with GDPR all those who wish to remain on the mailing list need to opt-in again in order to receive future emails and notifications of events. 

Christmas Networking - Hugh Dockry Seminar

ACJRD's Christmas networking event and seminar, "Heading towards a federal criminal justice system? Past, present and future of EU Justice", took place in the Law Society of Ireland on Monday, 11 December, 2023. 

ACJRD Annual Conference

The 9th Irish Criminal Justice Agencies Conference, Penal Policy Reform: Putting Community at the Heart of the Criminal Justice System, took place on Tuesday, 10th October 2023.

Dr John O’Connor, Judge of the Circuit Court, "Judicial Discretion and the Justice and Welfare Dichotomy: The Sentencing of Children in the Irish Youth Justice System" - Thursday, 20th April 2023, 6pm (registration 5.30pm)

The ACJRD 25th Annual Conference took place on Friday, 7th October 2022.

"Race, Migration and the Criminal Justice System"  -  Wednesday, 22nd June, 2022

A collaboration between ACJRD and the UCD Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Bruno Min, Legal Director (UK & International), Fair Trials, presented the 15th Annual Martin Tansey Memorial Lecture online.

The seminar, "Effecting Change: Learning from the experience of Oberstown" took place on Thursday, 3rd March, 2022.

The UKICJC Network held a webinar on "Extradition post Brexit - Implementation of Part Three, Title VII of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA):  Perspectives from the UK and Ireland” on 10th January, 2022.

The ACJRD Mental Health and Juvenile Justice Working Groups, in collaboration with the Policing Authority, held this online seminar on Wednesday, 1st December, 2021.

The ACJRD Restorative Justice Working Group presented this online seminar on Thursday, 18th November, 2021.