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Prison treatment of the mentally ill and those with addiction high on agenda of new Government taskforce Reporter: );  ); The Government has set up a new task force to examine the treatment and propose changes to how people with addiction and mental health problems are dealt with by the criminal justice system with a particular focus on prisons. The Department of Justice said new High Level Taskforce will consider the mental health and addiction challenges of people interacting with the crimi...

Opinion: Defence Commission cannot be allowed to fail Security is the bedrock on which our society’s cultural, social and economic achievements are built, yet Ireland’s vulnerability is stark 30th December, 2020 ‘Currently we have just over 8,100 fully trained personnel on our books, which is 85 per cent of our minimum designed strength, before we even look at the 600 personnel deployed overseas’. Picture: Rollingnews.ie Facing into an uncertain post-Brexit fut...