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Restorative Justice: Strategies for Change (RJS4C) supports the development of restorative justice in Europe by facilitating the co-creation of national strategies. This website hosts the Irish arm of the project, including case studies, service profiles, research and other resources.
The research was funded by the Department of Justice in 2021, and the website from 2021-2023.
Restorative Justice:
Strategies for Change – Ireland
Stakeholders seek project continuation in Ireland – spring 2024 update
Spring 2024 update - Stakeholders seek project continuation in Ireland Survey indicates stakeholders seek continuation of RJS4C Ireland Thanks to...
Views sought on the future of RJS4C Ireland – winter update
Winter 2024 update - Views sought on the future of RJS4C Ireland Restorative Justice: Strategies for Change (RJS4C) is a five-year collaboration...
Ireland’s restorative justice providers agree to collaborate to strengthen provision
Strengthening Restorative Justice Provision and Collaboration in Ireland 1 December, 2023 At a meeting of restorative justice service managers in...
International Restorative Justice Week 2023 – RJ events, annual reports, podcasts and in the Oireachtas
International Restorative Justice Week 2023 As International Restorative Justice Week 2023 (19-25 November) is almost upon us, please see below for...
Restorative justice services receive new funding, expand, publish figures – Autumn 2023 update
Autumn 2023 update - Restorative justice services receive new funding, expand, publish figures Restorative justice receives funding in budget As the...
Case Studies
Service Map
With funding from the Department of Justice, RJS4C Ireland has mapped the use of restorative justice and restorative practices in Irish criminal justice.
You can see our initial findings here; please contact us if you have any further information for us to include.
New Private Members’ Bill seeks to promote referrals to restorative justice
Dr. Ian Marder Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology This week, Pa Daly TD, Patricia Ryan TD and Maurice Quinlivan TD moved to introduce...
ALL YOUR FACES – Review by Natalie Kemmy
ALL YOUR FACES – Review Natalie Kemmy MA in Comparative Criminology and Criminal Justice, Maynooth University "ALL YOUR FACES" is a French film...
Restorative Practices Ireland’s National Conference on 25 November represents a milestone in Irish restorative practice development
Dr. Kieran O’Dwyer Chair, Restorative Practices Ireland On Saturday 25 November, Newbridge College will host a one-day conference, bringing together...
The Department of Justice commits to new restorative justice funding, but gaps will likely remain
Dr. Ian D. Marder Maynooth University, School of Law and Criminology On 8th August 2023, the Department of Justice published a new policy paper on...
New data suggests fewer restorative justice referrals in 2022 than in 2019
Dr. Ian D. Marder Maynooth University, School of Law and Criminology Following our mapping exercises of restorative justice in Ireland in 2019 and...
Our Strategy
In June 2019, RJS4C Ireland published its national strategy to develop restorative justice in Ireland.
Resources
On our Resources pages, you can find a wide range of information, including links to Irish laws, strategies and policies, summaries of research, and videos, podcasts, news stories and other multimedia resources on restorative justice in Ireland and elsewhere in the world.
Please let us know if there is anything else that you would like us to include in these pages, or any research that you would like us to summarise.