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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 Department of Justice funded the initial mapping exercise and case study collection in 2021, and funded the website itself from 2021-2023.
Restorative Justice:
Strategies for Change – Ireland
Mapping exercise update, restorative justice in Programme for Government and official reports – spring 2025 update
Spring 2025 update - Mapping exercise update, restorative justice in Programme for Government and official reports Mapping exercise 2024 – update...
Post-election manifesto round-up – Christmas 2024 update
Christmas 2024 update - Post-election manifesto round-up, employment and training opportunities Post-election manifesto round-up Among the parties...
Probation Service seeks expressions of interest for regional expansion of restorative justice
Pre-RJ Week update - Restorative justice set for regional expansion, register now for Limerick conference Probation Service seeks expressions of...
Scoping Inquiry rejects ‘large-scale restorative justice project’ – September 2024 update
September 2024 update - Scoping Inquiry rejects 'large-scale restorative justice project', RJC hosts first national community of practice Scoping...
Restorative justice referrals in 2023 remain below pre-pandemic levels
Dr. Ian Marder Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology This publication marks the fifth year in which we conducted a mapping exercise of...
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.
What should we think about when doing restorative justice with justice-involved women?
What should we think about when doing restorative justice with justice-involved women? By Dr. Linnéa Österman, Associate Professor, Department of...
Initial Reflections on the Probation Service’s Restorative Justice Action Plan
Initial Reflections on the Probation Service's Restorative Justice Action Plan By Dr. Ian D. Marder, Associate Professor in Criminology, Maynooth...
A Report on the Restorative Justice Practitioner Event, June 2024
Dorothy Keating, Molly Doherty, Elaine Healy, Sarah Treacy and Emily Sheary Restorative Justice in the Community In November 2023, a strategic...
Restorative justice referrals in 2023 remain below pre-pandemic levels
Dr. Ian Marder Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology This publication marks the fifth year in which we conducted a mapping exercise of...
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...
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.