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Restorative Justice: Strategies for Change (RJS4C) supports the development of restorative justice in Europe by co-creating new national strategies.
This website hosts the work of the Irish partners, including case studies, service maps and profiles, research, and other resources relating to restorative justice and restorative practices in criminal justice.
This research and website are funded by the Department of Justice.
Restorative Justice:
Strategies for Change – Ireland
Restorative response report on historical abuse of children by Jesuit priest Joseph Marmion published 14th August 2023
Past pupils describe life-long impacts of abuse and the need for healing and redress Jesuits acknowledge the harm done through original abuse and...
New Department of Justice Restorative Justice Policy Paper, Irish Prison Service case studies – Summer 2023 update
Summer 2023 update - New Department of Justice Restorative Justice Policy Paper, Irish Prison Service case studies Department of Justice publishes...
New mapping exercise suggests drop in cases; Council of Europe adopts Victims’ Recommendation – Spring 2023 update
Spring 2023 update - New mapping exercise suggests drop in referrals, Council of Europe adopts Victims' Recommendation New figures suggest fewer...
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...
MH Task Force reports, RJ Forum for Blackrock College, screening of The Meeting – November 2022 (and RJ Week) update
November update - Mental Health Task Force proposes restorative justice, Restorative Justice Forum established for Blackrock College abuse Mental...
Case Studies
Service Map
With funding from the Department of Justice, RJS4C Ireland is map the training and 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.
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...
Guest Blog: The Economic Case for Restorative Justice
Lucy Harris - Why me? Economic Evaluation of Restorative Justice project Restorative justice (RJ) has the power to change the lives of all those...
Building understanding between Gardaí and young Black adults in Blanchardstown: a briefing on the UBUNTU Project following Phase 2 (the dialogue process)
Dr. Ian D. Marder, Assistant Professor in Criminology, Maynooth...
An analysis of restorative justice in the Review of Policy Options for Prison and Penal Reform 2022-2024
Dr. Ian D. Marder Assistant Professor in Criminology, Maynooth University On 31 August 2022, the Minister for Justice announced that the Government...
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.