Consideration is being given to limiting or ending the use of good character references in some court proceedings. It comes after a good character reference was given by former UUP chairman and ...

Years before his public outrage about a TD’s glowing character reference for a criminal, Judge John Edwards’ tolerance of unverified mitigation pleas on behalf of convicted parties had worn thin. Back ...

Character references in court have come back under the spotlight after former TD Jim Glennon issued a character reference for Daniel Ramamoorthy. Ramamoorthy was a former government adviser who was ...

New South Wales is set to become the first jurisdiction in the country to end the use of good character references in the sentencing of convicted criminals. The government will introduce a bill this ...

The incident, witnessed by multiple MPs and staffers, came after Liberal Leader Kellie Sloane collared Attorney-General Michael Daley over proposed changes which would scrap character references for ...

Former Fianna Fáil TD Marc MacSharry has defended his decision to provide a character reference for a man who beat and threatened to kill three young boys during a 48-minute ordeal in Sligo. Mr ...