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Ireland's national DNA database has had a "transformative effect" in the decade since it was established, Jim O'Callaghan has said. The justice, home affairs and migration minister yesterday attended Forensic Science Ireland's headquarters for an event marking the database's 10th anniversary.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) would be allowed to hold on to DNA and fingerprint evidence for longer when related to terror investigations under proposals currently out for consultation. Northern Ireland's Department of Justice is seeking views on proposed changes to a part of the Po

Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) has reported a significant increase in the success rate of matching "unknown crime stains" from crime scenes to samples on the national DNA database. Currently, around 50 per cent of these stains now yield a match. Dr Geraldine O’Donnell, the head of DNA at FSI,

Ireland's national DNA database now has over 73,000 individual profiles and assisted in nearly 800 criminal investigations last year. The Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) annual report for 2022 shows a 15 per cent increase in the total number of profiles on the DNA database system to over 67,000 at th