Jim O’Callaghan was appointed Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in January 2025. He joined Fianna Fáil in 2003 and was elected to Dublin City Council to represent Pembroke-Rathmines in 2009. He remained a member of Dublin City Council until 2016, when he was elected to Dáil Éireann for Fianna Fáil in the Dublin Bay South constituency. He was re-elected in 2020 and 2024. A barrister since 1993 and senior counsel since 2008, he also served as legal adviser to Fianna Fáil from 2011-2016, and was appointed as party front-bench spokesman on Justice and Equality. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil law from the University College Dublin, a master’s degree in law and an MPhil in criminology from the University of Cambridge, and a barrister-at-law from the King’s Inns. Photo credit: ©Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Ireland