Irish Minister For Justice, Equality & Law Reform, Dermot Ahern, TD, has published the Report of the Casino Committee - Regulating Gaming In Ireland! This report makes some 32 recommendations that have significant public policy implications regarding the future architecture of many aspects of gaming and betting in Ireland. Announcing the publication, the Minister said: "I am very anxious that we get things right in relation to our gaming and betting codes.

A government-appointed committee has recommended the licensing of casinos and gaming, and the establishment of an independent regulator for these businesses. Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern yesterday published the report of the committee appointed by former minister for justice Michael McDowell to look at the regulation of casinos and gambling. The report recommends that casinos, which currently operate as clubs...

Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern has signalled his intention to liberalise the State's gambling laws by legalising casinos and creating a new regulatory authority for all forms of gaming. In his first comments on the issue since becoming Minister, Mr Ahern told The Irish Times that existing laws on gambling were "past their sell-by date". However, he promised no changes would be made until cross-party agreement was reached and the public was consulted on the issue.