The DPP enforces the criminal law in the courts on behalf of the People of Ireland; directs and supervises public prosecutions on indictment in the courts; and gives general direction and advice to the Garda Síochána in relation to summary cases and specific direction in such cases where requested.
The Probation Service is an agency within the Department of Justice and Equality. Its role is to help reduce the level of crime and to increase public safety by working with offenders to help change their behaviour and make good the harm done by crime. The website gives full-text access to the Irish Probation Journal