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Court of Appeal: Burglar who caused over €20,000 damage to a garage has sentence increased
A 21-year-old man who had 33 previous convictions when he was sentenced to three years imprisonment ...
Published 18 December 2018
Law Society condemns 'violent vigilantes' following attack on security guards in Roscommon
The Law Society of Ireland has issued a harsh condemnation of "the violent actions of vigilantes" ...
Published 18 December 2018
Philip Lee hosts drinks reception to celebrate London launch
Dublin-based Philip Lee has hosted a drinks reception in London to mark the official opening of th ...
Published 18 December 2018
Flanagan to set out implementation plan for police reform commission's recommendations
Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan will today set out the Government's four-year implementation pla ...
Published 18 December 2018
Norville Connolly takes up key post at Afghan anti-corruption NGO
Northern Ireland solicitor Norville Connolly has taken up a new post in Afghanistan as deputy exec ...
Published 18 December 2018
Lawyers argue right not to testify against spouse should extend beyond 1992 definition of 'nuclear family'
Lawyers have argued before the Court of Appeal that the constitutional right not to testify against ...
Published 18 December 2018
Concealed pregnancies expert calls for re-examination of 1861 law
An expert on concealed pregnancies has called for the re-examination of a law criminalising women ...
Published 18 December 2018
Poland: Supreme Court judges reinstated pending final judgment from EU courts
Poland has reinstated the 27 Supreme Court judges who were forced to retire under controversial judi ...
Published 18 December 2018
Lords to overhaul disciplinary processes after Lord Lester allegations
The House of Lords is set to overhaul its disciplinary processes next year to better support compl ...
Published 18 December 2018
Irish Legal Heritage: Irish Women’s Franchise League and the Irish Citizen
In November 1908, Hanna Sheehy Skeffington and Margaret Cousins, along with their husbands Francis ...
Published 18 December 2018
And finally... grotty grotto
Furious parents branded a Christmas grotto Santa Claus a "disgrace" after he ripped off his beard an ...
Published 18 December 2018
Belfast Crown Court: Jackson and Olding have application for costs dismissed
Rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding, who were acquitted on counts of rape earlier this yea ...
Published 17 December 2018
Law Society and Bar Council shifted Personal Injuries Commission away from legislative caps
The Law Society of Ireland and The Bar of Ireland persuaded the Personal Injuries Commission (PIC) ...
Published 17 December 2018
Penal reform group urges new prison service head to maintain 'momentum for prison reform'
The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has called on the incoming director-general of the Irish Priso ...
Published 17 December 2018
Flanagan backs wholesale removal of divorce time limit from Constitution
Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said he would support removing reference to the time period ...
Published 17 December 2018