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A statutory public inquiry into covert surveillance of journalists in Northern Ireland should be launched following fresh revelations from a tribunal, campaigners have said. Amnesty International said damaging disclosures at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal on Wednesday revealed that the PSNI, the

Belfast-based Phoenix Law has launched a group action on behalf of students whose education at Northern Ireland universities was significantly disrupted during the Covid-19 pandemic. The firm argues that students who paid full tuition fees "with the expectation of receiving the complete university e

Northern Ireland's legal professions have repeated a call for action to protect solicitors, barristers and justice workers from threats and attacks. Stormont's all-party group on access to justice this week hosted a discussion which focused on the issue and the opportunity to tackle it in forthcomin

Northern Ireland firm Stewarts Solicitors has acquired Peter Dornan & Co Solicitors, a long-established legal practice with offices in Bangor and Belfast. The deal expands Stewarts Solicitors’ footprint to six locations: Newtownards, Comber, Belfast, Ballymena, Kircubbin and now Bangor.

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.

A public consultation is seeking views on Ireland's new national drugs strategy. The consultation aims to capture a wide range of views, including from those with lived and living experience of drug use and those involved in the provision of services, recognising that Ireland’s response to dru

The Law Reform Commission has published an Irish language version of the revised Official Languages Act 2003. A consolidated Revised Act version of the 2003 Act — which has had more than 120 amendments — was published in English in 2022.

Matheson LLP has awarded the inaugural Matheson National College of Ireland Adrian Jordan Bursary to third-year IT student Seán Geaney. Mr Geaney, who is from Rush, Co Dublin, has recently begun his work placement with Matheson.

An innovative new online child maintenance calculator has been launched to help parents in coming to arrangements on child maintenance payments. The calculator was launched yesterday and can be accessed online at www.childmaintenancecalculator.ie.

Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has been charged with drugs offences after telling a podcast he once took ecstasy decades ago. The controversial left-wing politician and leader of the MeRA25 party said he had tried ecstasy in Australia in 1989 but was discouraged from doing so again a

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Survivors of industrial schools are to be issued with certificates confirming they do not have a criminal record. The measure was announced by the justice, home affairs and migration minister, Jim O'Callaghan, shortly after an apology to survivors of institutional abuse which was made by Taoiseach M

A major review of regulations to identify and tackle barriers to infrastructure delivery has been announced by the government. The review is set to be undertaken by the new Regulatory Simplification Unit which has been established in the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Servi

Juries will be abolished in High Court defamation cases from next month, the government has confirmed. Justice, home affairs and migration minister Jim O'Callaghan yesterday signed a commencement order bringing most of the provisions of the Defamation (Amendment) Act 2026 into force from 1 March 202

Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne has been formally appointed as chairperson of the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO).