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The director general of the Workplace Relations Committee (WRC) has been appointed deputy secretary for justice and equality in the Department of Justice. Oonagh Buckley, a qualified barrister who has headed up the WRC since 2016, will play a key role in the restructuring of the Department.

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A private members' bill to provide rape and sexual assault complainants with independent legal advice and representation was not opposed by the Government at its second stage in the Dáil last night. A spokesperson for Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan said he would consider his position on th

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Belfast lawyer Paul Tweed has secured an apology for Ryanair from the Irish Examiner over reports about the airline's safety record. The High Court in Dublin heard that the newspaper was retracting the articles it published in May 2015 and would make a donation to Ryanair's chosen charity, the Jack

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Numerous criminal barristers are going broke as a result of the shrinking legal aid budget, The Times reports. The Bar Council, which represents more than 15,000 barristers, has told the UK government that the profession is “at a pivotal point”.

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Legal publisher Clarus Press has offered free books on Irish constitutional law to all candidates in the presidential election. The legal publisher sent a tweet to the six candidates, offering them free copies of Constitutional Law in Ireland and 75 Years of the Constitution in Ireland.

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Students have been given a list of offensive costumes they have been told not to wear for Halloween, including cowboy outfits. Also in the list of proscribed dress, issued by Kent University's student union, are the clothes of priests, nuns, Nazis, Crusaders, ISIS bombers, Native Americans, Israeli

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New Circuit Court rules coming into effect tomorrow will make receipt of court documents by email easier. Family lawyer Keith Walsh, a member of the Circuit Court Rules Committee, explained that the revised rules "provide that a solicitor acting for a plaintiff or a plaintiff suing in person, where

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