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Ireland's press freedom ranking has fallen as a result of high defamation awards by the Irish courts and proposed Government legislation. Reporters Without Borders placed Ireland 16th in the 2018 Word Press Freedom Index, down from 14th in 2017.

Grainne Teggart Amnesty International has welcomed the publication of a delayed report recommending the relaxation of Northern Ireland's abortion laws in cases of fatal foetal abnormality.

Brian McCloskey Matheson has advised a US-based private equity fund on the successful acquisition of an Irish-based private security company.

Fergal Maguire Fergal Maguire, director at Cleaver Fulton Rankin, has been recognised in the Business First Northern Ireland Top 40 Under 40 List.

Eversheds Sutherland's summer internship programme has been named Best Diversity & Inclusion Participative Initiative by the Irish Institute of Training and Development (IITD).

A group of newspaper companies have had their application for judicial review of a court order imposing reporting restrictions on a sexual assault case refused in the High Court. Finding that the 2014 order was lawfully made, but that there was no lawful basis for it to continue after the accused ha

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan told Cabinet colleagues that he should have the authority to propose appointments of judges during a row which broke out yesterday, The Irish Times reports.

The Departments of Health and Justice have published a significantly delayed report which recommends a change in the law to allow abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormality (FFA). The report was commissioned in summer 2016 and completed by October that year, but its publication was delayed indefi

New legislation to transpose most of the Fourth EU Money Laundering Directive into Irish law has been approved by the Cabinet. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan yesterday received approval for his Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2018.

Businessman Denis O'Brien is seeking findings that would be "entirely destructive of" and would "effectively undermine" parliamentary speech, the Supreme Court has heard. Maurice Collins SC, for the State, said Mr O'Brien has brought proceedings arising out of utterances in the Dáil about his banki

A judge in Dublin Circuit Civil Court has awarded compensation to the family of a young girl who was killed in a car accident, including a young boy who was born over a year later. The Injuries Board had assessed damages of €42,777 to be divided between the surviving family of Vanessa Siatka, who

The vast majority of leading London law firms surveyed by CBRE expect no impact on profitability as a result of Brexit. The real estate business surveyed the CBRE Legal 100 - law firms with the largest real estate footprint in London - and found that they overwhelmingly expect no significant impact

Pictured (l-r): Seamus McGranaghan, director at O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors; Hannah McGrath, solicitor at O’Reilly Stewart Solicitors; and Scott Alexander, head of learning and development at Legal-Island. Belfast firm O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors partnered with Legal-Island this week to deliver an

Her Majesty The Queen has approved the appointment of Sir Andrew McFarlane as President of the Family Division. He will take up the presidency after Sir James Munby retires in July this year. Sir Andrew was called to the bar in 1977 and took silk in 1998. He was appointed a Recorder in 1995, a Deput

A report published by Privacy International (PI) has identified "alarming weaknesses" in the oversight arrangements intended to govern the sharing of intelligence between state intelligence agencies. 'Secret Global Surveillance Networks: Intelligence Sharing Between Governments and the Need for Safe