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The Court of Appeal may be asked to rule on significant legal issues affecting up to hundreds of repossession cases, The Irish Times reports. The key legal question concerns whether a bank was entitled to sell the mortgage on a property to another party when it had not correctly registered itself as

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has decided not to appeal the leniency of a controversial two-and-a-half-year jail sentence for child sex offender Tom Humphries. Mr Humphries, a former sports journalist at The Irish Times, was convicted by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of grooming and enga

Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC Northern Ireland could achieve a designated special status in the European Union after Brexit, according to an independent legal opinion from Doughty Street Chambers.

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has convicted Ratko Mladić of genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war. The charges relate to crimes committed by Serb forces during the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992–1995

Jon Venables (Photo credit: By Source, Fair use) One of the boys convicted of the murder of toddler James Bulger has been imprisoned again after being found with child abuse images for a second time.

Pictured: Mark Heslin's winning try on Saturday The Dáil and Seanad XV rugby team will go head-to-head with The Bar of Ireland one week after being bested by the Law Society.

Pictured (l-r): Rory O'Donnell, Charlie Flanagan and Alan Murphy Eversheds Sutherland has celebrated the firm's 50 years in Ireland with a gathering of colleagues, friends and clients.

Mason Hayes & Curran has awarded the Innovation in Professional Practice Prize to Zanele Mhondiwa.

Robert Troy Fianna Fáil has announced plans to propose an increase in the minimum required distance when a motorist overtakes a cyclist.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Chris Enright has been appointed as director-general of Forensic Science Ireland (FSI).

A property developer who had an order of specific performance and damages in excess of €300,000 made against him has lost his appeal to the Supreme Court. Delivering the unanimous judgment, Ms Justice Iseult O’Malley was satisfied that the trial judge had not erred on the facts or the law; and h

An Irish environmental group has hailed a High Court ruling as the recognition, for the first time, of a right to environmental protection under the Constitution. In a judgment more than 300 pages long, Mr Justice Max Barrett said Friends of the Irish Environment had raised "profound constitutional

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan The Government has announced plans to opt into an EU directive providing for and regulating asylum seekers' access to the workforce.

Patrick Corrigan The UK government would be betraying victims' fundamental rights by introducing a "statute of limitations" to block the investigation of crimes committed by security forces during the Troubles, Amnesty International has warned.

Senator Ivana Bacik The Houses of the Oireachtas will next year host a series of events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which gave Irish women the right to vote and run in parliamentary elections.