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Liz O'Donnell The chairperson of the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has called for independent verification of data on the enforcement of traffic laws, The Times reports.

A treatment programme for sex offenders in prison which was linked to reoffending has been scrapped in Northern Ireland, The Detail reports. The Core Sex Offender Treatment Programme (COPT) was first scrapped in England and Wales after a review by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) found that prisoners w

There has been a 484 per cent rise in the number of legal technology patents registered globally in the past five years, according to research by Thomson Reuters. Using data gleaned from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the company said that 579 patents covering new legal service

Bill Holohan The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) is hosting a free ADR Forum in Cork next month on the subject of Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) arbitrations.

Professor Deirdre Madden A law professor at University College Cork (UCC) has been appointed to a review group established to examine the role of voluntary organisations in publicly funded health services.

Prison officers seized over 3,500 weapons in Irish prisons from 2012–16, the Irish Examiner reports. The Irish Prison Service confirmed a total of 3,687 weapons were seized over the period.

The State will not appeal against the High Court's decision last month to refuse the extradition of Ian Bailey to France in relation to the death of Sophie Tuscan du Plantier. Mr Bailey, 60, denies any involvement in the death of Ms du Plantier, who was found dead outside her holiday home in Schull

In the Court of Appeal in Belfast, Friends of the Earth Limited successfully appealed against the dismissal of their application for Judicial Review. The application was in relation to a decision of the Department of the Environment refusing to issue a Stop Notice to the owners of the bed of Lough N

Laura Keogh Ireland could become a world leader in space law if a legal framework is put in place to support the space sector, an Irish lawyer has said.

Nóirín O'Sullivan Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan has failed in a bid to join Europol, The Irish Times reports.

Judgment in two cases dealing with same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland is expected to be handed down by the High Court tomorrow. Mr Justice O'Hara will rule on a case dealing with recognition of same-sex marriages entered into in England and Wales, and a case dealing with the Northern Ireland Asse

The head of the Police Service of Northern Ireland's (PSNI) reactive and organised crime branch has said there remain "a lot of problems" with confidence in Northern Ireland policing. Det Chief Supt Tim Mairs spoke to BBC News following reports that there was a 31 per cent year-on-year increase in p

Retired Dublin solicitor and former property tycoon Brian O'Donnell is set to exit bankruptcy later this month, The Irish Times reports. Mr O'Donnell and his wife, Mary Patricia, were judged bankrupt by the High Court in August 2013 in a finding confirmed by the Supreme Court in February 2015.

At least 53 people in Northern Ireland received royal pardons in the decade leading up to the Good Friday Agreement, The Irish News reports. Figures released by the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) following a Freedom of Information request show that 53 royal prerogatives of mercy were issued in the pe

Photo credit: By Source, Fair use Today marks the 120th anniversary of the birth of Hersch Lauterpacht, who defined ‘crimes against humanity’ one of the crimes under which the surviving Nazis were charged at the Nuremberg Trials.