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Belfast City Council secured a court order restricting some Eleventh Night bonfires but failed to display public notices at the affected sites as per its requirements, The Irish News reports. The council has insisted that the injunction it sought from the High Court was still "active" in spite of no

The death of a senior partner's close friend inspired staff at Edwards & Co to raise over £60,000 for charity Bowel Cancer UK over the past two and a half years, the firm said. Dorcas Crawford, senior partner at Edwards & Co, said the death of her close friend from bowel cancer was "very mu

Kate Allen Amnesty International has called on the UK government to speak out over the detention of top Amnesty officials in Turkey over the past month.

The Board of Management of a secondary school in Wicklow has lost its case against An Bord Pleanála, in which it sought an order of certiorari and various declaratory reliefs based on its failure to comply with the Planning and Development Act 2000 and disregard for anti-obesity policies when grant

Fíona Ní Chinnéide The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has welcomed the National Drugs Strategy's recommendation that the Government consider decriminalisation of minor drug possession and review spent convictions legislation.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan last night addressed the launch of a new comprehensive reference book on Ireland's licensing code.

Thomasina Connell Thomasina Connell & Co. Solicitors has announced the opening of its second office less than a year after it first opened its doors.

A site for Portlaoise's new courthouse has been chosen, the Leinster Express reports. Councillors have raised concerns about the extant Portlaoise Courthouse's location on Main Street because they believe it is disrupting business in the town.

Gerry Adams Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has announced plans to appeal his 1975 criminal convictions for attempted prison escape.

A judge has been reprimanded by judicial authorities after he made statements suggesting that many rape cases in which the alleged victim was drunk should not have made it to court. Judge Philip Shorrock of Liverpool Civil and Family Court said there was no realistic prospect of conviction in many c

Websites with adult content will be legally obliged to introduce robust age verification processes from April 2018 under newly commenced UK legislation. Digital Minister Matt Hancock yesterday signed the commencement order for the Digital Economy Act 2017.

The Supreme Court has upheld a finding of the Court of Appeal which overturned an award of almost €130,000 in a case which arose due to the State’s incorrect interpretation of EU law. Accepting that the man at the centre of the proceedings had suffered because of the error, Ms Justice Iseult Oâ€

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan The Cabinet has agreed to convene an inter-departmental working group to examine the implications of the Supreme Court ruling on asylum seekers’ right to work.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Officials at the Department of Justice have briefed Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan on the need to continue drafting new legislation on employment law, domestic violence, maternal deaths, legal aid and the family courts.

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said the trial of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa in Cairo looks to be "moving towards a conclusion". Mr Halawa, 21, was 17 at the time of his arrest in 2013 and has been charged with serious offences related to his alleged participation in a political protest