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Up to 40 pro-choice lawyers responded to a call to get organised ahead of an anticipated referendum on the Eighth Amendment. Lawyers for Choice, part of the Coalition to Repeal the Eighth Amendment, aims to "create opportunities for lawyers to participate in the campaign for reproductive justice in

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A legal academic who authored a popular guide to Irish law is serving a 10-year prison sentence for sexual abuse, The Irish Times reports. Brian Doolan, former senior law lecturer at Dublin Institute of Technology, was jailed a year ago but could not be named at the time.

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Lawyers who support abortion law reform are meeting tonight to get organised in anticipation of a referendum on the Eighth Amendment. Lawyers for Choice, part of the Coalition to Repeal the Eighth Amendment, aims to unite those from the Irish legal community, in Ireland and abroad, who support free,

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Terence Casey, coroner for South and East Kerry, retired over the weekend, the Irish Examiner reports. Mr Casey, a solicitor, became deputy coroner in 1994 and later became full-time coroner.

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A boatman who brings visitors to Skellig Michael has brought High Court action over the Minister for Transport's decision to limit the season passengers can land at the UNESCO world heritage site. The action has been brought by Sean Murphy, who claims the minister's decision has reduced by one third

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President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger In an address delivered at the Northern Ireland Personal Injury Bar’s Inaugural Conference in County Down earlier this month, President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger reflects on shifts in the underlying principles in the law of negligence and t

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A woman who was awarded a lump sum of €3.8 million, in addition to substantial property and monthly payments of €20,000, has had her case dismissed by the Court of Appeal. Delivering the judgment of the Court, Ms Justice Irvine held that the personal and financial misconduct of the woman’s ex-

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