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The District Court has extended an Interim Care Order granted to TUSLA Child and Family Agency, in circumstances where the child was illegally removed from another Member State by his mother, and was now in kinship foster care with his maternal uncle. Finding that the father of the child had acquies

The new Judicial Appointments Bill will come before the Cabinet for approval next Tuesday. The bill is expected to provide for the creation of a new Judicial Appointments Commission with a lay majority and chair, despite criticism from parts of the legal profession.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny A referendum on blasphemy could be delayed because there "are quite a number of referenda backed up", Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said.

Ciarán Moynagh and Laura Lacole A humanist couple backed by the British Humanist Association (BHA) have won permission for a judicial review of Northern Ireland authorities for failing to extend legal recognition to humanist marriages.

Richard Grogan Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates Solicitors writes on parental leave.

The Law Reform Commission has now published over 300 Revised versions of Acts – Acts as amended – online. Many lawyers are unaware of the Commission's Revised Acts page, which includes all Acts from 2005 onwards which are textually amended (other than Finance and Social Welfare Acts) and around

A third-country national may, as the parent of a minor child who is an EU citizen, rely on a derived right of residence in the EU, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. The fact that the other parent, an EU citizen, could assume sole responsibility for the primary day-to-day care of

IVCA chairman Michael Murphy Irish high tech SMEs raised €247m in the first quarter of 2017, up four per cent up on the same period last year, according to a Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA) published in association with Dublin-based firm William Fry.

Judge James Oakley A judge in Texas has been reprimanded after suggesting on Facebook that a black murder suspect should be given "a tree and a rope".

A third-country national may, as the parent of a minor child who is an EU citizen, rely on a derived right of residence in the EU, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. The fact that the other parent, an EU citizen, could assume sole responsibility for the primary day-to-day care of

Kathleen O'Toole Kathleen O'Toole, chief of the Seattle Police Department, will chair the "root-and-branch review" of An Garda Síochána, the Department of Justice has announced.

Dublin-based Beauchamps has announced the appointment of Dorit McCann, a recognised expert in procurement and competition law, as a partner and head of its EU, competition & procurement team.

The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has faced a political backlash following its decision to charge ex-soldier Dennis Hutchings with attempted murder. Mr Hutchings, 75, is accused of killing John-Pat Cunningham, 27, as he ran away from an army patrol in Benburb, Co Armagh in 1974.

The collapse of the Northern Ireland Executive leaves victims of historical child abuse with "no alternative" but to seek redress through the courts, a lawyer has said. Claire McKeegan of Belfast firm KRW Law told the Belfast Telegraph that the political deadlock meant the report of the Historical I

Judges in the European Union have expressed solidarity with the Polish judiciary following reports that the government is interfering with the independence of the country’s judges. The Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the European Union pointed to interventions by Polish