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Navan Courthouse is among court buildings earmarked for refurbishment once the current programme of courthouse improvements is complete, the Meath Chronicle reports. District court sittings at Navan were moved to Trim some time ago due to problems with overcrowding.

Bob Neill MP Cross-border legal practice rights should be safeguarded in Brexit negotiations the Commons Justice Committee has said.

Dr Michael Harty, chairman of the committee Legislation to provide for the licensing of supervised injecting facilities for illegal drug users will be considered by the Oireachtas health committee today.

Lord Whitty A comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) with the EU is needed to enable UK companies to continue to operate within its borders without serious non-tariff barriers after Brexit, according to a House of Lords report on trade in non-financial services.

Thomas Pringle The Government has said it will block a bill to incorporate economic, social and cultural rights into the Constitution, The Irish Times reports.

A judge at the High Court said he believes he will endorse a European Arrest Warrant that seeks to have Ian Bailey sent to France to face trial for the intentional homicide of Sophie Toscan du Plantier. Justice Tony Hunt said he will wait until he hears submissions from Bailey's legal representative

Steve Eckersley, head of enforcement at the ICO A senior barrister who failed to keep clients’ sensitive personal information secure has been fined £1,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

A man who was acquitted of blackmailing a local vet will not be retried for offences committed alongside former Senator Francis O’Brien. The Director of Public Prosecutions sought an order directing a retrial of the man on the basis that the trial judge erred in law in excluding compelling evidenc

Prisoners in Cork have been forced to sleep on mattresses on the floor in recent weeks, the Irish Prison Service (IPS) has confirmed. According to the Irish Examiner, six prisoners had been placed on mattresses on three occasions, with five prisoners having to sleep on mattresses for two nights.

The High Court has granted leave to a Co Galway man seeking information about his sister who may have died in the Tuam Mother and Baby Home to bring an action against the Child and Family Agency. The case has been brought by Peter Mulryan, whose infant sister Marian Bridget Mulryan is believed to be

The European Court of Human Rights elected a new vice-president – Linos-Alexander Sicilianos (Greece) yesterday. Judge Sicilianos has been elected for a three-year term and will take up his duties on 1 May 2017. The court also elected Robert Spano (Iceland) as section president.

Pictured (l-r): Brendan Sharkey and Peter Kearney of Reddy Charlton, Paul McDonagh-Forde, and Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne Paul McDonagh-Forde has received the Trinity College Law Review's Best Article Award, sponsored by Reddy Charlton and Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne of the Supreme Court.

Lord Wilson Plans in the House of Lords to make ex-wives “stand on their own two feet” by prohibiting the transfer of any non-matrimonial property upon divorce have been criticised by a Supreme Court justice who said “well-meaning” peers too readily believe what they “read in the papers”

Brian McCloskey Matheson advised American household product manufacturer Church & Dwight Co, Inc. on its $160 million acquisition this year of Irish haircare brand Viviscal Limited.

Minister of state David Stanton The Department of Justice has launched a public consultation on regulations governing realistic imitation firearms.