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Steven Agnew The Green Party in Northern Ireland has called for legislation to create an independent process for investigating breaches of the Ministerial Code of Conduct.

A man who falsely imprisoned and robbed an escort in a hotel in Cork has had his sentence reduced from eight years to one of six years imprisonment. At the time of his sentencing, the man, who had carried out the offence along with the accomplice, was already serving a five-year sentence for a simil

Individuals who failed to pay fines imposed last year will begin to be summoned to court, the Courts Service of Ireland has confirmed. The Irish Examiner reports that District Court judges will begin issuing rulings and sanctions on defaulters under the regime created by the Fines (Payment and Recov

Dr Vincent Power, partner and head of EU, competition and procurement at A&L Goodbody Last year's Brexit vote may have led to a fall in the number of merger and acquisition transactions notified to Irish authorities last year, according to A&L Goodbody.

A judge of the District Court has called on "conscientious whistleblowers" to help prosecute banks which overcharged up to thousands of Irish mortgage-holders. Judge James McNulty, writing in a personal capacity for the Irish Examiner, issued the call after the governor of Ireland's Central Bank sai

Figures revealing the number of Irish prisoners hospitalised due to assaults, self-harm or drug-related incidents have been published by The Irish Times. The Irish Prison Service (IPS) released figures for the period between January 2014-September 2016 to the newspaper on the back of a Freedom of In

Keith Flynn Cork solicitors Keith Flynn and Lyndsey Clarke have had their practising certificates suspended by Mr Justice Peter Kelly, president of the High Court, the Irish Independent reports.

Transport Minister Shane Ross Transport Minister Shane Ross has announced plans to "name and shame" disqualified drivers via a public database, The Irish Times reports.

A bicycle courier has won an employment tribunal case that could have wider implications for employers in the "gig economy". Judge Jo Wade in the London Central Employment Tribunal ruled that Maggie Dewhurst, a courier with logistics firm City Sprint, should be classified as a "worker" rather than a

Sir Anthony Hart, a retired judge of the High Court, has submitted the final report of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry to the Executive Office. The investigation, started in 2013, looked into abuse taking place in 22 residential homes for children from 1922-95.

Lieutenant General Lothar von Trotha Lawyers for two indigenous groups in Namibia have brought a lawsuit against Germany in New York seeking reparations for genocide.

Tenants of a number of properties in receivership have been successful in the High Court where they sought the Digital Audio Recording of proceedings in Naas Circuit Court, which had ordered that they vacate properties in Kildare. The tenants’ alleged that the order made was unconstitutional as it

The publication of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill is "a very welcome and significant step" in protecting human rights, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said. Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said the bill will give victims of crime “full recognition in the crim

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden has said she cannot call a public inquiry into the RHI scandal by herself.

Robin Swann, MLA for North Antrim Budget cuts to the Department of Justice have led to an increase in prison deaths, an Ulster Unionist Party MLA has claimed.