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Emily Logan has been awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by University College Dublin (UCD) in recognition of her "outstanding dedication and commitment" to improving human rights, in particular those of children in Ireland. Following a successful career in paediatric nursing in the UK and

The School of Law at the University of Limerick recently made three new lecturing appointments: Dr Lydia Bracken, Dr Stephen Brittain and Dr Catriona Moloney. Dr. Lydia Bracken has been appointed as a lecturer in law in UL. She is a graduate of University College Cork (BCL, 2010; LLM, 2011; PhD, 201

The European Commission’s 150-page ruling that Ireland gave tech giant Apple illegal state aid has been debated in the Dáil after it was recalled early. Finance Minister Michael Noonan said theGovernment’s position was always that the entirety of the tax was paid in the case that no State aid w

Sitting in Ballymena Court, District Judge Gilpin, dismissed a claim for damages brought by a teenage girl against an MLA, concluding that she had failed to establish liability. The girl sought damages for breach of the statutory tort of harassment under the Protection from Harassment (NI) Order 199

Sitting in Ballymena Court, District Judge Gilpin, dismissed a claim for damages brought by a teenage girl against an MLA, concluding that she had failed to establish liability. The girl sought damages for breach of the statutory tort of harassment under the Protection from Harassment (NI) Order 199

Niall Muldoon Niall Muldoon, the Ombudsman for Children, has visited the Oberstown Detention Campus in the wake of the industrial action there and feels that it “has raised some real questions about considering alternatives to detention, so that children and young people receive services sooner ra

Dr Rhona Mahony, the Master of the National Maternity Hospital, has made a plea for doctors to be able to make medical decisions free from the fear of committing criminal offences. Dr Mahony told RTE’s Claire Byrne: “For me, the Eighth Amendment causes difficulties in making sound medical decisi

Amber Rudd The families of nine of the 21 victims of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings will learn whether they will qualify for legal aid later this month.

Nearly one in five prisoners undertaking life sentences did so outside of prison in 2015, new figures from the Department of Justice have shown. The Parole Board can decide that those serving life sentences may be released temporarily or in order to finish their sentences under the eye of the Probat

(L-R): HHJ Elizabeth McCaffrey, HHJ Neil Rafferty QC and Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan

A new book of quantum, produced from research into 52,000 cases between 2013 and 2014, is to be published shortly to be used by the Injuries Board and to provide a benchmark for damages claims for the legal profession. Insurers, who have been criticised for sharp rises in premiums, have complained o

Prince Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein The United Nations’ human rights chief has blasted populist politicians in the West, calling them "demagogues and political fantasists" and decrying their tactics of using half-truths and oversimplification, “the two scalpels of the arch propagandist”, in an impass

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The High Court has refused a man’s application for judicial review in relation to a data protection complaint. In the application, the man sought to challenge the Data Protection Commissioner’s refusal to investigate disputed facts of his data protection complaint via an oral hearing, with the C

Sir Declan Morgan The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, today called on the NI Executive and the UK Government to make urgent progress on dealing with the past.