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Colin Gonsalves A leading Indian human rights lawyer has slammed the Irish courts as "timid, pessimistic and slow" in upholding human rights, The Irish Times reports.

The son of Sophie Toscan du Plantier, the French film producer who was killed in Ireland in 1996, has criticised the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for refusing to meet with him. Pierre Louis Baudey-Vignaud, 34, told The Irish Times that he had written to Claire Loftus on 1 July 2015 and rece

Two applicants have failed to secure an order requiring two banks and an individual to provide information they claim to need in order to fill out a statement of affairs. The applicants, Brian O’Donnell and Mary Patricia O’Donnell, seeking an order against The Bank of Ireland,Bank of Ireland Pri

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has announced a new Government scheme under which insolvent borrowers seeking a court review under the Personal Insolvency Act 2015 will be able to apply for legal aid.

Noeline Blackwell The director general of Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) is set to leave the post after a decade, the legal rights group has announced.

The Rt Honourable Lord Justice Gillen The Rt Honourable Lord Justice Gillen will address delegates at the opening of a major media law conference in Belfast next month.

The number of violent incidents involving inmates at Mountjoy Prison has fallen by as much as 40 per cent, the Irish Prison Service has said. Prison governor Brian Murphy has attributed the fall to the long-term refurbishment of Ireland's largest prison, which has cost around €28 million so far.

Gary McGhee A major conference focussed on the funding, planning and legal challenges faced by Northern Ireland's solar energy sector was supported by Belfast law firm Carson McDowell.

Shalom Binchy The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is hosting a seminar tomorrow (26 January) on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings.

Lord Justice Weir The senior judge undertaking a two-week review into 56 legacy cases has called for action to speed up the pace of investigations.

A judge has warned prosecutors that further delays in a terror suspect's trial may not be tolerated, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Henry Fitzsimons, 47, is alleged to have conspired with his two co-accused to murder members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).

The High Court has made a judgment in default of defence against Sunday Newspapers Limited T/A Sunday World and Eugene Masterson, after they failed to deliver a defence in response to a claim that they defamed the character of Paul McNamara in an article published in the Sunday World on 21st Decembe

Colleen Rohan Five barristers will be sponsored by The Bar of Ireland this year to work with Innocence Projects in the USA to overturn wrongful convictions.

A number of Government websites, include those of the Department of Justice and the Courts Service, were inaccessible this morning due to a co-ordinated cyberattack. A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack began last night, The Journal reports, and continued into the late morning.

Kieran Conway A Dublin solicitor will be questioned by gardaí about the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings following revelations in his 2014 book, Southside Provisional.