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Belfast commercial law firm Carson McDowell has revealed it raised more than £700 for a children's charity before the Christmas and New Year break.

A former consultant surgeon has failed to obtain an order from the Court of Appeal restraining the prosecution of a number of indecent assault offences which allegedly took place between the 1960s and 1990s. The alleged offences were perpetrated primarily against teenage boys who had been admitted t

Children's Minister James Reilly Children's Minister James Reilly has told a UN committee that the Government "fully recognise that we must continue to work hard in order to fully realise the standards and objectives" of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Dáil Éireann will today debate proposals to incorporate a range of economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights into Ireland's Constitution. A report submitted by the Constitutional Convention in 2014 said a large majority of its members supported changes to enshrine ESC rights, but called for "furt

Mr Justice Brian Cregan The legal dead-lock which has impeded an investigation into the wind-up of theIrish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC) could be broken by giving the commission the powers of a High Court judge, The Irish Times reports.

Ruth Parks A finance manager who was made redundant after returning from maternity leave has settled a £50,000 claim against her employer with the help of the Equality Commission of Northern Ireland.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald The Criminal Assets Bureau returned almost €4 million to the Exchequer in 2014, according to its nineteenth Annual Report, which was presented to the Oireachtas today by Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald.

President Michael D Higgins A row over the name used in the posthumous pardon of Harry Gleeson has been referred to the Department of the Taoiseach.

A judgment in the case of an Irish man fighting a deportation order based on his alleged involvement with a terrorist group will be made "as soon as possible", the judge presiding over his case has said. However, the Court of Appeal yesterday heard that further hearings in the case were unlikely to

Environment Minister Mark H Durkan The Northern Ireland Assembly has approved far-reaching legislation designed to tackle drink driving by introducing tighter restrictions, a graduated penalty scheme and greater police powers.

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has sought a meeting with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) following reports that it accessed journalists' mobile phone records during an inquiry into internal media leaks. GSOC has refused to comment on reports that new powers were used to acc

Employers are entitled to read private messages sent over the internet by employees during work, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. Judges ruled a company had the right to read an employee's messages sent via Yahoo Messenger during working hours.

IHREC Chief Commissioner Emily Logan The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child will tomorrow consider evidence on Ireland's status in complying with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

A man has lost an appeal against his conviction for murder after unsuccessfully arguing the trial judge had incorrectly advised the jury as to the standard of proof in relation to the defence of diminished responsibility. Joseph Heffernan appealed to the Court of Appeal against his conviction for th

IFA national chairman Jer Bergin The Irish Farmers Association has challenged Irish political parties to commit to stricter sentences and law enforcement to tackle rural crime.