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Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Government ministers have agreed to bestow city and county councils with new powers to regulate planning of new licensed premises, such as pubs, off-licenses and nightclubs.

Darragh Mackin Lawyers acting for Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa have said they are "deeply concerned" by the twelfth adjournment of his trial at a court in Egypt.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny Taoiseach Enda Kenny is expected to meet opposition parties early next week in order to finalise proposed legislation supporting the inquiry into certain IBRC transactions.

Irish and Northern Ireland solicitors made up 10 per cent of calls to a helpline for legal practitioners last year. LawCare received 907 calls from 496 lawyers and legal professionals from across Ireland and the UK last year, a slight increase on the 473 who called the helpline in 2014.

Alastair Ross, chair of the Northern Ireland Assembly's justice committee Northern Ireland prisoners made 8,848 complaints about prison conditions to the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) over the past 11 months, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court will today resume jury selection for the trial of four prominent bank officials after running out of potential jurors on Friday. An enlarged 15-member jury will hear the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank (AIB) executive William McAteer as well as three other bank chiefs

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin Government minister Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has opened up the prospect of introducing new offences related to social media abuse, the Irish Examiner reports.

Alain Spilliaert, the family's lawyer The lawyer acting for the family of French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier, who was killed in Ireland in 1996, has welcomed the appointment of a new judge to an inquiry into her death.

John Cronin, event moderator and McCann Fitzgerald partner A leading Irish law firm will host a seminar in London tomorrow on the UK's upcoming referendum on the European Union.

This year's first quarterly meeting of the Northern Ireland Business and Human Rights Forum will take place on Friday 29 January. It will include three presentations from Chris Stewart, head of policy at DETI; Stephen Hillis of Ingeus; and Grace Peacock from the Federation of Small Business.

Catherine McKinnell Catherine McKinnell has quit as Shadow Attorney General in the UK Labour Party's shadow cabinet over concerns about the direction of the party under leader Jeremy Corbyn.

The High Court of Justice in the Northern Ireland Chancery Division has found that the Charity Tribunal incorrectly ruled that individual charity trustees did not have standing to seek review of decisions by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. The background to the case concerned a decision

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Radical new legislation will empower the Legal Aid Board (LAB) to raid the bank accounts of legal aid recipients who are expected to repay some or all of their costs, the Irish Independent reports.

Ireland's former attorney general Patrick Connolly, who was embroiled in the scandal surrounding the arrest of murderer Malcolm MacArthur, has passed away at his home in Dalkey. The formidable barrister served as attorney general between March-August 1982, resigning after Mr MacArthur was arrested o

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has announced the first phase of a new pilot mentoring system for young people coming to the attention of An Garda Síochána.