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The Irish Prison Service (IPS) has expressed concerns about the use of children by gangs who are smuggling drugs and contraband into prison. The agency has launched a new confidential phone line following reports that criminal gangs are inserting drugs into children in order to smuggle them through

A woman who was trafficked into Ireland and forced into sex work at the age of 14 has brought a High Court challenge to win backdated child benefit for her daughter. She says that her daughter, who was born in Ireland and has since been recognised as a refugee, was a refugee from birth and the child

A woman who was trafficked into Ireland and forced into sex work at the age of 14 has brought a High Court challenge to win backdated child benefit for her daughter. She says that her daughter, who was born in Ireland and has since been recognised as a refugee, was a refugee from birth and the child

Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland programme director at Amnesty International A majority of people in Northern Ireland would support the legalisation of same-sex marriage, a new poll has found.

Mr Justice Stephens The High Court in Belfast has ruled that the UK government's refusal to hold a public inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane was lawful.

Two legal challenges to the outcome of Ireland's marriage equality referendum will be heard by the Court of Appeal at the end of July. Both cases were dismissed by High Court President Nicholas Kearns earlier this month, but an appeal hearing has been set for 30 July, two weeks after the Dáil rises

Emily Logan The Good Friday Agreement will be damaged if the UK government scraps its Human Rights Act and withdraws from the European Convention of Human Rights, an Oireachtas committee heard today.

The High Court in Belfast has ruled that Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus did not breach its contract when it pulled out of Belfast International Airport (BIA) in 2012. The airline was accused of breaching a ten-year contract signed in 2007 when it shifted its services to George Best Belfast City Airpo

David Ford MLA Northern Ireland's justice minister David Ford has hailed new figures showing "great results" from the Organised Crime Task Force (OCTF).

Justice minister Frances Fitzgerald TD A controversial proposal to allow some alleged child abusers to cross-examine their victims will require "careful consideration", according to Irish justice minister Frances Fitzgerald.

Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs Seán Sherlock TD A delegation from the Government of Ireland is being questioned by the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights over the country's human rights record.

Mid-Ulster District police commander Superintendent Mike Baird The Police Service of Northern Ireland has warned young people to report disturbing interactions they have online, in the aftermath of a 17-year old schoolboy's death.

Justice minister Frances Fitzgerald TD The Government of Ireland is set to announce changes to legislation surrounding corporal punishment after the Council of Europe ruled the country's existing legislation did not satisfy human rights rules.

Northern Ireland’s largest law firm has withdrawn from all its major criminal cases in protest against rules that lower the level of legal aid payments the BBC reports. Solicitors and barristers in the country are to take the Justice Minister David Ford (pictured) to court as they mount a legal ch

The Christian directors of a bakery “unlawfully discriminated” against a gay man in refusing to accept his order for a “Bert and Ernie” cake bearing a caption supporting same-sex marriage. A judge at Belfast County Court held that the Ashers Bakery, run by husband and wife Colin McArthur and