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A record number of people were sent to prison in 2015, according to new figures from the Irish Prison Service. There were a total of 17,420 prison committals last year, topping a previous record of 17,319 in 2011, with 9,800 of the committals related to non-payment of court fines.

Mike Allen, director of advocacy Homelessness charity Focus Ireland has called for a referendum on incorporating a "right to a home" into the Constitution.

Portuguese workers who were illegally underpaid for their work on an Irish road project have been awarded €1.5 million in damages. Mr Justice David Keane, sitting in the High Court in Dublin, ruled that 27 Portuguese workers are entitled to recover damages over breach of their employment contracts

Sabine Walsh, president of the MII The Mediators' Institute of Ireland (MII) has proposed the use of independent facilitation services to support the process of forming a Government.

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers, has been ordered to submit an affidavit to the High Court in Belfast in the ongoing case brought by "the Hooded Men". The surviving members of a group of men who were allegedly tortured by the British Army during the Troubles are challen

A European inquiry into the e-commerce sector has found that widespread geo-blocking could be in breach of EU antitrust rules in some cases. The European Commission has published its initial findings from research conducted as part of an ongoing antitrust sector inquiry launched last year into the e

A refugee at the centre of a high-profile abortion controversy has launched a civil action for damages against the State. Ms Y is an asylum seeker who arrived in Ireland in early 2014 and unsuccessfully sought an abortion after discovering that she had become pregnant as a result of rape in her home

The Court of Appeal has overturned an award of damages in the sum of €67,450 made by the High Court in 2014 in favour of a supermarket employee who injured herself lifting a 10kg bag of potatoes in 2011. Ms Geraldine Martin, an employee of Dunnes Stores, had been working as checkout operator, when

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford has announced new measures to enhance the specialist court listing arrangements in Londonderry Magistrates' Court. Since 2011, domestic violence cases in the Londonderry jurisdiction have been heard on specifically assigned days and by the same judge.

Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon A Dublin law firm has written to the Data Protection Commissioner in the deepening row over the proposed shredding of symphysiotomy records.

Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, has backed the creation of problem solving courts in Northern Ireland.

Elliott Duffy Garrett Solicitors (EDG) were delighted to host 50 lawyers from across Europe at the TAGLaw European Regional Conference in Belfast on 11 and 12 March 2016. EDG is the sole Northern Irish member of the TAGLaw Global Law Firm Group. Founded in 1998, TAGLaw is an international alliance o

Pictured (l-r): Katie Buchanan and Emily Paisley Worthingtons Solicitors has announced the appointment of two solicitors on completion of their apprenticeships.

Statistics have been released on productivity and cases brought at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The institution as a whole

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled* the Dublin III Regulation allows member states to send an applicant for international protection to a safe third country, irrespective of whether it is the member state responsible for processing the application or another member state. Th