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Children's Minister James Reilly Children's Minister James Reilly is considering the establishment of a new body to regulate the appointment of guardians in child care cases, The Irish Times reports.

The State has agreed not to demolish buildings at the heart of a High Court case to save properties said to be linked to the 1916 Easter Rising during a two-week adjournment, the Irish Examiner reports. The 1916 Relatives Association launched legal proceedings seeking to have a number of buildings o

Tralee Circuit Court has ordered a recount of votes cast in the 2014 local elections for the Listowel electoral area in North Kerry following a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year. Judge Thomas E O'Donnell made legal history by ordering a recount "afresh" for the first time in the Irish courts.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court yesterday completed jury selection for the trial of four prominent bank officials whose case will be heard by an enlarged 15-member jury. More than 270 prospective jurors answered their summons by appearing at the court last Friday, but too many were ruled out for the t

The High Court has awarded a teenage boy €51,244.56 in damages, after a fire in his home caused by a Hotpoint dishwasher caused him trauma, anxiety and distress. The plaintiff was acknowledged by the court to have been diagnosed with mild intellectual disabilities, resulting in him requiring a spe

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.