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Non-payment of court fines was the reason for the overwhelming majority of committals to prison - particularly female committals - in 2015, according to new Irish Prison Service figures. A total of 78 per cent of 3,411 female committals to prison in 2015 were a consequence of the non-payment of a co

Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland's (PSNI) human trafficking unit have welcomed the jail terms imposed on a Romanian man and woman who admitted human trafficking and prostitution offences. Ilie Ionut, 34, and Ancuta Schwarz, 30, were arrested in Belfast three years ago as part o

Cardiff University’s Dr Arne Hintz, principal investigator of the project British citizens are worrying about their online presence in the aftermath of the Snowden leaks amid concerns over state surveillance, new research by Cardiff University has found.

Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan has urged UK residents to take their time before applying for an Irish passport in the wake of the UK's shock decision to leave the EU.

The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, will today receive an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws at the University of Edinburgh.

An AI chatbot has successfully challenged 160,000 parking tickets in London and New York. The brainchild of Joshua Browder, a London-born student at Stanford University, DoNotPay allows users to fight their parking tickets through a simple messaging interface.

The Northern Ireland High Court of Justice has found that the appropriate method for making a statement in court when the parties have agreed their dispute prior to the issuing of proceedings is for a summons to be issued. The procedural question was whether the parties had to issue proceedings, con

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald The Government has confirmed it has "no immediate plans" to introduce legal recognition for pre-nuptial agreements despite lobbying from the farming industry.

Michael Jackson, managing partner at Matheson The UK's decision to leave the European Union will have major ramifications for Irish and UK businesses, according to some of Ireland's biggest law firms.

Julie-Ann McCaffrey Belfast solicitor Julie-Ann McCaffrey has been elected vice-president of the European Young Bar Association (EYBA).

Pictured (l-r): Paul Frew MLA, Gerry McAlinden QC, Chantal Aimée Doerries QC, David Barniville SC, Alastair Ross MLA The Bar of Northern Ireland hosted the fourth Joint Bar Council meeting in Belfast on Friday, bringing together representatives from Bar Councils of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has published the reports of the fourteen prison visiting committees, which visit Irish prisons to hear prisoners' complaints.

Pictured (l-r): Colm O’Keeffe, Fidelma McManus, Fiona O’Neill, John White and Gavin Blake Beauchamps Solicitors has announced the appointment of four new partners to its construction & procurement, commercial property and energy & natural resources teams.

Attorney General Máire Whelan An Independent TD has urged Government ministers to ignore the advice of the Attorney General on the constitutionality of a proposed bill, the Irish Examiner reports.

The Court of Appeal has overruled an award of damages made by the High Court, in respect of personal injuries suffered by a woman during a taxi ride in 2007, finding that the award in relation to pain and suffering was disproportionate. The defendants had appealed against the judgment and order of t