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Four new members, including a solicitor and a legal academic, have been appointed to the Parole Commissioners for Northern Ireland. Ciaran McQuillan and Diane Nixon have been appointed as legal commissioners, while Deepak Anand and Dr Kate Geraghty have been appointed as psychology commissioners.

A Libyan man who is accused of making the bomb which destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988 is in US custody. Abu Agila Masud was charged by US authorities two years ago. They allege that he played a key role in the terrorist attack which killed 270 people.

The first public parole hearing in UK history is set to go ahead today following reforms to increase transparency and improve victims’ experience of the parole system. Convicted murderer Russell Causley, who killed his wife Carole Packman in 1985, will become the first prisoner to have a publi

A pair of identical twins accused of cheating in a university exam have won a €1.5 million defamation payout after arguing their genetic similarity played a decisive role in their similar answers. Kayla and Kellie Bingham were accused of "academic dishonesty" in 2016 following an eight-hour exa

Nearly three-quarters of Irish property professionals believe that 50,000 new homes must be built every year to solve the housing crisis, according to a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP. The business law firm surveyed more than 200 agents, developers and property managers at its recent ‘

Landmark legislation establishing a regulatory framework for online safety overseen by the new Coimisiún na Meán has been signed into law. The Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 will allow for the appointment of an online safety commissioner empowered to make binding online sa

English prosecutors have dropped a case against a 25-year-old woman accused of illegally procuring an abortion. The woman was reported to police after she underwent an emergency caesarean section 31 weeks into her pregnancy and was found to have evidence of abortion pills in her system.

Three murder convictions dating back to 1981 have been referred back to the Northern Ireland courts by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC). George Kirkpatrick, Eric Cullen and Cyril Cullen — the so-called Castlewellan Three — each received life sentences on 24 June 1981 for the k

Trinity College Dublin will next week host a roundtable discussion on censorship and freedom of the press, drawing on the experience of the Northern Irish Troubles. Organised by the Schuler Democracy Forum, in partnership with Boston College and the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Resear

The UK government should consider withdrawing controversial legislation aimed at addressing the legacy of the Troubles, the Council of Europe's human rights commissioner has said. In a report on the UK published today, human rights commissioner Dunja Mijatović said the UK government should reconsid

Irish barrister Michael M. Collins SC has been called as a Bencher of Middle Temple in London. Mr Collins was unanimously elected by a decision of the Benchers of Middle Temple at Parliament and called as an Ordinary Bencher at a Bench Dinner on 29th November 2022.

Almost 100 solicitors from across Mayo and the west of Ireland attended the recent Connaught Solicitors' Symposium 2022. Held at Breaffy House Hotel in Castlebar, the event was addressed by expert speakers in conveyancing and regulation highlighting key issues for local solicitors and their clients.

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University College Cork School of Law has announced the renewal of its nearly 20-year partnership with Temple University School of Law in the US. The transatlantic partnership, which was first forged in 2004, creates opportunities for study abroad and faculty exchange.

People in South Korea are set to become a year younger under new legislation scrapping the century-old "Korean age" counting system. Under the Korean age system, a person turns one on the day they are born and grows a year older on the first day of the new year.