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The UK government has said it may seek to prorogue Parliament again if the Supreme Court rules against it in the ongoing Brexit cases. A written submission explaining what the government would do if it loses the litigation has been published.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has reiterated its call for the Government to comply with the legal directions of the Data Protection Commission (DPC) on the Public Services Card (PSC) scheme. Responding to the publication of the DPC's full report on Tuesday night, the civil liberties g

Northern Ireland's ban on the purchase of sex has had "minimal to no effect" on demand for paid sex, the number of sex workers or levels of human trafficking for human exploitation, according to research commissioned by the Department of Justice. The Department yesterday published the findings of Qu

Kate McKenna, partner in the EU, competition and regulatory law group at Matheson, highlights a recent EU case involving interim measures for competition law concerns and shares the Irish perspective. On 26 June 2019, the EU Commission opened a formal investigation to determine whether US chip-makin

O'Flynn Exhams Solicitors has bid farewell to Fionn O’Carroll, Lauren Dermody, Anna Leahy and Darragh Muldoon on their completion of the firm's four-week summer internship programme. The programme is designed to give participants an introduction to a career in law, with participants gaining th

A one-day seminar on the legal and medical impact of birth injuries hosted by Augustus Cullen Law will raise funds for the Jack and Jill Children's Foundation. The medical negligence seminar, taking place in Dublin this December, will address topics including period payment orders versus lump sum pa

The Crown Prosecution Service is "in denial" about declining rape prosecutions and convictions, the victims' watchdog has told The Times. Recent figures from the CPS show that while recorded rapes have increased over the past six years to 58,657 in 2018, charges, prosecutions and convictions for the

A Zimbabwean asylum seeker whose human rights claim to remain in the UK was refused by the Home Secretary has had an application for judicial review of a decision that he had not made a fresh claim to remain in the country dismissed. The petitioner “GC” argued that, as an “openly g

A drunk man commandeered a milk float after losing all his money at the gambling tables, a court was told. James Cooper, 31, took control of the truck at 5:30am following a night of revelry in which he had 10 pints, The Times reports.

The Adoption Authority of Ireland has been granted an order dismissing proceedings brought by a woman whose child was adopted in 1980. The woman was 16 at the time and submitted that the circumstances surrounding the adoption of her daughter entailed a breach of her rights. Granting the order to dis

The Data Protection Commission is planning to launch enforcement proceedings against the Department of Social Protection in relation to the Public Services Card (PSC) scheme, according to reports. The watchdog's report on the scheme, which found that its expansion had no legal basis, was published b

Draft legislation to extend the European health insurance card to all residents of Northern Ireland has been announced by the Government. Speaking in the Dáil yesterday, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said legislation would be in place by the end of October, when the UK is currently planning to leave

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has called for a "clear and consistent regulatory approach" to digital political advertising and campaigning. The watchdog yesterday published new research by the Institute for Future Media and Journalism (FuJo) at DCU on political advertising activity on

The trial of the former British soldier known as "Soldier F" in connection with two murders and four attempted murders on Bloody Sunday in 1972 has been adjourned until December. At a committal hearing in Derry District Court this morning, Judge Barney McElholm granted an adjournment to allow the de

A new book published by the Irish Architectural Archive (IAA) explores the architecture of Irish court houses from the early 17th century to the modern day. Ireland's Court Houses, edited by Paul Burns, Ciaran O'Connor and Colum O'Riordan, was launched in Dublin last night by the Chief Justice of Ir