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Former PSNI chief constable Sir Hugh Orde has said he is "still furious" about the 2014 closure of the Historical Enquiries Team (HET), which he said should have been allowed to complete its work. In an interview with The Irish Times, the former police chief, who stood down in 2009, challenged the f

Co Donegal firm McMorrow & McLaughlin Solicitors has become the new sponsor of a weekly podcast promoting tourism to Bundoran. The firm, headed by principal Conor McLaughlin, has an office in the popular seaside resort and another in Letterkenny.

Lawyers joined the annual Belfast Pride parade in an organised bloc for a fourth consecutive year on Saturday.

Police should stop calling complainants "victims" in relation to sex offence allegations as it creates a presumption they are telling the truth, a former High Court judge has told The Times. Sir Richard Henriques, who authored a report for Scotland Yard into the failings of the VIP child abuse inves

A judge in Scotland has said the Lord Advocate and Solicitor General should experience work as ordinary prosecutors in a “Walmart approach” to prosecution, The Courier reports. Sheriff George Way was referring to a policy of the US retailer that sees senior managers spend a week per year

The Department of Justice has relaunched its campaign to raise awareness of paramilitary-style attacks and their impact on victims, families and wider society. The "Ending the Harm" campaign was first launched in October 2018 and tells the story of a paramilitary-style shooting from the point of vie

In a further sign that low interest rates are the new normal, Virgin Money has launched a new range of long term fixed rate residential and buy-to-let products, offering borrowers interest rate certainty for up to 15 years. The new products will include overpayments of up to 10 per cent per annum wi

A man who filmed himself throwing a fridge down a cliff while joking about "recycling" was ordered by police to drag it back up – by hand. Police made their own follow-up video of his Sisyphean effort and published it on Twitter, as well as slapping him with a €45,000 fine.

The Supreme Court has held that a pharmaceutical company should have been granted an interlocutory injunction restraining a generic competitor from infringing its (now expired) Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) for a combined treatment for cholesterol. Outlining the factors which a court sh

Dublin firm O'Connor Solicitors has grown through an "important strategic merger" with commercial and property law specialists Peter Morrissey & Company. Peter Morrissey, who led his firm for over 30 years and has practised for nearly 40 years, continues at the new firm as a partner in the comme

Dublin firm Reddy Charlton has announced the promotion of Niamh Gibney to senior associate. Ms Gibney joined the firm in 2013, qualifying as registered trade mark attorney in 2014 and as a solicitor in 2016.

The Government has announced what it calls "significant reforms" to the possession of drugs for personal use in Ireland, introducing alternatives to prosecution for first and second offences but rejecting decriminalisation. Liam Herrick, executive director of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (I

People found guilty of crimes linked to terrorism, paramilitarism and organised crime groups could now see their sentences reconsidered under the unduly lenient sentence (ULS) scheme. As of yesterday, almost 100 additional offences linked to terrorism, organised crime and paramilitarism are included

Lawyers for a man acquitted of rape last year have told a court that his legal entitlement to anonymity is being breached by Google search results of his name. Mícheál O'Higgins SC told Mr Justice Michael White that when his client's name is placed into the Google search engine the res

The UK Supreme Court has provided a date for a parole decision appeal by prisoner Michael Stone. Mr Stone was previously convicted of killing six people in 1988 during the Troubles and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. However, he was released under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement in 2000.