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Legal rights group FLAC has appointed Ingrid Colvin as its new volunteer and clinics co-ordinator. Ms Colvin, who has worked in the community and voluntary sector for over 20 years, will build volunteer capacity in FLAC clinics in Dublin and Cork, through working with local Citizens Information Cent

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A civil servant working for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has been found guilty of breaking the Official Secrets Act in connection with the prosecution of a suspected murderer. Jonathan Lennon, 35, denied four counts of disclosing information to three named men about the arrest of a susp

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Barrister Deirdre Conroy, who launched the landmark D v Ireland case in the European Court of Human Rights, has been elected to Dublin City Council. The case centred on a person “D”, later identified as Ms Conroy, who sought an abortion outside the State after receiving a diagnosis of fa

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A set of six historic bollards which used to mark the boundary of Kilkenny Courthouse have been sold at auction for €4,600. The 19th-century bollards were removed from the courthouse around a decade and a half ago during renovations by the Courts Service.

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By Brian Welsh, CEO of Insight Legal In most industries, the process of transferring software suppliers will involve some degree of migrating data from your current system to a new system. Today’s legal sector is no different, and you would expect your new supplier to charge some sort of fee t

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A motorist was spared a costly fine after a white dove passed in front of speed cameras at the perfect moment. Police in the German city of Viersen joked that the "Holy Spirit", often represented by a dove, had intervened to stop them identifying the driver of the car.

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The Data Protection Commissioner, Helen Dixon, has been reappointed by the Government for a second five-year term. Ms Dixon was initially appointed to the role in September 2014 and has overseen the significant expansion of the remit of the Data Protection Commission (DPC), particularly following th

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Arthur Cox partner Paul Robinson passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on the weekend, the firm has announced. The M&A lawyer, who was based in Dublin but originally from Co Donegal, joined the firm as a trainee more than two decades ago.

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