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A former boxing champion has been spared jail for taking part in an illegal bare-knuckle fight - and told by the judge to join a boxing club. Anthony Kelly, 40, knocked out Alan Clohessy, 29, in an organised fight which was filmed and uploaded to YouTube and Facebook.

The Commissioner of An Garda Síochána has lost an appeal against an order quashing the decision to request the resignation of a Garda accused of sexual assault. Finding that the Commissioner was deficient in responding to the assertion that the Garda had pleaded guilty only on the basis of recei

Sherwin O'Riordan Solicitors has announced the appointment of Deirdre Ardagh as a senior associate and Austin Gill as a solicitor. A former barrister, Ms Ardagh joins the firm's corporate and commercial department having previously worked as both an economist and a public policy professional in a nu

Dublin-based corporate law firm BHSM has announced the appointment of David Scott as a senior associate in the firm's healthcare and life sciences team. Mr Scott specialises in advising clients in the digital health, medical device, healthcare, software and pharmaceutical sectors with respect to reg

A root and branch review of the provision of civil legal aid is urgently needed, the Oireachtas justice committee has heard . Eilis Barry, CEO of FLAC, joined a range of legal experts and representatives of the legal profession this morning at a committee meeting on the issue of "Access to Justice a

High Court judges are making errors in law due to a lack of experience with certain types of banking cases, the Master of the High Court, Edmund Honohan SC, has claimed. Mr Honohan yesterday decided there should be a full hearing of a bank's claim for final judgment of €945,613 against a woman,

Arthur Cox partner John Donald has settled his case against the Garda Commissioner and the State over a mistaken armed raid by gardaí. Mr Donald and his wife, Helena Flanagan, brought an action for assault, false imprisonment, breach of privacy and infliction of emotional suffering to the Hig

The Policing Authority's chairperson, Josephine Feehily, will step down at the end of her term next month, according to reports. She is the inaugural chairperson of the Authority, having overseen its establishment at the start of 2016 as part of a programme of reform under former justice minister Fr

A new mentoring service aimed at helping to resettle people in the community after their release from custody has been established by the Probation Board for Northern Ireland and NIACRO.

A new "Know Your Rights" guide for children and young people has been launched by the Children's Rights Alliance. The comprehensive information guide, now available online, sets out children and young people's legal rights and entitlements in Ireland and has been written and designed in consultation

Pupils at Glenlola Collegiate School and Dalriada School have triumphed in the Belfast regional heat of the annual Bar Mock Trial Competition. A total of 16 schools competed at the Inn of Court and the Royal Courts of Justice and two will now proceed to the UK-wide final to be held in London next ye

The future of the internet is under threat from a "legal arms race" between jurisdictions unilaterally introducing quick-fix measures to address regulatory challenges, a landmark report has warned. Greater international cooperation is required to tackle issues including online extremism, data privac

A cattle farmer has been fined €6,000 because of the smell of dung and hay on his farm. Nicolas Bardy was ordered to pay the sum to his neighbours after a judge ruled that they had been disturbed by the smells.

The former Director of the Garda Juvenile Diversion Programme was “operating under an incorrect interpretation” of the Children Act 2001 in applying a blanket policy that once a juvenile offender reached the age of majority, they could not be admitted to the Diversion Programme irrespect

The Cabinet has approved the plans of Transport Minister Shane Ross to introduce graduated speeding penalties, The Irish Times reports. The proposals seek to impose sanctions on drivers according to the extent to which they exceed the speed limit.