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Jane Mulcahy, a PhD candidate at University College Cork (UCC), travelled to Edinburgh to hear two innovative US judges speak about "therapeutic justice".

Twenty years ago today, on Monday 15 March 1999, human rights lawyer Rosemary Nelson was murdered by loyalist paramilitaries. A bomb had been attached to the underneath of her car, and detonated when she pressed the brakes as she reached the bottom of the road from her home as she drove to her offic

An MP has been widely ridiculed after suggesting all knives in the UK should be fitted with GPS trackers to crack down on knife crime. Scott Mann, Conservative MP for North Cornwall, also said there should be a "national database like we do with guns".

A 29-year-old man who was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for defilement of a child under 17 has lost an appeal against the severity of his sentence. The man had met a 14-year-old girl on social media in 2015, and although her profile stated that she was 20 years old, he realised that she was

Northern Ireland prosecutors have announced that one former British soldier is to be charged with two murders and four attempted murders on Bloody Sunday in 1972. Lawyers for the families of those killed and wounded on Bloody Sunday have welcomed the prosecution, but voiced their disappointment that

New reports revealing systemic and persistent issues at Ireland's two women's prisons - including overcrowding, staffing shortages and increasing fears of homelessness on release - have prompted calls for Government action. The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has called on ministers to accelerate ef

The Department of Justice has announced the launch of a public consultation on Ireland's anti-fraud and anti-corruption structures and procedures in criminal law enforcement. A review group chaired by James Hamilton, former Director of Public Prosecutions and anti-corruption expert, is aiming to fin

Matheson has announced the formation of a "Diversity and Inclusion" scholarship in association with Trinity College Dublin (TCD). The scholarship will be open to second year undergraduate law students in TCD, including students on the Higher Education Access Route or the Disability Access Route to E

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has arrived in New York to take part in a programme of events to mark St Patrick's Day. During his seven-day visit, the minister will speak with senior US legal and judicial figures on developments in Ireland, including Brexit and on the Government-backed initiative

Eversheds Sutherland Ireland assisted ChannelSight Limited, a Dublin-based e-commerce and analytics company, on the raising of up to $10 million. The investment was made by a consortium led by Connected Capital, Nauta Tech and ACT Venture Capital.

Students at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) are set to mark the 50th anniversary of legal rights group FLAC with a special meeting to be addressed by three of its four founders. FLAC was founded in 1969 by four law students - David Byrne, Denis McCullough, Ian Candy and Vivian Lavan - after they were i

Criminology lecturer Michael Davidson has been appointed as a Trustee of the Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation. Mr Davidson joined the criminology team at Ulster University in 2016, and his research and teaching interests are in the areas of law enforcement, terrorism and political v

A German court is set to decide whether the country's government is breaking the law by allowing the US to use Ramstein military base for its covert drone programme, which the UK has played a “crucial and sustained role” in. Faisal Bin Ali Jaber, a Yemeni engineer, has brought the c

Airport customs officials have foiled an attempt to smuggle a looted Babylonian treasure dating from the second millennium BCE. The antiquity, believed to be worth at least hundreds of thousands of pounds, was identified in a customs declaration as a "carved stone for home decoration" worth just "30

A company which operates a nightclub in Dublin has successfully argued that it is entitled to set-off €52,000 owed to a security firm, in circumstances where the firm gave an indemnity for personal injury claims arising from acts, negligence, or failures in its provision of security services. I