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Sex offenders in prison will be invited to take part in a treatment programme without admitting or talking about their crime under new Irish Prison Service (IPS) plans, according to reports. The prison service is seeking funding to establish a new programme inspired by the Canadian "Rockwood program

Nearly half of all speeding offences brought to court in the past two and a half years have been struck out because motorists have not been served with a summons, according to the Courts Service. Figures released to Independent TD Tommy Broughan reveal that 61,059 speeding offences were listed in th

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will speak about the Northern Ireland peace process at a discussion event hosted by UCC Law Society next week. The event, sponsored by A&L Goodbody, will take place on Tuesday 1 October, 7.30pm in Boole 2.

Dublin lawyer John O'Doherty, managing partner of KOD Lyons, has been appointed to the board of the National Gallery of Ireland. Mr O'Doherty, who also sits on the criminal law committee of the Law Society of Ireland, was appointed by Culture Minister Josepha Madigan following a public call for appl

Matheson partner Deirdre Dunne will present an award to the Matheson Women Mean Business (WMB) Female Entrepreneur of the Year next week. The law firm is sponsoring the award for a third year running and Ms Dunne, the firm's head of business development, is sitting on the judging panel.

Senior business leaders and energy industry experts in Ireland do not believe the State will achieve its renewable energy targets, according to a new survey carried out by Mason Hayes & Curran. The law firm surveyed nearly 200 delegates at its recent "Economics of Energy" event, and found that a

A former Northern Ireland barrister who gave up a 23-year legal career to become a nun five years ago has left the convent after being told she will not be allowed to take her final vows. Elaine Kelly joined the Sisters of the Adoration on the Falls Road in West Belfast in 2014, but left this week a

The remains of former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco can be removed from his burial place at the centre of a controversial state monument and reburied in a cemetery, the Supreme Court of Spain has ruled. In a unanimous ruling, judges rejected a legal challenge from Franco's grandchildren and thre

A group of 16 young people, including Swedish school strike activist Greta Thunberg, have brought a legal complaint to the UN over five countries' inaction on climate change. The children, all under 18 and one as young as eight years old, have brought a petition against Argentina, Brazil, France, Ge

A couple arrested for allegedly cycling while drunk made matters worse after they started having sex in the back of the police car and then attempted to flee, police have said. Aaron Seth Thomas, 31, ran naked from the vehicle after an officer intervened to stop the alleged backseat romance.

The Chief Constable of the PSNI has lost an appeal against the High Court’s ruling which quashed a decision not to take further steps to investigate the question of identifying and prosecuting individuals in relation to the treatment in custody of the "Hooded Men" in 1971. Delivering the leadi

Kilkenny firm Poe Kiely Hogan Lanigan Solicitors has announced a merger with M.J. Crotty & Son Solicitors with effect from next week. The development will see Martin J. Crotty join Poe Kiely Hogan Lanigan as a partner, bringing the firm's total number of partners to seven.

Extra security precautions were put in place at Longford District Court last week after gardaí were tipped off about a planned acid attack, according to reports. Special measures were put in place during two court sittings in relation to a trial involving known gangsters, the Irish Independen

Des Johnson, former director of planning at An Bord Pleanála, has today been appointed as chairperson of the Forestry Appeals Committee (FAC). Mr Johnson's appointment follows the retirement of Bart Brady, who was the inaugural chair of the committee following its establishment as an independ

An official review which found that Northern Ireland's ban on the purchase of sex has had "minimal to no effect" should be taken seriously by policy-makers south of the border, a lawyer has said. Northern Ireland's Department of Justice last week published the findings of Queen’s University Be