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The total value of debt judgments in the Northern Ireland courts fell by 40 per cent last year, according to new figures from the Registry Trust. There were only 54 judgments worth £4.5 million in the High Court in 2018, a 51 per cent drop in number, a 73 per cent drop in total value, and a 44

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Eight lobbyists were threatened with court action by the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) last year, the Irish Examiner reports. Prosecution proceedings were launched against registered lobbyists for failing to comply with reporting obligations under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015.

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A legal assistant who sued Irish Rail for defamation after being challenged on her use of an invalid train ticket has lost her case, the Irish Examiner reports. Nicola Dowd, based in Dublin, alleged that ticket inspectors had defamed, embarrassed, intimidated and shamed her in front of other passeng

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A judge warned a teenager from Co Clare that he would be sent to Oberstown for so long that he would return home with a Dublin accent if he breached his bail conditions again, the Irish Examiner reports. The 17-year-old boy, who is alleged to have committed a number of thefts last year, appeared bef

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Technology in the 21st Century is providing us with the means to communicate our thoughts and ideas across the planet in a way that would have been unthinkable, even 10 years ago. However good the technology is, it cannot pick up the subtleties of a language, the culture that underpins it, or even t

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A man has admitted that he tried to rob a bank because he wanted to be sent to a prison rumoured to have the best food. William Gallagher, 68, appeared in court in Wisconsin less than a year after leaving prison in New Jersey.

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Judge Gerard Haughton has been appointed to conduct a scoping exercise into the circumstances leading to a cyclist's death over seven years ago. Shane O'Farrell, 23, was killed in a hit-and-run near his home in Co Monaghan in August 2011. The driver of the car, Zigimantas Gridziuska, had dozens of p

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