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The constitutional right to property is contributing to the housing crisis by preventing "radical and innovation" legislation on the matter, a senator has said. Independent Senator Colette Kelleher made the remarks ahead of the publication of a new report tomorrow, which will explore how the constit

A majority of Irish employers would be willing to hire an ex-offender if they were provided with support to do so, according to new research by SOLAS, the Further Education and Training Authority. SOLAS and Mountjoy Prison are jointly hosting an event at Ibec's offices today on the benefit to workpl

Northern Ireland lawyers Claire Edgar and Gráinne Murphy are in Norway this week for a major conference on domestic violence. The European Conference on Domestic Violence, which was previously held in Belfast in 2016, is meeting this week in Oslo.

A legal challenge by former SDLP councillor Máiría Cahill over the requirement for local election candidates to disclose their home address will come before the Northern Ireland courts this week. Ms Cahill, who is supported in her case by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (N

Law Centre NI has moved to new premises in Belfast with effect from today. The charity offers free independent legal advice and assistance in the areas of employment, social security, health & social care and immigration & asylum.

Belfast solicitor Charlene Dempsey will deliver a talk on advising clients in police custody at the next Northern Ireland Young Solicitors Association (NIYSA) CPD event. Ms Dempsey, of HHD Solicitors, is the guest speaker at the CPD event on Friday 20 September in Law Society House.

The average prison time for money laundering offences rose to a record high of 27 months last year after the introduction of new sentencing guidelines, the Financial Times reports. Research undertaken by Thomson Reuters showed that the average length of jail sentences for offenders convicted of mone

A massive haul of suspected drugs seized by airport security turned out to be cake mix for a vegan bakery, police have said. An employee of vegan pizzeria Purezza was transporting the white powder in 25 blue bags and was held up while waiting for tests to be completed.

A legal challenge brought by a cross-party group of parliamentarians to temporarily halt the effect of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s advice to Her Majesty the Queen to shut down the UK Parliament ahead of “Brexit day” has been rejected by Scottish judges, our sister publication Sc

Former Irish president Professor Mary McAleese is expected to be nominated as the next chancellor of Trinity College Dublin, according to reports. The Belfast-born barrister, who served as the eighth president of Ireland from 1997 to 2011, is frontrunner to succeed Mary Robinson – the seventh

Belfast solicitor Laura Banks has warned that the UK government could be brought to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) over its failure to legislate following a landmark ruling on Widowed Parent's Allowance. Ms Banks acted for Siobhan McLaughlin in the case, which was heard by the UK Supreme

The interim advocate for victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse has sought a meeting with Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith over fears that the prorogation of Parliament will set back legislation for redress. Conservative MP Simon Hoare, chair of the Northern Ireland select co

Plans to require childminders to register with Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, have gone out to public consultation. Children's Minister Dr Katherine Zappone yesterday launched the Draft Childminding Action Plan, which sets out proposals for improving access to high quality and affordable early

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has called on the Government to ratify the UN Convention on Enforced Disappearances (CED) in order to deliver justice for victims and survivors of mother and baby homes. Marking the International Day of the Disappeared, the civil liberties group said the

Former Irish president Mary Robinson has been named winner of the 2018 Tipperary International Peace Prize. Mrs Robinson, who also served as UN high commissioner for human rights and currently chairs The Elders, will be awarded the prize in recognition of her work to ensure that human rights issues