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A host of prominent human rights lawyers and activists will address the sixth annual Belfast International Homecoming Legal Symposium later this month. The event at Law Society House will address issues including freedom of speech and press freedom; human rights in the Supreme and European courts; t

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A well-respected chef arrested on suspicion of possessing cannabis has told police he was simply looking for "new flavours". Police say they found two cannabis plants, around two metres tall, at his home, as well as half a kilogram of Indian hemp.

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More than 3,200 sexual offences were reported to gardaí in the year to June, representing a 9.2 per cent increase on the previous year. Commenting on the figures, included in the latest CSO crime statistics, Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan said he welcomed the fact that "more victims a

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A majority of legal staff at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) are suffering from trauma as a result of their work, according to an internal report. The report, authored by barrister and trauma expert Jennifer Bulbilia and seen by The Irish Times, was commissioned by the D

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Matheson partners Pat English and Gráinne Callanan addressed the American Chamber of Commerce's (ACC) southern conference and presidents' dinner in Cork. The law firm sponsored the conference, which took place at University College Cork and featured three panel discussions on the topics of in

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Italy's Constitutional Court has ruled it is not always a crime to assist in the death of someone experiencing "intolerable suffering". The country's parliament is now expected to debate the matter, which came to the fore during the trial in Milan of an activist who helped a tetraplegic man die in S

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An Irish solicitor's Twitter thread about US railroad tracks went viral over the weekend, being shared nearly 50,000 times and garnering over 120,000 likes. Bill Holohan, partner at Holohan Lane, took to the platform to share a popular anecdote tracing the US standard railroad gauge back to Roman ti

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A prison has been forced to change over 3,000 locks after a locksmith was arrested amid suspicion he was selling duplicate keys to prisoners. Prison authorities called police after becoming concerned that some of the 1,400 inmates at HMP Wandsworth in south-west London had obtained keys to their cel

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