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Dr Conor Hanly, lecturer at NUI Galway School of Law and author of the 2009 book Rape and Justice in Ireland, writes for Irish Legal News today on the issue of anonymity for rape defendants. The trial in Belfast of Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding for rape brought the issue of defendant anonymity int

Jade Gabriel, a solicitor in Cleaver Fulton Rankin's private client team, has been awarded an advanced certificate in the administration of trusts. The award is a key milestone on her road to qualifying as a trust and estate practitioner with the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), hav

The Department of Justice has issued an urgent call-out to find hotels and guest houses willing to provide emergency accommodation for asylum seekers, The Irish Times reports. The move comes days after a devastating fire at a hotel in Rooskey which had contracted with the Department to house 80 asyl

Draft legislation to restore the right to citizenship to all children born in Ireland will be debated in the Dáil on Thursday. The Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Restoration of Birthright Citizenship) Bill 2017, brought by Solidarity TD Paul Murphy, would repeal sections 6(a) and 6(b) of

An ILN reader spotted this sign opposing domestic violence outside a lawyer’s office in the Andalusian city of Málaga, Spain. He said: “I walked past this lawyer’s office a few times and saw people stopping to have their photo taken with the sign.

A Belfast man has been jailed after kicking a taxi driver out of his car and telling him "it's my turn to drive". Michael Mallon, 27, subjected the taxi driver to verbal abuse after being told the cost of the fare, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

A security officer who brought a personal injury claim against a delivery driver, Tesco and Brennans Bread has had his appeal dismissed in the Court of Appeal. In the High Court, it was found that the relationship between the two men involved “jokes, banter and the odd physical engagement&rdqu

Arthur Cox has announced the appointment of David Kilty, Órlaith Molloy, Siobhán McBean, Conor McCarthy and Olivia Mullooly as partners in the firm's Dublin office. Mr Kilty joins the tax team while Ms Molloy joins commercial property, Ms McBean joins asset management and investment fu

Dechert has announced the appointment of Carol Widger as new managing partner of the global law firm's Dublin office. Ms Widger, a senior financial services specialist, brings expertise advising fund promoters, fund managers, AIFMs, and other firms providing services to investment funds.

The Government is set to present judges and the Courts Service with interim proposals to bring down personal injury awards, the Irish Independent reports. It comes amid concern that reform has been proceeding too slowly since the Personal Injuries Commission published its second and final report las

The State is to ask the Supreme Court to hear its appeal against a High Court ruling that sections of the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011 are inconsistent with EU law. Brian Murray SC, for the State, told Mr Justice Tony O'Connor it intends to apply to the top court to hear "a leapfrog a

An Irish father-of-one who claimed that his estranged Scottish wife had unlawfully retained their daughter in Scotland after the child underwent emergency cancer treatment there has had an application for a court order for the toddler’s return to Ireland dismissed. A judge in the Court of Sess

The Law Society of Ireland has paid out €240,000 to meet the liabilities of struck-off Co Carlow solicitor Imelda Leahy, The Irish Times reports. Ms Leahy, formerly practising as Imelda Leahy & Company Solicitors in Bagenalstown, was struck off in July after it was found she took over &euro

The Courts Service of Ireland has announced plans to centralise jury summons in order to improve the number of people showing up for jury duty, The Times reports. New figures reveal wide variations across the State in how many of the 11,000 people summoned for jury duty every month last year actuall

Penal reform campaigners have welcomed reports that plans for a 2,200-person "super-prison" in north Dublin have been abandoned. Deirdre Malone, executive director of the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT), told Irish Legal News that the news "demonstrates positive progress in Irish penal policy over t