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Dual-qualified pharmacist and barrister Michael Lyons has been elected vice-president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI) Council for 2019/20. The PSI is a public body and an agency of the Department of Health which regulates pharmacists and pharmacies in Ireland.

Law librarian Renate Ní Uigín has been elected president of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL). Ms Ní Uigín, a former solicitor who subsequently retrained as a librarian, has been the King's Inns librarian since 2014 and previously worked at the B

The UK Human Rights Blog – edited by barristers at 1 Crown Office Row – is seeking recent law graduates to contribute regular articles on human rights cases handed down by the courts in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Strasbourg. The blog is looking for about five contributors in total to

The Curragh Racecourse has unveiled a plaque in memory of Neville O'Byrne, former managing partner and chairman of William Fry.

Amnesty International has welcomed a recommendation from the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee that compensation for victims of Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) should progress as quickly as possible through Parliament. A redress scheme was one of the key recommendations of the Historical Insti

The body tasked with reviewing potential miscarriages of justice will come under scrutiny next week, The Times reports. The Westminster Commission on Miscarriages of Justice, established by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Miscarriages of Justice, investigates the ability of the criminal justice

The routine fast-tracking of legislation relating to Northern Ireland is "constitutionally unacceptable", a key Westminster committee has said. The House of Lords select committee on the constitution said the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill could have been "introduced earlier and proceed

A judge has imposed a strict "crowing schedule" on a rooster following noise complaints from neighbours. The rooster is allowed to crow from 8am to 10pm on most days and from 9am to 10pm on Sundays, and otherwise has to be housed in a "sufficiently soundproofed" place.

A man accused of offences relating to a car bomb in 1972 which killed two members of the UDR has lost an appeal against an order for his surrender on foot of a European Arrest Warrant. Finding that the question of whether the prosecution of John Downey would be an abuse of process due to the “

The proposed Judicial Council is set to be established by the end of the year following the passing of the landmark Judicial Council Bill by the Oireachtas yesterday. The bill provides for the establishment of a Judicial Council, composed of all members of the judiciary, and will provide for the fir

An expanded spent convictions scheme in Ireland would help to reduce reoffending and improve socio-economic outcomes in working class communities, an Oireachtas committee has heard. The justice committee today heard evidence on spent convictions from Senator Lynn Ruane; Fíona Ní Chinn&

Abortion access and same-sex marriage will be extended to Northern Ireland through secondary UK legislation if a Northern Ireland Executive is not formed by October under plans approved by MPs yesterday. In a free vote, MPs voted by 332-99 and 383-73 to support amendments to the Northern Ireland (Ex

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan is expected to secure Cabinet approval today for new legislation to implement divorce and blasphemy reforms following recent referendum results. He will ask his Government colleagues to approve the drafting of a Family Law Bill to reduce the living apart period unde

A former Ennis solicitor has admitted stealing nearly €150,000 from clients over a five-year period in order to pay debts. Michelle O'Keeffe, 55, pleaded guilty in Ennis District Court today to sample counts from 19 separate counts of theft, dated between January 2006 and December 2011.

Two men who were wrongfully convicted and served long sentences before being freed are taking their fight for compensation to the European Court of Human Rights, The Times reports. Sam Hallam, 31, and Victor Nealon, in his 50s, argue the law on compensation is incompatible with the right to a free t