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The Government is considering the case for a French-style "right to disconnect" law to ensure workers do not feel obliged to check work-related emails outside of office ...

A bill to require nearly a third of all housing developments to be set aside for first-time buyers is set to be introduced by Fianna Fáil next ...

The number of suspected hate crimes referred to prosecutors in Northern Ireland increased by six per cent in the past year, according to new figures. The Public ...

An obituary of Northern Ireland barrister Michael Lavery QC, who passed away in April, has been published by The Irish Times. The obituary recognises Mr Lavery as ...

Road safety officials have called for an investigation into wildly disparate conviction rates for drink driving offences in different Irish counties. New Courts Service figures have revealed ...

The Irish Association of Law Teachers (IALT) has issued a call for papers for its 2019 annual conference. The conference will take place in Limerick this November ...

Hundreds of Department of Justice staff are being moved into new positions over the next five weeks as part of a period of "unprecedented change", according to ...

Tens of thousands of Irish motorists are driving with UK licenses in spite of a warning that they could become invalid after a no-deal Brexit. Up to ...

Beach authorities have revised public nudity rules to allow the display of "buttocks" after a concerned resident complained about lifeguard uniforms. The resident wrote to the local ...

Sitting as a Coroner in the inquest on the death of a 19-year-old man in Derry in 1972, Judge Patrick Kinney has found that the soldier who ...

There is no legal basis for requiring the Public Services Card (PSC) to access many public services which now require it, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) has ...

The Law Society of Ireland is expected to save around €2.5 million over the next three years after winning a vacant site levy appeal. A one-acre portion ...

The Government has set out the national standards for asylum seeker accommodation and reception centres in Ireland following engagement with the UN and various NGOs. Minister David ...

Love Island winner Greg O'Shea has been appointed as a paralegal at A&L Goodbody in Dublin. Mr O'Shea, 24, partnered up with Amber Gill in the latest ...

The Law Society of Ireland's mentorship programme for women wishing to advance their careers to a senior level has now opened for applications from mentees. The redesigned ...