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A man who was convicted of cultivating over one hundred cannabis plants in the attic of his home in Tipperary has lost an appeal against the severity of the five-year sentence imposed upon him by Clonmel Circuit Court. Finding no error in principle with the sentence, Ms Justice Máire Whelan s

Dozens of appeals which may not have been heard until 2020 or 2021 have been brought forward as early as October in anticipation of the expansion of the Court of Appeal. Priority cases were given new dates at a special callover in the Court of Appeal this morning.

Legislation providing for the phased introduction of eight additional weeks of unpaid parental leave has been brought into force. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan yesterday signed the commencement order for the Parental Leave (Amendment) Act 2019, which was originally introduced as a private member

A defendant in an insurance claim has become the first person to deliver evidence by video link to the newly-refurbished Mullingar Court. Natalie Crooks, represented by BLM, was allowed to give evidence to the court from the law firm's London office due to her childcare commitments.

Embassies cannot rely on diplomatic immunity to prevent workers from bringing claims under Irish employment law, the Labour Court has said. The Labour Court has determined that an academic adviser working at the Kuwaiti Cultural Office in Dublin may bring an unfair dismissal case which the Workplace

The Hibernian Law Journal launched its 18th Volume at a special ceremony held in the Blue Room at the Law Society of Ireland and attended by members of the judiciary, academia and the wider legal community.

The Standards in Public Office Commission has called for a "full legislative review" of electoral legislation to ensure it is fit for the 21st century. The ethics watchdog warned that the Electoral Act 1997 is "now over 20 years old and requires modernisation".

Almost three-quarters of the Garda Inspectorate's recommendations on modernising the fixed charge processing system (FCPS) have been implemented, according to a new report. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan and Transport Minister Shane Ross today published a progress report on the implementation of

Drugs and gang crime expert Dr Johnny Connolly, a research fellow at University of Limerick School of Law, addressed a Policing Authority meeting this morning on community safety oversight. Dr Connolly, a member of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland, joined others on the panel for t

Facebook has been ordered to pay a record-breaking $5 billion penalty by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for privacy violations following an investigation into its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The FTC alleges that Facebook failed to safeguard user data from third parties and used t

ByrneWallace has advised a developer on its deal with Tristan Capital Partners to finance a major housing development near Dublin. Twinlite has secured planning permission for 243 housing units at the site on Village Road in Aiken's Village, Stepaside, Co Dublin.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that UK authorities fulfilled their duty to carry out an effective investigation into the killing of six military policemen in Iraq in 2003. John George Miller, whose son Corporal Simon Miller was among those killed, complained to the court that the inves

An angry Cork judge postponed sentencing for a man found guilty of threatening behaviour after he turned up to court wearing shorts. Judge Olann Kelleher, putting the case back to Friday, said: "You cannot come to court in shorts."

An environmental activist network has been granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the implementation of secondary legislation introduced in January 2019 pending the outcome of judicial review proceedings contending that the legislation is invalid. Stating that the transitional provisions ga

The Bar of Ireland will more closely monitor the level of unpaid fees owed to junior barristers under the "antiquated" District Court legal aid scheme following a unanimous decision of the Bar AGM. Under a revised Code of Conduct, barristers will be required to submit details of outstanding fees owe