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A coalition of more than 50 civil rights groups, security experts and tech companies including Apple, Google and Microsoft have signed an open letter calling on GCHQ to abandon proposals for eavesdropping on encrypted conversations. Under the so-called "ghost protocol", the providers of end-to-end e

A new art installation at Queen's University Belfast School of Law celebrates women working in all aspects of the law in Northern Ireland, including the future generation of legal professionals.

Numerous fraud convictions have been made unsafe following the collapse of a trial yesterday in which the prosecution's expert witness was found to have no academic qualifications. Andrew Ager was involved in 20 previous trials and up to 50 police investigations into allegations of fraudulent carbon

Judges in the Netherlands have banned the biker club Hells Angels and ordered that its chapters be closed as authorities crack down on motorcycle gangs. It is the first ban for the club, which operates 470 chapters in 56 countries, The Guardian reports.

A convicted criminal made gaffe after gaffe after accidentally shooting himself in the testicles while smuggling drugs in his rectum, police say. Cameron Jeffrey Wilson, 27, is believed to have been carrying a pistol in his front jeans pocket when it accidentally discharged, sending a bullet through

The Supreme Court has overturned a decision of the High Court which declared that section 9(1)(b) of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 offended the constitutional right to remain silent. Also finding that the definitional elements of the crime under this section were clear, Mr

Ireland's present defamation laws pose a "major threat to press freedom", the Press Council of Ireland has warned. Seán Donlon, chairman of the Press Council, said the Defamation Act 2009 had led to juries making "substantial awards which were subsequently deemed excessive by higher courts, i

The Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) opened 169 legal cases last year, a 17 per cent increase on the year before, according to new figures. The NGO, which runs an independent law centre, has called for urgent immigration reform as it launches its Impact Report 2018.

Ireland's family law system is "broken and failing the most vulnerable in our society", solicitor Helen Coughlan has warned. Ms Coughlan, vice-chair of the Law Society's family and child law committee, made the remarks to the annual general meeting of Treoir, the national federation of services for

Legal rights group FLAC has appointed Ingrid Colvin as its new volunteer and clinics co-ordinator. Ms Colvin, who has worked in the community and voluntary sector for over 20 years, will build volunteer capacity in FLAC clinics in Dublin and Cork, through working with local Citizens Information Cent

A civil servant working for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has been found guilty of breaking the Official Secrets Act in connection with the prosecution of a suspected murderer. Jonathan Lennon, 35, denied four counts of disclosing information to three named men about the arrest of a susp

Barrister Deirdre Conroy, who launched the landmark D v Ireland case in the European Court of Human Rights, has been elected to Dublin City Council. The case centred on a person “D”, later identified as Ms Conroy, who sought an abortion outside the State after receiving a diagnosis of fa

A man convicted of possessing explosives and making hoax bomb threats has failed in an appeal against his conviction which focused on his Irish language rights during the trial. Lawyers for Dónal Billings, 67, whose trial at the non-jury Special Criminal Court was heard in both Irish and Engl

Cork barristers presented €7,500 to two cancer charities after a fundraising coffee morning in memory of their late colleague, Jane Anne Rothwell BL.

A set of six historic bollards which used to mark the boundary of Kilkenny Courthouse have been sold at auction for €4,600. The 19th-century bollards were removed from the courthouse around a decade and a half ago during renovations by the Courts Service.