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Over 680,000 public services cards (PSCs) were issued last year, bringing the total issued to over 3.03 million, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has revealed. The controversial PSC scheme, which has come under fire from privacy campaigners and data protection lawyers, has

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The founder of an organisation helping lay litigants fight repossession orders has lost his own case in the High Court, the Sunday Business Post reports. The court granted Pepper Finance a repossession order for the Kildare home of Byron Jenkins and Adrienne Jenkins.

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Police have launched a criminal investigation into the demolition of an historic Dundee mill. The derelict Halley's Mill, built in 1836, was demolished by Craigie Estates in May out of safety concerns.

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Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has told the Irish Examiner he backs a review of contempt of court laws but is restricted by a "very full-on legislative programme". The justice minister said he would also support a review of libel laws as he reflected on the use of social media during the Jobstown

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There are still 138 outstanding lawsuits involving the Irish Banking Resolution Corporation (IBRC), formerly known as Anglo Irish Bank, despite it being wound down in 2013, the Irish Examiner reports. Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe told TDs that the IBRC is currently defending 111 cases and is the

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Three major human rights groups have sent a joint letter to The Irish Times calling for an overhaul of electoral legislation that "violates civil society freedoms and democratic norms". The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), Amnesty International and Transparency Ireland said the Electoral Ac

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The Data Protection Commissioner has launched an investigation into whether Facebook is breaching the GDPR by failing to fulfil requests to hand over information it collects about users' web browsing. The social media giant collects information about other websites that Facebook users access using a

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The government of Ukraine has lodged a new application with the European Court of Human Rights against Russia. The case concerns the detention and prosecution of Ukrainian nationals on various criminal charges. There are now four Ukraine v Russia inter-state applications pending before the cour

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