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Community Law & Mediation (CLM), a community law centre and charity, has published a new report which calls for the establishment of a specialist law centre for children and young people in Ireland. The report, Meeting the Legal Needs of Children and Young People in Ireland and Enhancing Access

The number of people being taken to court for not paying their television licence has fallen significantly, despite a surge in evasion following the RTÉ payments scandal, The Irish Times reports. The decline in enforcement raises fresh questions over the effectiveness of the TV funding model,

An application for judicial review against the Department of the Environment and Invest NI was listed in the High Court in Belfast yesterday. The court, which listed the case for hearing on 22 October with a review on 10 September, heard that the case of Al-Haq in England and Wales may have an impac

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has written to health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to express concern that Ireland’s new system for organ donation, which comes into effect today is not fully understood by the public. ICCL has been contacted by members of the public who are c

Sir Donnell Deeny has been awarded an honorary degree by Trinity College Dublin. Trinity awards honorary degrees each year to recognise exceptional achievements by individuals in their respective fields. The other recipients were Linda Ervine, the driving force behind the Turas Irish language centre

Attorney General Rossa Fanning SC is to deliver the keynote address at the OUTLaw Network’s Annual Pride Party on 28 June. The morning will feature music, entertainment and plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues and friends. There will be coffee and bubbles before attendees join th

The Belfast Solicitors’ Association Annual Golf Day took place on 12 June at Belvoir Park Golf Club. A yellow weather warning had threatened to jeopardise the event but the golfers remained undaunted and were rewarded with fairly benign conditions before the heavens opened as the last group ma

A man who changed his name to Lucifer Of-Darkness had his assault charge called at court on Friday the 13th. Of-Darkness, 41, is accused of punching a man in Edinburgh, Scotland. Formerly Berkani Nahim, Of-Darkness allegedly caused severe injury to Christopher Jamieson on May 29.

A police operation to track down members of grooming gangs has been announced by the Home Office. The National Crime Agency (NCA) will target those who have sexually exploited children as part of a grooming gang, and will look at cases that were previously dismissed.

The head of the Irish Prison Service (IPS) warned the Department of Justice that a crackdown on undocumented migrants would result in dangerous and high-risk prisoners being granted early release to ease overcrowding. In a letter sent to the department in February 2024, IPS director general Caron Mc

The policing oversight body Fiosrú is taking legal action against An Garda Síochána over its alleged failure to comply with aspects of an investigation into the 2006 murder of Denis Donaldson, a former British agent and senior Sinn Féin official. The move was confirmed in

Justice minister Jim O’Callaghan attended a two-day meeting with his European counterparts in Luxembourg last week to discuss a range of issues including enhancing the internal security of the European Union; managing migration and increasing returns; and combatting serious and organised crime

Women continue to face systemic barriers to gender equality which particularly affect those from marginalised communities, the National Women’s Council (NWC) said today at the CEDAW (UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women) NGO hearing in Geneva.  The

Johnsons successfully acted for Gerry Adams in his high-profile defamation trial in the High Court against the BBC. 

Northern Ireland personal injury firm JMK Solicitors has appointed 13 new associate directors across a number of departments. Steven Gilliland and Karl O’Hagan have been appointed as legal services associate directors.