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Mr Justice Richard Humphreys will discuss legal questions arising from the debate on Irish unity with a prominent Belfast legal academic next week. The event, headlined "A Constitutional Conversation about the Future of our Shared Island", will see the High Court judge discuss the topic with Colin H

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has appeared before the Supreme Court to exercise its amicus curiae function in a significant case on the rights of persons with disabilities to have reasonable accommodations made in the workplace. The Commission is appearing as amicus curiae i

Patent applications filed by Irish businesses, firms and researchers with the European Patent Office (EPO) have grown at their highest rate in a decade. Applications from Ireland grew by 21.4 per cent in 2018, well above the 3.8 per cent average growth of the EPO 38 member states, according to the E

Residential property prices in Ireland rose by 5.6 per cent in the year to January 2019, according to new Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures. The slowed growth compares with an increase of 6.4 per cent in the year to December 2018 and an increase of 11.8 per cent in the year to January 2018.

The Council of Europe has reiterated its "serious concerns" about the delays in establishing the Historical Investigations Unit and other legacy institutions dealing with deaths during the Troubles. The Council's Committee of Ministers examined the issue during its latest regular review of the imple

International legal business DWF, with offices in Belfast and Dublin, has completed its initial public offering and is now trading on the London Stock Exchange, making it the UK's largest listed law firm. The entire issued ordinary share capital of 300,000,000 shares was today admitted to the premiu

A man who admitted attempting to carry a knife into the Criminal Courts of Justice complex in order to attack a man who was looking for bail has been jailed for two years. Sam Maughan, 24, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possessing a Stanley blade intending to incapacitate a perso

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Ireland is set to host a free forum offering a "fresh perspective" on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in Cork next week. Ms Justice Marie Baker of the Court of Appeal will chair the event, which will also hear from Eamonn Harrington of Comyn Kelleh

Jane Mulcahy, a PhD candidate at University College Cork (UCC), travelled to Edinburgh to hear two innovative US judges speak about "therapeutic justice".

An MP has been widely ridiculed after suggesting all knives in the UK should be fitted with GPS trackers to crack down on knife crime. Scott Mann, Conservative MP for North Cornwall, also said there should be a "national database like we do with guns".

Twenty years ago today, on Monday 15 March 1999, human rights lawyer Rosemary Nelson was murdered by loyalist paramilitaries. A bomb had been attached to the underneath of her car, and detonated when she pressed the brakes as she reached the bottom of the road from her home as she drove to her offic

A 29-year-old man who was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for defilement of a child under 17 has lost an appeal against the severity of his sentence. The man had met a 14-year-old girl on social media in 2015, and although her profile stated that she was 20 years old, he realised that she was

Northern Ireland prosecutors have announced that one former British soldier is to be charged with two murders and four attempted murders on Bloody Sunday in 1972. Lawyers for the families of those killed and wounded on Bloody Sunday have welcomed the prosecution, but voiced their disappointment that

New reports revealing systemic and persistent issues at Ireland's two women's prisons - including overcrowding, staffing shortages and increasing fears of homelessness on release - have prompted calls for Government action. The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has called on ministers to accelerate ef

The Department of Justice has announced the launch of a public consultation on Ireland's anti-fraud and anti-corruption structures and procedures in criminal law enforcement. A review group chaired by James Hamilton, former Director of Public Prosecutions and anti-corruption expert, is aiming to fin