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Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency for the first time since the civil war following violent clashes between the Sinhalese and Muslim communities. Soldiers have been deployed across the island in an attempt to quell the unrest, which so far has centred in and around the city of Kandy in the

A retired member of An Garda Síochána has lost an application for discovery of all documents considered by the Minister for Justice and Equality in a decision to refuse his claim for compensation. Stating that the issue arising in the judicial review proceedings brought by the former Garda was the

The Government has approved plans to draft new legislation to introduce presumptive minimum sentences for repeat sexual offenders. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan announced the decision today alongside Cabinet colleague Kevin "Boxer" Moran, who introduced a private member's bill making similar pro

Dr Laura Cahillane The University of Limerick will benefit from meetings and events with judges of the Supreme Court as they sit in Limerick for the first time.

Shane O'Donnell Irish merger and acquisition (M&A) activity reached record levels last year, according to the latest annual report from William Fry.

Stuart Mansfield Arthur Cox has welcomed an "encouraging" report showing growth in the value of new loans approved for small and medium Northern Ireland enterprises.

https://twitter.com/DeptJusticeIRL/status/970726066494017536 Chief Justice, members of the judiciary, fellow Oireachtas members, Chairman of Limerick City and County Council, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.

Lord Lloyd-Jones The dangers of "judicial activism" have been "greatly exaggerated", according to Lord Lloyd-Jones, a justice of the UK Supreme Court.

A pilot court project dedicated to dealing with people convicted on summary complaint where alcohol has significantly contributed to their offending is being established at Glasgow Sheriff Court, our sister publication Scottish Legal News reports. The Alcohol Court, which is to be presided over by S

The draft Brexit agreement between the EU and the UK contains strong commitments to the Good Friday Agreement, the Belfast-based Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) has said. The human rights group has published its initial comments on the draft agreement, made public last week by the E

Angela Rafferty QC Criminal barristers are having to regularly skip breaks in order to get work done, the chair of the Criminal Bar Association has said.

Chief Commissioner Les Allamby The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has today published the first major report into Travellers' accommodation in almost a decade.

A man who was convicted of committing grievous bodily harm with intent has lost an appeal against his conviction, which he contended was unsafe due to irregularity in the trial judge’s taking of the jury’s verdict. Finding that the conviction was safe, Lord Chief Justice Declan Morgan was satisf

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan The Supreme Court will sit in Limerick for the first time today in the city's brand-new courthouse.

Men make up a narrow majority of Irish solicitors outside of Dublin, according to a newly-published break-down of practising solicitor numbers. For the first time, the Law Society of Ireland has published a breakdown of solicitor numbers by county and gender.