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More than 43,000 mortgages worth almost €9.3 billion were approved in 2017, according to the latest figures from the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI). The mortgage approvals report for the year ending December 2017 revealed that the volume of mortgage approvals increased by 23 per

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) will tonight launch a major report on the future of policing. The human rights group will officially launch its submission to the Commission on the Future of Policing (CFP) in Dublin at 6pm.

David Gauke The Lord Chancellor has lost an appeal to a ruling that transitional pension arrangements for over 200 judges amount to unlawful age discrimination.

The next commissioner of An Garda Síochána will be allowed to hire their own staff, The Irish Times reports. A document drawn up by the Department of Justice for Cabinet says that potential candidates to replace the former commissioner Nóirin O'Sullivan will likely require reassurance that they c

A coroner was wrong to restrict the scope of inquests into the Birmingham pub bombings, the High Court in England has ruled. Sir Peter Thornton QC has been ordered to reconsider his decision last summer to restrict the scope of the new inquests, excluding the names of the alleged perpetrators.

A weekend of events to mark 200 years since Sligo Gaol opened is set to take place this September. Friends of Sligo Gaol have organised the bicentennial weekend from 7-9 September 2018 with encouragement from Sligo County Council, who have designated 2018 as the "Year of Sligo Gaol".

Women partners at law firms in London are paid 24 per cent less than their male counterparts, according to new research. The figure is one of the key findings from a survey by Major, Lindsey & Africa of 180 partners representing 67 firms. The survey was sent to Magic Circle firms, the top 30 UK

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has apologised to a man over a series of failings by prosecutors and police which led to him being placed on bail for almost two years and tried for rape. Liam Allan, 22, from London, had been charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault.

ed surge in such applications coming from certain third countries which are thought to present real security concerns?

The Bar of Ireland believes Ireland can become a leading legal services centre if the Government can encourage private companies to use Irish law in the drafting of contracts, The Irish Times reports. Most multinationals in Europe use English law as the governing law of contract, but this could chan

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Ireland is taking steps to reduce delays in having cross-border family law judgments recognised and enforced, Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said.

Dr Carol Coulter Allegations of child sex abuse, including one case involving abuse by multiple people, and lack of adequate services for severely disturbed and mentally ill teenagers dominate the publication of 16 new reports today by the Child Care Law Reporting Project (CCLRP).

A Dublin-based firm has announced that it will accept Bitcoin payments from clients in what it believes is a first for an Irish law firm. In a statement, Cosgrove Gaynard Solicitors said it had "decided to accept Bitcoin after receiving requests from a number of clients".

Kieran McGarrigle Arthur Cox has welcomed new figures showing a nearly 30 per cent decline in company insolvencies in Northern Ireland in the last quarter of 2017.

Carol Sinnott Immigration lawyers have warned the Department of Justice that a new policy disqualifying people from Irish citizenship if they have left the country for six or more weeks during the residency period may be unconstitutional.