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Heather Heyer A 32-year-old paralegal was killed in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday in a terrorist attack allegedly carried out by a fascist and white supremacist.

A man who had his sentence reviewed from a wholly suspended sentence, to a five-year term of imprisonment pursuant s. 27A (8) of the Firearms Act 1964 has had his constitutional challenge to the legislation dismissed on appeal. Delivering the judgment of the three-judge Court, Mr Justice Birmingham

The UN Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) has published the findings from its recent examination of Ireland. The concluding observations published online include strong recommendations for action on immigration, healthcare, detention, violence against women, reproductive rights and historic abuse.

The families of victims of the Omagh bombing have launched a lawsuit against the PSNI's chief constable. A writ has been issued against Chief Constable George Hamilton (pictured), who has responsibility for both the PSNI and its predecessor, the RUC.

An Irish business association has raised concerns about potential "abuse" by workers of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014. The Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association (ISME) raised concerns about a Workplace Relations Commission case in which an employee retrospectively invoked the Protected

Matheson advised Deutsche Bank on a deal that represents the first AAA / Aaa rated public securitisation of pure auto loans in Ireland. The Dublin-based firm advised the bank's London Branch as arranger and lead manager, in relation to the €158.2 million asset backed securities issued by Citizen I

Arthur Cox has topped Mergermarket’s league table of Irish M&A legal advisers by volume of deals for the first half of 2017, advising on 17 transactions valued at €2,571 million. Over the past six months, firm advised on the acquisition of Fyffes by Sumitomo, the acquisition of Peacock Foods

Dublin-based firm Mason Hayes & Curran sponsored the University of Limerick's 2017 Company Law Prize.

Belfast lawyer Paul Tweed has secured an apology for the Duchess of York over false news stories claiming that she would swap personal details about Princess Diana for cash, The Irish News reports. Mr Tweed (pictured) said his client appreciated the "comprehensive and categoric" retraction and apolo

Modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT) in the UK is far more prevalent than previously thought, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA). A growing body of evidence resulting from an increase in law enforcement activity points to the numbers of victims being much higher than estimated, and

A director at Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin (CFR) is raising cash for charity Barnardo's by taking part in the Great North Run 2017. Michael Graham has already raised almost £600 on JustGiving ahead of taking part in the famous Manchester half marathon next month.

Amnesty International has condemned the execution of a man in Iran this week who was arrested and sentenced to death as a child, contrary to international law. Alireza Tajiki, who was 21 years old, was sentenced to death at the age of 16 in April 2013 after a criminal court convicted him of murder a

A prisoner who argued that the cessation of his state pension payments from the date of his detention was unconstitutional has successfully appealed his case in the Supreme Court. Finding that the statutory provision which disqualified prisoners from receiving such a benefit was contrary to the sepa

Thousands of letters to motorists, notifying them that their wrongly-imposed convictions and penalty points will be quashed, have been reissued because the State did not receive a response. Answering a written parliamentary question, Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan said a total of 9,380 letters ha

Malcolm Hurlston The number and value of debt judgments in Northern Ireland has increased substantially in the first half of 2017, the Registry Trust has said.