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A Dublin man has lost a challenge to the constitutionality of mandatory minimum sentence provisions for possession of a firearm on more than one occasion. Wayne Ellis, 35, had pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of a firearm in suspicious circumstances as well as certain ar

Thirteen complaints have been lodged by asylum seekers with the Children's Ombudsman since it began accepting complaints from children in Direct Provision in April. The Ombudsman told RTÉ's Morning Ireland that complaints have been received about the variety and nutritional value of food, overcrowd

Photo credit: Gage Skidmore - Flickr: Joe Arpaio, CC BY-SA 2.0 An Arizona sheriff beloved of conservatives for his hard-line policing policies has been found guilty of criminal contempt.

The State has been granted an order dismissing proceedings brought by a man against various public bodies on the grounds that they were an abuse of process. In addition to a number of orders, Mr Justice Robert Eagar granted the State an Isaac Wunder Order – restraining the man from bringing any fu

The Legal Aid Board has deferred its plans to restrict referrals to the family law panel of the Private Practitioner District Court Panel to priority matters only. The plan had come under fierce criticism from The Bar of Ireland, and the Children's Rights Alliance warned that it could impinge on the

Mrs Justice Susan Denham In her final address as Chief Justice of Ireland, Mrs Justice Susan Denham said the Irish judiciary "has been the Cinderella of the three sisters — the three great organs of State, the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary".

Keith Walsh The Law Society of Ireland and FLAC have renewed their calls for the Government to remove economic barriers for vulnerable people in domestic violence cases by scrapping the fee for accessing legal representation.

Pictured (l-r): Mark Thorne (Managing Partner), Kelly O'Hara (Partner and Head of Real Estate), and Paul Eustace (Partner, Real Estate) Dublin-based Dillon Eustace has announced the appointment of Kelly O’Hara as a partner and head of the firm's real estate team.

More than 25,000 people received legal advice from FLAC last year, according to the organisation's annual report for 2016. A total of 25,710 people either received legal advice from volunteer lawyers at legal advice clinics across Ireland or legal information from FLAC's telephone information and re

A judge has said that existing contempt of court laws are hopelessly inadequate in curbing social media commentary which has the potential to interfere with ongoing trials. Judge Melanie Greally also said that there is no right for anyone to express themselves over social media in relation to an ong

The UK Supreme Court will sit in Belfast for the first time next year, the Belfast Telegraph reports. The court sat outside of London for the first time earlier this year when it sat in Edinburgh.

Colin Reid Social workers have warned the implementation of the so-called "rape clause" in Northern Ireland could open them up to prosecution, The Guardian reports.

David Stanton The Government of Ireland is not proud of "the serious wrongs" made in its past, minister of state David Stanton said following an examination by a UN expert committee on torture.

Department of Justice officials are concerned that news reports about compensation payouts by parole authorities in the UK because of delayed hearings will inspire lawsuits in Ireland. According to The Irish Times, sources in the Department say they are concerned by reports that 463 cases were taken

Staff at the Belfast office of A&L Goodbody have raised £1,000 for charity partner Age NI through a sponsored Spinathon.