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Charlie Flanagan Charlie Flanagan is Ireland's new Justice Minister following new Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's Cabinet reshuffle.

Attorney General Máire Whelan Several judges applied to fill the Court of Appeal vacancy which is set to be taken up by Attorney General Máire Whelan, The Irish Times reports.

Valerie Gibson Eversheds Sutherland has appointed Valerie Gibson to its financial services disputes and investigations (FSDI) team in Belfast.

Rosie Kinnear Lawyers representing the family of John Patrick Cunningham, who was shot by the British Army in 1974, have launched civil proceedings against British state agencies.

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Arlene Foster The Scottish Government has confirmed that it received correspondence about same-sex marriage legislation from then-Finance Minister Arlene Foster in September 2015.

Lord Kakkar The chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission has called on Parliament to "revisit" the statutory retirement age for judges, currently set at 70 years old.

A woman who challenged the legality of differential treatment of Northern Ireland residents who are not able to undergo an abortion free-of-charge under the NHS in England has had her appeal to the UK Supreme Court dismissed by a 3:2 majority. Delivering the leading majority judgment of the Court, L

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald A review by the Law Reform Commission of Ireland's surveillance laws has been postponed, the Irish Examiner reports.

The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry panel has called for the urgent implementation of its recommendations now that talks between Northern Ireland's political parties have resumed. The panel has written to the leaders of Northern Ireland's political parties, who are currently locked in negotia

Businessman Denis O'Brien has lodged an appeal against the High Court's decision to dismiss his case against Dáil Éireann, the Dáil Committee on Procedures and Privileges and the State over comments made in the Dáil about his financial affairs. Mr O'Brien had sought to challenge utterances made

Women who were forced to give birth in Mother and Baby Homes in Northern Ireland, and children born in the homes, have renewed their call for a public inquiry into abuses they say they suffered there. The call comes following an investigation by Detail Data into allegations of removal and forced ado

An Irish man described by the FBI as the world's 'largest facilitator of child pornography' will make a final legal bid this month to halt his extradition to the United States. Eric Eoin Marques, who is alleged to be the owner and administrator of an anonymous hosting site known as Freedom Hosting,

New figures have revealed more than 700 women from Northern Ireland travelled to England for an abortion last year. According to the Department of Health in England and Wales, 742 women from Northern Ireland travelled to England for an abortion in 2016, down from 833 in 2015.

A man who photoshopped his face onto a statue of Christ has been charged with offending religious sentiment. The 23-year-old placed his own face over an image of the Christ Disrobed statue, including with a ring through his septum, and posted it on Instagram last April.