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Dominic Willmott Nearly 50 per cent of all juries in rape cases decide on a guilty verdict before retiring to the jury room, according to new research.

A rare collection of records from the Limerick Police Force of 1922 have been made available online for the very first time.

Matthew de Courcy and Colleen Gildernew Dublin firm KOD Lyons has announced the appointment of Matthew de Courcy and Colleen Gildernew as senior associates.

A man who was convicted of sexual offences as a minor, and who now has over 70 convictions, has been unsuccessful in his application to serve a writ of summons out of the jurisdiction on Google. Sitting in the High Court in Belfast, Lord Justice Stephens refused leave to serve notice of a writ of su

Ireland will become much more isolated after Brexit as one of only two common law jurisdictions remaining in the European Union, leading Irish legal experts have warned. Paul Gallagher SC, a former Attorney General of Ireland, told a UCD Sutherland School of Law seminar on Friday that differences be

Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC, a prominent Irish barrister working in London, has warned the UK risks breaching the Good Friday Agreement if the Conservative government follows through with its planned repeal of the Human Rights Act following Brexit in March 2019.

A charity that provides court accompaniment services for children affected by child sex abuse has expressed concerns over the length of criminal trials. CARI analysed the cases of the 23 children who were subjected to child sex abuse and made use of the charity's services in 2016, finding that the a

Mrs Justice Susan Denham The Chief Justice of Ireland, Mrs Justice Susan Denham, unsuccessfully lobbied the Government to pay legal costs for judges investigated for misconduct, The Irish Times reports.

Cork commercial law firm O'Flynn Exhams Solicitors has appointed Cian Duane as an associate in the firm's private client team.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Embattled Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan unexpectedly announced her retirement yesterday with immediate effect.

A community group has been awarded over €450,000 in funding to redevelop the disused courthouse in Bailieborough, Co Cavan as an economic and tourism centre. The Bailieborough Development Association (BDA) has received an offer of funding of €100,000 under the Rural Economic Development Zones (R

Facebook has been successful in partially appealing a finding that it had misused private information in relation to the publication of the religion of a plaintiff’s three estranged children. Allowing the appeal, the Court of Appeal held that the publication of the children’s religion was a matt

Thousands of people took part in the Grant Thornton 5K Team Challenge on Wednesday, with Irish lawyers leading the way.

Pictured (l-r): Joe Dolan, Irish Hotels Federation President, Mark Adair, Partner at Mason Hayes & Curran, Emily Mahoney, Associate at Mason Hayes & Curran, Tim Fenn, Irish Hotels Federation Chief Executive Mason Hayes & Curran has launched a new guide on the EU General Data Protection R

Investigators from the Police Ombudsman's office have arrested a police officer this morning as part of an investigation into alleged misuse of social media. It was initiated after a decision by the Police Ombudsman, Dr Michael Maguire, to "call himself in" to investigate information he has been mad