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Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness Northern Ireland is heading for fresh elections following the resignation yesterday of deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.

Minister of State Eoghan Murphy The Government should establish a new commission of inquiry into personal injury claims, a working group has recommended.

Fíona Ní Chinnéide The number of Irish prisoners who have been hospitalised as a result of assaults, self-harm and drug incidents - particularly at Mountjoy Prison - is "shocking", the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has said.

Emily Logan, IHREC's chief commissioner The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) can appear as an amicus curiae in four cases involving conditions at Oberstown Detention Centre, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

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A judge who responded in kind to a defendant who called her a c*** has been cleared of misconduct. As he was being sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court for his ninth breach of an anti-social behaviour order in 11 years, John Hennigan, 50, directed the offensive term towards Judge Patricia Lynch QC.

Health Minister Michelle O’Neill Northern Ireland's Health Minister Michelle O’Neill has unveiled legislative proposals to protect mothers who breastfeed their children in a public place.

A man on trial in Belfast for allegedly procuring drugs intended to cause an abortion has seen his trial adjourned, prompting protests from his solicitor. BBC News reports that the man's trial at Belfast Magistrates' Court has been adjourned to Monday 23 January following an application from the pro

Muslim parents in Switzerland whose daughters were refused an exemption from compulsory mixed swimming lessons by authorities suffered no violation of their article 9 rights (freedom of thought, conscience and religion), judges in the European Court of Human Rights have unanimously ruled. The court

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will be delivering a Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Hutchinson v the United Kingdom on 17 January 2017 in a case concerning the complaint by a man serving a whole life sentence for murder that his sentence amounts to inhuman and degrading treatment a

Steven Agnew The Green Party in Northern Ireland has called for legislation to create an independent process for investigating breaches of the Ministerial Code of Conduct.

A man who falsely imprisoned and robbed an escort in a hotel in Cork has had his sentence reduced from eight years to one of six years imprisonment. At the time of his sentencing, the man, who had carried out the offence along with the accomplice, was already serving a five-year sentence for a simil

Individuals who failed to pay fines imposed last year will begin to be summoned to court, the Courts Service of Ireland has confirmed. The Irish Examiner reports that District Court judges will begin issuing rulings and sanctions on defaulters under the regime created by the Fines (Payment and Recov

Dr Vincent Power, partner and head of EU, competition and procurement at A&L Goodbody Last year's Brexit vote may have led to a fall in the number of merger and acquisition transactions notified to Irish authorities last year, according to A&L Goodbody.

A judge of the District Court has called on "conscientious whistleblowers" to help prosecute banks which overcharged up to thousands of Irish mortgage-holders. Judge James McNulty, writing in a personal capacity for the Irish Examiner, issued the call after the governor of Ireland's Central Bank sai