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Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald The forthcoming judicial appointments bill will provide for a lay majority and chairperson on the new judicial appointments commission.

Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire Legislation to restore devolution in Northern Ireland if an agreement is reached will be fast-tracked through Parliament by May in spite of the coming snap election.

Ireland's longest-serving district court judge has sat in Dundalk Courthouse as a permanent judge for the last time, The Argus reports. Judge Flann Brennan, who was appointed as a judge in 1984 and permanently appointed to Dundalk in 1986, will now cover for judicial absences all over Ireland.

Irish residential property prices rose by 10.7 per cent in the year to February 2017, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The annual increase, revealed in the latest monthly statistical bulletin, is the largest in almost two years and compares to an increase of 5.4 per cent in the year

The King’s Inns Law Review (KILR) is currently accepting submissions of articles, case notes or commentaries for its seventh volume. A prize will be awarded for the best article published in Volume VII, which invites submissions until 1 June 2017 on topics that "in some way critically analyse wher

Just 72 gardaí have been trained in the operation of new roadside drug-testing machines, The Irish Times reports. The drug driving provisions of the Road Traffic Act 2016 came into force shortly before the Easter bank holiday weekend.

An inquest into the death of 15-year-old Manus Deery, who was shot and killed by a soldier in Derry in 1972, has found that Manus was a totally innocent victim and that in any event, the shot fired was unjustified. Background

Emily Logan There is no statutory requirement to anonymise all Workplace Relations Commission discrimination decisions, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said.

Alan Murphy Eversheds Sutherland is the leading adviser in Ireland's declining M&A market, according to Irish Independent.

Professor Siobhán Mullally Professor Siobhán Mullally has been appointed as the Established Professor of Human Rights Law and Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway.

Maureen Forest The Calcutta Run, the legal profession's annual charity fundraiser, has announced a new charity partnership with The Hope Foundation.

Catherine Byrne The new National Drugs Strategy could outline a proposal to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of illegal drugs for personal use.

Jeremy Wright QC The Attorney General is seeking to block attempts to prosecute Tony Blair over the Iraq War.

Belfast man Jack McCullogh has been declared innocent of the murder of a young girl after the oldest cold case trial in US judicial history. Belfast-born Mr McCullogh was indicted in 2011 on charges of the kidnap, rape and murder of seven-year-old Maria Ridulph in 1957, and was convicted in the subs

Dunnes Stores has successfully appealed a decision of the High Court which found that its comparative advertising directed towards products trademarked by Aldi Stores (Ireland) Ltd, was in breach of EU Regulations. The Court of Appeal ruled that the trial judge had erred in interpreting the regulati