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Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan will seek approval to convene an inter-departmental working group to examine the implications of the Supreme Court ruling on asylum seekers' right to work. In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court found the absolute prohibition on asylum seekers looking for employmen

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) will not publish any further crime figures until a Garda review into the accuracy of homicide figures is complete, The Irish Times reports. It is the second time the CSO has suspended the publication of the quarterly statistical publication and the first since con

Lord Toulson, former Justice of the UK Supreme Court, passed away during a medical operation last night.

DLA Piper was among victims of a global cyber attack this week in which the perpetrators demanded a ransom in bitcoins to release data locked by a software worm. DLA Piper is the largest law firm in the world by revenue, posting £1.5 billion last year. The firm has more than 1,000 partners, of whic

Successful applicants to the 2017 Engage and Educate Fund were presented with their awards by Education Minister Richard Bruton yesterday.

Plans for the transformation of Belfast’s iconic Crumlin Road Courthouse into a £25 million luxury hotel will go on public display next month. The Signature Living Group will host pre-application events at Crumlin Road Gaol on Monday 17 July and Thursday 17 August from 10am-8pm, the Belfast Teleg

The police officer who was match commander during the 1989 Hillsborough disaster faces 95 charges of manslaughter. Former Ch Supt David Duckenfield, as well as five other senior figures, will be prosecuted the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said.

The Director of Public Prosecutions has successfully appealed the suspended sentence given to a man who split open the head of a shop-worker during a robbery in Blanchardstown in 2015. The Court of Appeal found that there had been an error in principle in the leniency of the original sentence, and a

Ronan Dunne Philip Lee has announced the appointment of Ronan Dunne as partner and head of the firm's EU, competition and state aid group.

Requiring a jury in a criminal trial to explain or give reasons for its verdict is "impractical" and a “recipe for enormous difficulty”, a Court of Appeal judge has said. Mr Justice Alan Mahon made the remarks as he upheld the conviction of Garrett O'Brien, 40, for the murder of 27-year-old fath

Evidence given by witnesses to the independent inquiry into the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scandal will not be used to prosecute them, The Irish News reports. The chair of the inquiry, retired Lord Justice of Appeal, Sir Patrick Coghlin, successfully sought a written assurance that witnesses' ev

Patrick Walshe Patrick Walshe, partner and employment law expert at Philip Lee in Dublin, writes on Government action on zero hours contracts.

Google has been handed a record-breaking €2.4 billion fine by European regulators after it abused its dominant market position in the online shopping sector. The European Commission said the search giant has 90 days to bring an end to its misconduct or face penalty payments of as much as five per

Mark Kavanagh ByrneWallace advised Griffin Group on an award-winning deal to refinance the historically multi-banked Group's funding under a five-year agreement with AIB.

Cork County Council will begin seizing roadside advertising billboards on lorries and trailers next month, the Irish Examiner reports. Councillors yesterday approved a new by-law allowing council employees to remove billboards if the owner does not comply with a notice to remove the offending vehicl