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Politicians could improve the quality of justice in Ireland by appointing a greater number of judges, a High Court judge has said. Mr Justice Richard Humphreys, addressing the 27th annual Parnell Summer School in Co Wicklow, said it was the "single biggest thing" the Oireachtas could do for Irish ju

David Stanton The Government has said it welcomes recognition from the UN Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) of progress made on key issues.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan The Government has published legislation preventing murderers from inheriting the property of their victims, The Irish Times reports.

The Sunday World has won an appeal brought against it by a man who said the newspaper endangered him by alleging that he is a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). Colin Fulton, 41, sought an injunction and damages in the High Court in Belfast over 28 newspaper stories published between August

Fíona Ní Chinnéide The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has welcomed recommendations by the UN Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) on prison health care and the use of solitary confinement in Ireland.

Noeline Blackwell, CEO of Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Legislative changes are necessary to protect victims of domestic and sexual violence in Ireland, the UN Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) has said.

Legislation to regulate private clamping was delayed due to an error in the enacted legislation. The Department of Transport's annual report for 2016 notes that "a technical error" was identified within the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015 last year, meaning the National Transport Authority could not "effi

A judge transferred a case involving possession of extreme pornographic images to another jurisdiction because she did not feel she could deal with the content, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Darran Peter Andrew Callaghan, 29, originally appeared before Omagh Magistrates Court in April facing 14 cha

Heather Heyer A 32-year-old paralegal was killed in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday in a terrorist attack allegedly carried out by a fascist and white supremacist.

A man who had his sentence reviewed from a wholly suspended sentence, to a five-year term of imprisonment pursuant s. 27A (8) of the Firearms Act 1964 has had his constitutional challenge to the legislation dismissed on appeal. Delivering the judgment of the three-judge Court, Mr Justice Birmingham

The UN Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) has published the findings from its recent examination of Ireland. The concluding observations published online include strong recommendations for action on immigration, healthcare, detention, violence against women, reproductive rights and historic abuse.

The families of victims of the Omagh bombing have launched a lawsuit against the PSNI's chief constable. A writ has been issued against Chief Constable George Hamilton (pictured), who has responsibility for both the PSNI and its predecessor, the RUC.

An Irish business association has raised concerns about potential "abuse" by workers of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014. The Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association (ISME) raised concerns about a Workplace Relations Commission case in which an employee retrospectively invoked the Protected

Matheson advised Deutsche Bank on a deal that represents the first AAA / Aaa rated public securitisation of pure auto loans in Ireland. The Dublin-based firm advised the bank's London Branch as arranger and lead manager, in relation to the €158.2 million asset backed securities issued by Citizen I

Arthur Cox has topped Mergermarket’s league table of Irish M&A legal advisers by volume of deals for the first half of 2017, advising on 17 transactions valued at €2,571 million. Over the past six months, firm advised on the acquisition of Fyffes by Sumitomo, the acquisition of Peacock Foods