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The total cost of pay-outs by the State Claims Agency (SCA) rose by more than 50 per cent to reach nearly €220 million in 2015. According to a report from the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, the SCA spent €219.9 million on awards and associated claim costs in 2015, compared to €

Darragh Mackin Lawyers for Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa are sceptical of a trial taking place "any time soon" following its fifteenth adjournment.

Health Minister Simon Harris The lifetime ban on blood donation by men who have sex with men (MSM) will be lifted on 16 January 2017, the Irish Independent reports.

In the District Court, Justice Rosemary Horgan found that a mature minor who travelled to Ireland with an older gentleman was now habitually resident in Ireland, and had consensually entered into an intimate relationship with the man. Amidst allegations of child trafficking on the part of her parent

Dr Brian Barry A substantial number of legal and industrial relations practitioners are dissatisfied with the reforms introduced by the Workplace Relations Act 2015, a survey for the Employment Law Association of Ireland (ELAI) has found.

London firm Slaughter and May is paying for more of its lawyers to join the roll of solicitors in Ireland following the Brexit vote, Legal Week reports. The firm has already provided funding for 10 of its lawyers to join the roll, though only a handful have been admitted so far.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald The Department of Justice will shortly fill its two-year vacancy for secretary general, the Irish Independent reports.

The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has published a new report on the rights, needs and experiences of older people in prison. The report makes a series of recommendations related to physical and mental health needs, mobility, social care, bullying, release planning and participation in prison progr

Northern Ireland's prison population declined last year for the first time since 2010, according to new Department of Justice figures. The Northern Ireland Prison Population 2015 and 2015/16 sets out the average daily prison population and the number of receptions into prisons in 2015 and the financ

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald More than 4,000 people are set to have been refused leave to land in Ireland this year, higher than in any of the past six years, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has confirmed.

Pictured (l-r): ByrneWallace's Sharon McCaffrey, Catherine Guy and Feargal Brennan ByrneWallace has announced the appointment of Sharon McCaffrey as a partner in the firm's corporate practice.

In the High Court, Justice O’Connor disqualified the director of an online event company for fraudulently taking €1m from the company’s PayPal account, and restricted another director for irresponsible conduct in relation to his failure to make further enquiries into the other director’s con

Putting a halt on judicial appointments until the system is reformed would be "disastrous" for Ireland's courts, a High Court judge has said. Mr Justice John Edwards, secretary of the Association of Judges of Ireland (AJI), told The Irish Times that the association recognised the need for reform.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald More action needs to be carried out to tackle an increase in sexual offences in Ireland, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said.

Eileen Barrington SC The Honorable Society of the King's Inns has nominated Eileen Barrington SC to sit on the Legal Services Regulatory Authority after its previous nominee withdrew.