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A new fast track Garda recruitment programme aims to recruit 800 gardaí next year and 3,200 on a phased bases over the next four years. The recruitment programme takes into account the numbers of gardaí retiring over the period and is designed to bring the strength of the police service up to 15,0

In her first appearance before the Commons Justice Select Committee the new Justice Secretary reiterated the goal of pushing through a British Bill of Rights. Liz Truss (pictured) confirmed that the Conservativegovernment still plans to repeal the Human Rights Act but remain a signatory to the Europ

The High Court has refused the application of a mother to remove her two children from Ireland, returning them to Australia where they were born and where she is a citizen. Justice O’Hanlon found that the children were habitually resident in Ireland, and that the mother and the father – an Iris

Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald(pictured) is to appeal July’s High Court decision to allow retired judge Barry White to resume practice as a criminal defence barrister. In a highly unusual step the former High Court judge had sought to return to work as a barrister because of inadequate pe

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan(pictured) has published an amendment to Section 110 aimed at closing a tax loophole used by US-based vulture funds which swooped to snap up distressed Irish assets following the crash of 2008. Section 110 was introduced in 1997 with the intention of boosting Dubli

Kennedy’s is the latest international law form to announce that it is beefing up its Dublin operation post-Brexit. The firm announced yesterday that it is to more than double its Dublin office space as more insurers look to relocate to Dublin.

Emily Logan has been awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by University College Dublin (UCD) in recognition of her "outstanding dedication and commitment" to improving human rights, in particular those of children in Ireland. Following a successful career in paediatric nursing in the UK and

The School of Law at the University of Limerick recently made three new lecturing appointments: Dr Lydia Bracken, Dr Stephen Brittain and Dr Catriona Moloney. Dr. Lydia Bracken has been appointed as a lecturer in law in UL. She is a graduate of University College Cork (BCL, 2010; LLM, 2011; PhD, 201

The European Commission’s 150-page ruling that Ireland gave tech giant Apple illegal state aid has been debated in the Dáil after it was recalled early. Finance Minister Michael Noonan said theGovernment’s position was always that the entirety of the tax was paid in the case that no State aid w

Sitting in Ballymena Court, District Judge Gilpin, dismissed a claim for damages brought by a teenage girl against an MLA, concluding that she had failed to establish liability. The girl sought damages for breach of the statutory tort of harassment under the Protection from Harassment (NI) Order 199

Sitting in Ballymena Court, District Judge Gilpin, dismissed a claim for damages brought by a teenage girl against an MLA, concluding that she had failed to establish liability. The girl sought damages for breach of the statutory tort of harassment under the Protection from Harassment (NI) Order 199

Niall Muldoon Niall Muldoon, the Ombudsman for Children, has visited the Oberstown Detention Campus in the wake of the industrial action there and feels that it “has raised some real questions about considering alternatives to detention, so that children and young people receive services sooner ra

Dr Rhona Mahony, the Master of the National Maternity Hospital, has made a plea for doctors to be able to make medical decisions free from the fear of committing criminal offences. Dr Mahony told RTE’s Claire Byrne: “For me, the Eighth Amendment causes difficulties in making sound medical decisi

Amber Rudd The families of nine of the 21 victims of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings will learn whether they will qualify for legal aid later this month.

Nearly one in five prisoners undertaking life sentences did so outside of prison in 2015, new figures from the Department of Justice have shown. The Parole Board can decide that those serving life sentences may be released temporarily or in order to finish their sentences under the eye of the Probat