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A 39-year-old man given a five-year sentence following his conviction for sexual assault of his younger sister over a period of six years in the 1990s has failed in his challenge to the severity of his sentence in the Court of Appeal. Delivering the judgment, Mr Justice Edwards rejected the argument

EU law precludes national legislation that prescribes general and indiscriminate retention of data except in the fight against serious crime, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. In Case C-698/15, Mr Tom Watson, Mr Peter Brice and Mr Geoffrey Lewis brought actions challenging the UK

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald A bill to address the legislative barriers to Ireland’s ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be published in the next few days after it received Government approval yesterday.

Miles Celic, chief executive of TheCityUK The UK government must clearly and urgently articulate how it will ensure the widespread enforceability of UK court judgments in EU member states after Brexit, a new report argues.

Patricia Rickard-Clarke, a solicitor and former Commissioner of the Law Reform Commission Ms Justice Mary Laffoy of the Supreme Court yesterday launched the multi-agency and inter-sectoral National Safeguarding Committee's Strategic Plan 2017-2021.

The Cabinet has approved the drafting of legislation to provide the Garda representative associations with access to the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court. The decision follows from a commitment given as part of the resolution of a recent pay dispute.

A Commission decision to dismiss a request for review of a market authorisation decision on products containing genetically modified soybeans has been backed by the General Court because the parties making the request failed to refute the Commission’s findings that: 1) there are no significant dif

Efforts to protect migrant children who are separated from their parents but travelling with other adults are hampered by a lack of information and guidance, an EU report has found. The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) said in its latest report on migration-related fundamental rights in select

A gangmaster pair in Kent have agreed a settlement of more than £1 million in legal costs and compensation with migrants in a landmark modern-day slavery case. Darrell Houghton and his wife Jacqueline Judge must make the payouts to six Lithuanian chicken catchers trafficked to work on farms that pr

A Winter formal organised by Trinity College Law Society and sponsored by McCann Fitzgerald has raised €4,500 for charity.

A woman who tripped on the steps of an air bridge as she disembarked from a flight arriving at Dublin Airport has seen her negligence claim against the Dublin Airport Authority overturned by the Court of Appeal. In the High Court, the trial judge had accepted that the absence of wall signs warning p

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden has called for her Department of Justice to be taken into account in a full investigation into Stormont's RHI scandal.

Lord Justice Gillen Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has said it will consider how to fund Lord Justice Gillen's recommendations for civil and family justice reforms over the coming months.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald said proposed amendments to the Road Traffic Acts will help courts better enforce road traffic legislation.

Clíona Saidléar, executive director of RCNI The Rape Crisis Network Ireland (RCNI) supported over a thousand people in Ireland last year, according to its annual report for 2015.