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Gerry McAlinden QC, chairman of the Bar of Northern Ireland Barristers will continue to turn down criminal cases in protest of legal aid reforms in Northern Ireland, The Irish News reports.

Mr Justice Peter Kelly Mr Justice Peter Kelly was nominated to serve as the next president of the High Court at the final Cabinet meeting of the year, The Irish Times reports.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan A mass trial in Egypt involving Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa was postponed for the tenth time at a brief hearing in Cairo yesterday.

The Cabinet has approved new legislation to allow roadside testing for drug driving and fines of up to €5,000 for motorists with traces of drugs in their system. The Road Traffic Bill 2015 allows for preliminary testing of oral fluid for drugs at the roadside or in a Garda station, and creates a n

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, minister for drugs strategy The Cabinet has agreed to amend the Misuse of Drugs Bill to allow for a pilot scheme for a drug injection facility in Dublin.

Cork Circuit Court A judge in Cork Circuit Court yesterday dodged a 1,000-page book after a man flung it across the courtroom in anger, the Irish Examiner reports.

Pictured (l-r): John Guerin and Nadine Campbell The Law Society of Northern Ireland has named children's cancer charity Clic Sargent as its chosen charity of the year for 2016.

Worthingtons Solicitors was recently honoured with two awards at the Ards Borough Business Awards 2015.

Alison Saunders The Director of Public Prosecutions has been criticised for living in a bubble over the shambolic state of magistrates' courts – in particular poor advocacy standards.

A High Court judge has determined that the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 is incompatible with a landmark human rights ruling on abortion. Mr Justice Horner cannot overturn the 1861 legislation, but was given the option of either "reading down" the law or granting a declaration of incompatibil

The High Court has granted a non-suit in a case where infringement of copyright was alleged in sound recordings played in the Savoy Nightclub and Theatre in Cork City. The court found in favour of the second defendant, Mr Jonathan Bourke, in the case brought by Phonographic Performance (Ireland) Ltd

Judges at Dublin District Family Court shared concerns about security in Dolphin House prior to the alleged assault of Judge Miriam Walsh on Friday, The Irish Times reports. An Garda Síochána was made aware of judges' concerns before the attack, but has only now entered into talks with the Courts

Attorney General John Larkin Northern Ireland's chief legal adviser, Attorney General John Larkin, will remain in the post until May 2019.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Almost half of Irish prisoners released in 2009 went on to re-offend, a Central Statistics Office (CSO) report on re-offending has found.

Pictured (l-r): Alan Hunter, chief executive of the Law Society, the Honourable Mr Justice Colton, and John Guerin Lawyers are the “guardians of freedom of speech”, members of the legal profession heard at an event hosted in Belfast to mark European Lawyers Day 2015.