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The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) has secured criminal convictions against two landlords who failed to register their tenancies, despite receiving a number of Statutory Notices and warning letters instructing them to do so. In the first case, proceedings were taken against Eileen Maguire for fai

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Ireland has been criticised by the European Committee of Social Rights for its treatment of Travellers and provision of accommodation. The Council of Europe committee found that Ireland does not provide enough in the way of accommodation for Travellers and does not have adequate legal safeguards for

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The Supreme Court has found that evidence obtained as a result of the interception of a postal package in Germany was admissible in a case against the eventual recipient of the package. The case concerned the lawfulness of the gardaí taking custody in Germany, and opening in Dublin, a parcel contai

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The American Bar Association (ABA)'s international labour and employment law committee will meet in Dublin next year. At a meeting in Hong Kong, the committee chose Dublin as its next destination, returning to the Irish capital for the first time since May 2001.

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Chairman of the committee, Lord Tugendhat The House of Lords' EU External Affairs Sub-Committee has published a report into Operation Sophia, and says the EU naval mission to tackle people smuggling in the central Mediterranean is not working because of an inability to disrupt smugglers' business mo

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has launched its first-ever app for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. The CVRIA app is available in 23 EU languages and is broken into four sections for the convenience of legal professionals.

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Emergency legislation to provide for the activation of suspended sentences is likely to be presented within two weeks after the relevant sections of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 were struck down. The High Court last month found that the provisions are unconstitutional because they allow for signifi

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