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Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Legislation bringing the normal duration of bankruptcy in Ireland in line with Northern Ireland and the UK has been commenced today.

Barristers and solicitors across Great Britain and Ireland who practise in commercial law will flock to Belfast this April for the British Irish Commercial Bar Association's (BICBA) annual conference.

An Oireachtas committee has recommended the constitution of protocols to allow An Garda Síochána and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to pursue criminals across the border. The joint committee on jobs, enterprise and innovation proposed the measure as a means to counter-act black mark

Lord Justice Weir Lord Justice Weir, the presiding judge of the Coroners' Court, has said legacy inquests in Northern Ireland are given a "very low" priority by the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Pictured (l-r): Managing partner Alan Murphy with Margaret Gorman and Angelyn Rowan International law firm Eversheds has appointed two new partners to the firm’s employment and construction practices in Dublin.

Kevin Brophy of Brophy Solicitors The Irish Times has apologised to a consultant psychiatrist who brought defamation proceedings over comments posted on the newspaper's website.

A bill to ban the use of drones to take photographs and videos of private property was introduced in Seanad Éireann yesterday. The Regulation of Drones Bill 2016, introduced by Senator Feargal Quinn, will proceed to a second stage debate on Tuesday.

Health Minister Simon Hamilton The sale of HIV self-testing kits has been legalised in Northern Ireland from today.

The High Court has dismissed an application for judicial review brought by a former heroin addict who argued he had a "secondary case procedural legitimate expectation" to have been consulted by the Department of Justice before they ceased funding for an addiction service. The applicant, Mr Charles

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald The first annual report by the judge appointed to oversee the Garda Fixed Charge Processing System (FCPS) has been published by Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald.

Michael Lowry Former Irish communications minister Michael Lowry has failed in his legal challenge to the Moriarty Tribunal's decision to award him only one-third of his legal costs over the course of the inquiry's 14-year period.

The Attorney General for Northern Ireland has ordered a fresh inquiry into the death of Joseph Campbell, an RUC officer who was shot dead in 1977. Attorney General John Larkin ordered the inquest after family lawyer Fearghál Shiels of Madden & Finucane Solicitors presented fresh evidence, inclu

Digital Rights Ireland has said it will serve papers on the State and the Attorney General of Ireland in the next few days in a challenge over the independence of Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner. The data privacy group argues Ireland has failed to properly implement EU data protection law or

New legislation could be used to compel an ex-RUC officer to give evidence at an inquest into a missing teenager, a coroner has said. Retired detective superintendent Eric Anderson did not attend a preliminary hearing for the inquest into the disappearance of Arlene Arkinson, who went missing in 199

Neasa Quigley A leading solicitor at Belfast firm Carson McDowell has said that the Northern Ireland renewables sector is at risk of stalling due to various government policy choices.