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The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court decision in which it was found that the decision of the Minister for Health not to alter the lifetime ban on males who have sex with other males (“MSM”) was irrational and infected with apparent bias. The High Court had also found that the Minister

Two prisoners are bidding to be released from prison in the wake of the High Court's ruling on suspended sentences ruling on Tuesday. The pair appeared before Mr Justice Seamus Noonan yesterday, who granted an application on behalf of the State for the proceedings to be adjourned until today, the Ir

Deirdre Malone, executive director of the IPRT The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has called on the next Government to commit to safeguarding against inhumane treatment in places of detention at a conference in Dublin.

Dominic Raab MP The UK government has proposed an increase of more than 500 per cent in asylum and immigration tribunal fees.

The ban on smoking on hospital grounds will not apply to mental health inpatients following a judicial review lodged by Belfast firm Wilson Nesbitt on behalf of a 23-year-old woman. The High Court yesterday heard that a resolution had been reached between the South Eastern Health and Social Care Tru

ByrneWallace has announced the appointment of Neil Keenan,Paraic O'Kennedy, Emmet Whelan and Helen Flynn as partners in the firm’s corporate, banking, employment and property practices respectively.

Michael Jackson, managing partner at Matheson Dublin firm Matheson has been awarded eight Deals of the Year 2016 by the monthly Finance Dublin publication.

Previously confidential documents published this week reveal the extent of UK government surveillance kept secret from the public and Parliament for the last 15 years. Revealed in a case brought by Privacy International about the use of so-called “Bulk Personal Datasets” (BPDs), the extracts sho

of the formal investigation procedure and, on the other, the aid schemes had not been notified to the Commission in any way. The undertakings in question therefore could not reasonably believe, despite the delay in the investigation procedure, that the Commission’s doubts no longer existed and th

The Bar of Ireland and The Bar of Northern Ireland will go head-to-head in their annual rugby match tomorrow. The match takes place at 2pm tomorrow at Wanderers FC, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, followed by a dinner in the Bencher's room of the King's Inns at 6.30pm.

and/or progression of the disciplinary proceedings. The applicant was accused of a breach of discipline under Regulation 5 of the An Garda Síochána (Discipline) Regulations 2007 and under the Criminal Justice (Treatment of Persons in Custody) Regulations, 1987.

David Barniville SC, chairman of the Council of The Bar of Ireland The Bar of Ireland will introduce a range of measures to better support women at the Bar after a survey of female practitioners revealed a number of areas of concern.

Two cases where a suspended sentence was to be activated have been dropped in the wake of the High Court ruling on Tuesday. Mr Justice Michael Moriarty declared that section 99 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, governing the activation of suspended sentences, is unconstitutional.

Michael Humphreys QC, chairman of the Commercial Bar Association Leading lawyers from across Northern Ireland and the UK convened this morning for the start of the British Irish Commercial Bar Association (BICBA) conference.

Theresa May MPs, civil servants and councillors who may be involved in corruption will be the target of a new law proposed by the UK Home Secretary.