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People with outstanding fines related to road traffic offences should not be able to buy or sell vehicles or pay motor tax until settling them, the Law Reform Commission (LRC) has recommended. A new report recommends that the Department of Transport and the Department of the Environment should refus

Health Minister Leo Varadkar Health Minister Leo Varadkar will today publish draft legislation to ban the advertising of alcohol products near schools, playgrounds and public transport in Ireland.

Northern Ireland's health minister has confirmed plans to amend proposed legislation to include a ban on smoking in cars where children are passengers. The legislation, if passed, would bring Northern Ireland in line with the Republic of Ireland, where the Protection of Children's Health (Tobacco Sm

of the Respondent at this time”. When the judicial review proceedings arrived, it emerged that the District Judge had made a number of additional orders when granting the license, including placing a ‘warning note’ on the file, warning other judges about Mr Kilty’s role in the proceedings,

Mr Justice Brian Cregan The High Court in Dublin has overturned an order dissolving Siteserv to aid the ongoing investigation into the wind-up of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC).

The Court of Appeal has doubled the sentence of a man whose dangerous driving caused the worst traffic accident in Ireland's history. Mr Justice George Birmingham found that a four-year sentence, with two years suspended, was "unduly lenient" for Shaun Kelly, 27, who admitted causing the death of ei

Pupils from across Northern Ireland took on the roles of barristers and witnesses at the 24th National Mock Trial Competition in the Royal Courts of Justice in Belfast.

Jim Clarken, CEO of Oxfam Ireland The Bar of Ireland and Law Society Skillnet will focus on freedom of speech at an event later this week to mark European Lawyers Day and World Human Rights Day.

Justice Minister David Ford Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has cracked down on business crime in conjunction with the PSNI over the past financial year, Justice Minister David Ford has said.

Pictured (l-r): Heather Déiseach UCC, Diarmuid Hickey TCD, Lianne Canty UCD, and John Whelan Diarmuid Hickey, a law student at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), has won A&L Goodbody's Bold Ideas Student Innovation Award 2015.

Alan Rusbridger Alan Rusbridger, former editor-in-chief of The Guardian newspaper, will visit Dublin next Tuesday at the invitation of the Trinity College Dublin (TCD) Law Society.

Emily Logan, chief commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Emily Logan, chief commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) will today launch a new book on human rights law at an event hosted by the University College Dublin (UCD) School of Law.

The Hon Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman The UCD Sutherland School of Law has hosted a law alumni reception to launch The Law School of University College Dublin, a new book by Professor W. N. Osborough.

The High Court has lifted an automatic suspension which had prevented the National Treasury Management Agency and Minister for Education and Skills from concluding a contract for the construction of a new DIT campus at Grangegorman. The automatic suspension had resulted from judicial review proceedi

Director-general Ken Murphy A leading figure in the Law Society of Ireland has attributed a row over the Legal Services Regulation Bill to "over the top" reporting by the Irish media.