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Prosecutors who brought down the hammer on late taxpayers have complained that their own pay is now extremely late. The local prosecutor's office in St Louis County, Missouri has been owed around $54,000 (around €50,000 or £42,000) for months.

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Legislation increasing the minimum age of sale of tobacco products to 21, the highest in Europe, has been approved by the Oireachtas. The Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024 was passed by the Seanad yesterday and will now go to President Michael D. Higgins for consideration and signature.

Former Labour Court chair Kevin Duffy has been appointed as the interim grievance manager for the Defence Forces. Mr Duffy, a qualified barrister, was deputy chair of the Labour Court from 1997 and chair from 2003, retiring in June 2016.

Ogier has appointed structured finance and capital markets expert Richard Kelly to its banking and finance team in Ireland. Mr Kelly advises international and domestic clients on all aspects of debt capital markets transactions.

Over 100 people have given evidence to Northern Ireland's investigation into mother and baby institutions, Magdalene laundries and workhouses. First minister Michelle O'Neill and deputy first minister Emma Little-Pengelly met yesterday with Professor Leanne McCormick and Professor Sean O’Conne

Community service orders (CSOs) are not succeeding in providing an alternative to short prison sentences, according to new research published by the Department of Justice. Dr Niamh Maguire of South East Technological University (SETU) and Professor Nicola Carr of the University of Nottingham were co

There is no pressing need to change the number of judges on the Supreme Court, justice minister Helen McEntee has said. Independent TD Carol Nolan asked the minister why she had decided not to increase the number of judges, and also whether the number of judges should be reduced over time given the

Northern Ireland firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has welcomed new trainee solicitors Laura Gooding, Sarah Lyle, Thomas Moorehead and Imogen Kelly. Ms Gooding is a legal graduate of the University of East Anglia, while Ms Lyle studied law at Queen's University Belfast and Mr Moorehead and Ms Kelly complet

Ireland's new extradition treaty and criminal justice co-operation agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been unanimously backed by the Dáil. Although some TDs raised concerns about the Gulf state's record on human rights, no TDs voted against the approval of the treaties recentl

The Irish government intends to intervene in South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by the end of the year, Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said. Notwithstanding the Irish election taking place later this month, Mr Martin yesterday told TDs that work

Niall Cawley has been elected as president of the Dublin Solicitors' Bar Association (DSBA) for 2024/2025.

A refreshed national AI strategy has been launched by the Irish government. The refresh takes account of the significant developments in AI technology and regulation since the original strategy was published in 2021, including the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022 and the entering into force of the EU

Jesus was not opposed to the death penalty, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church has claimed. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow told veterans of Russia's illegal war on Ukraine that Christ had "suffered an undeserved execution" but never condemned executions altogether, Novaya Gazeta reports.

Investment in legal aid is necessary to speed up the criminal justice system, the Bar of Northern Ireland has said in its response to the draft programme for government. The Bar today published its 11-page submission to the consultation on the first programme for government following several years o