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Coroners have reportedly been warned to expect waits of almost six months for toxicology reports from the State Laboratory due to growing demand and a lack of resources. The State Laboratory wrote to coroners to advise that the turnaround time would increase from 110 days to 160 days "as we will not

Legislation strengthening ComReg's powers and transposing the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) into Irish law has come into effect. The Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Act 2023 provides greater protections and means of redress for customers.

Anna Bazarchina BL has been appointed as the Irish representative of the Ukrainian National Bar Association (UNBA). Ms Bazarchina is lead of the Association of Ukrainian Lawyers of Ireland (AULI) and chair of the Ukraine Ireland Legal Alliance.

Northern Ireland schools are failing to meet statutory human rights standards in their teaching of relationships and sexuality, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has concluded in a new report. The rights body carried out an investigation to assess the extent to which post-primary schools

A new tapestry memorialising the Holocaust and protesting genocide and racism has gone on display in Dublin's GPO. The el holocausto artwork was unveiled this week by Art for Human Rights in partnership with An Post and in association with Amnesty International Ireland, Holocaust Education Ireland,

Dillon Eustace LLP has welcomed its first group of summer interns for 2023. The group will spend the next four weeks gaining valuable insights into the day-to-day tasks of a corporate law firm.

The UK government has tabled new amendments to its controversial legacy bill — but human rights campaigners have said they "do nothing to address the fundamental flaws with the bill". The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill has already been approved by MPs and is current

The Department of Social Protection has known since 2021 that its biometric processing of personal data arising from the public services card (PSC) is illegal, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said after receiving new documents through a freedom of information request. A data protect

Australia is set to impose a nationwide ban on Nazi symbols in a bid to crack down on far-right groups. Public displays of the swastika or SS insignia could attract a sentence of up to a year in jail. But the laws will not apply to the Nazi salute.

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New York City is suing car companies Hyundai and Kia after a viral TikTok trend demonstrated how easy their vehicles are to steal. The lawsuit alleges that Hyundai and Kia's failure to implement anti-theft measures "opened the floodgates to vehicle theft, crime sprees, reckless driving, and public h

Chinese human rights lawyer Chang Weiping has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years' imprisonment after accusing police of torture. Mr Weiping, known for his work defending the rights of people facing discrimination based on their health status, gender identity or sexual orientation, was convicte

Racism is "a normal part of day-to-day-life" for people in Northern Ireland from minority ethnic and migrant groups, according to new research commissioned by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. The rights body commissioned independent think tank Pivotal to examine the actual, perceived, a

Social care workers will become a regulated profession by November 2025, the government has confirmed following the signing into law of new legislation. The Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2023 amends the Medical Practitioners Act 2007, the Health and Social Care Professionals A

The UK government has been criticised again by the Council of Europe's committee of ministers over its proposed legacy bill's compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights. The committee has responsibility for monitoring the implementation of judgments from the European Court of Human R