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The future of drugs policy in Ireland is to be the focus of the Association for Criminal Justice Research and Development's annual conference next month. The ACJRD conference on Wednesday 12 June aims to explore the rationale and implementation of government policy and the recent Citizens' Assembly

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued administrative fines totalling €1.55 billion last year, according to its latest annual report. The 19 finalised decisions issued by the watchdog in 2023 included a €1.2 billion fine on Meta concerning EU-US data transfers, and a €345 million

A new law and family mediation centre in Ballymun has been launched by the Legal Aid Board. Located in the Lidl North Quarter of Ballymun, the new centre — the Board's 34th national centre — will provide access to civil legal aid and advice to the people of Ballymun and nearby areas.

A total of 1,153 executions took place around the world in 2023 — excluding China — marking an increase of more than 30 per cent from 2022. It was the highest figure recorded by Amnesty International since 2015, when 1,634 people were known to have been executed. Despite this increase, t

Ireland has formally recognised the State of Palestine. As of yesterday, the Irish government recognises Palestine as a sovereign and independent state and has agreed to establish full diplomatic relations between Dublin and Ramallah.

Mandatory roadside drug testing for drivers involved in serious collisions will come into effect from midnight on Friday. The minister of state for transport, Jack Chambers, has signed into law the commencement order for Part 4 of the Road Traffic Act 2024.

The Irish government is wrong to insist that primary legislation will not be necessary to fully transpose a new EU directive on adequate minimum wages, the Labour Party has warned. Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, the party's TD for Dublin Bay North and Dublin candidate for the Europea

Ireland is engaging in military-related trade with Israel despite the government's condemnation of Israeli forces' conduct in Gaza, according to new research. Tanya Lalor, a PhD researcher in international law, yesterday presented the findings of her research on the trade of 'dual-use' goods, which

Ireland's chief justice hosted a meeting of some of the EU's most senior judges at Dublin's Farmleigh House yesterday.

Northern Ireland commercial law firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has enjoyed an 11 per cent increase in profits to £2.1 million in the most recent financial year. The firm saw turnover grow from £6.9m to £7.8m in the year to 31 October 2023, with profit increasing over the same period fr

An octogenarian who allegedly spent close to a decade menacing his neighbourhood with a catapult has been apprehended. Prince King, 81, is accused by police in southern California of being a "serial slingshot shooter", NBC News reports.

Limerick student Brian Daly has been awarded the Holmes O'Malley Sexton UL Law Scholarship for the second time. Mr Daly, a high-achieving Law and Accounting student at the University of Limerick, received the same scholarship in 2021 during his first year. His continued commitment to his studies has

Trainee solicitors at the Law Society of Ireland are climbing Kilimanjaro in aid of Ballymun Community Law Centre. Matthew Mulrooney, Eoghan Davis, Sophie Walsh, Fearghal Ryan, Oliver Dunne, Daniel Donoghue, Dylan Byrne and Hamzza Khosa will climb Kilimanjaro this August in a bid to raise €10,0

Ireland has missed a deadline to implement new EU rules aimed at decarbonising road freight transport. The European Commission is sending a letter of formal notice to 16 member states, including Ireland, who have failed to communicate the full transposition into national law of the amended Eurovigne

Over 1,600 walkers and runners took part in this year's Calcutta Run to raise funds for The Hope Foundation and Dublin Simon Community. Since 1999, the legal profession's annual fundraiser has raised more than €5.3 million in support of homelessness services in Ireland and Kolkata (formerly Cal