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Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan The new Letterkenny Courthouse was officially opened today at a ceremony attended by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan and the Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke.

Pictured (l-r): Marie O'Riordan, Alan Murphy and Terry O'Malley Eversheds Sutherland has appointed Terry O'Malley and Marie O'Riordan as partners to the firm’s growing real estate practice.

Richard Martin Ronan Daly Jermyn has relocated its Dublin office to The Exchange at the IFSC to accommodate its expansion and need for additional space.

A continued decline in the number of people jailed for defaulting on fines has driven a stark drop in the prison committals, the Irish Examiner reports. Provisional figures for 2017 show a total of 9,332 committals last year, a 38 per cent drop from 15,099 committals in 2016 and a 46 per cent drop f

France's Constitutional Council has upheld the constitutionality of a law preventing the commercial use of images of buildings protected as "national domains" without permission. Under section L.621-42 of the Heritage Code, the commercial use of "the image of the buildings that constitute the nation

John Vassiliou John Vassiliou, associate at Scottish law firm McGill and Co, writes on a Supreme Court judgment opening the door to applications for registration as a British citizen from people born abroad to a British mother between 1949 and 1983.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan The Department of Justice (DOJ) has responded to more than 3,750 Freedom of Information requests over the past five years.

Pictured (l-r): Maurece Hutchinson, Managing Director; Jonathan McKeown, Chairman; and Olivia Meehan, Legal Services Director JMK Solicitors handled more personal injury cases than any other firm in Northern Ireland for a fourth consecutive year in 2017.

Steven Keown The Belfast Solicitors' Association (BSA) is hosting a quiz night in April to raise cash for spina bifida charity SHINE.

A new anti-speeding initiative involving a fake police officer turned out to be shortlived after the cardboard cop was stolen within hours. Police in Dundee, Scotland installed the cardboard cut-out of a police officer holding a speed gun near a school for disabled children.

The Garda Representative Association (GRA) have lost their appeal to the Supreme Court regarding the legality of sick leave Regulations introduced in 2014. The GRA argued that there was a legal entitlement to be consulted prior to the making of regulations which significantly reduced the level of re

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Asylum seekers can apply for employment permits under the terms of the Employment Permits Act 2003 from today under "strictly temporary measures".

Dublin firm KOD Lyons will host a seminar this month for legal practitioners and members of the judiciary to discuss policing reform.

Arthur Griffin A motion calling for Ireland to join Britain in exiting the EU carried the day in a light-hearted debate hosted by the Honorable Society of King's Inns.

A group of British emigrants in the Netherlands have won permission to refer their case for continued EU citizenship after Brexit to the European Court of Justice. The five British nationals asked Amsterdam District Court to refer their case to the ECJ on the grounds that their existing rights could