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Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan New legislation has been published to enhance Ireland's co-operation with coroners' inquests in Northern Ireland into deaths during the Troubles.

The Court of Appeal may be asked to rule on significant legal issues affecting up to hundreds of repossession cases, The Irish Times reports. The key legal question concerns whether a bank was entitled to sell the mortgage on a property to another party when it had not correctly registered itself as

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has decided not to appeal the leniency of a controversial two-and-a-half-year jail sentence for child sex offender Tom Humphries. Mr Humphries, a former sports journalist at The Irish Times, was convicted by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of grooming and enga

Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC Northern Ireland could achieve a designated special status in the European Union after Brexit, according to an independent legal opinion from Doughty Street Chambers.

Dr Colin Harvey Dr Colin Harvey, professor of human rights law in the School of Law, Queen's University Belfast, writes on the repercussions of Brexit across the island of Ireland.

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has convicted Ratko Mladić of genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war. The charges relate to crimes committed by Serb forces during the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992–1995

Jon Venables (Photo credit: By Source, Fair use) One of the boys convicted of the murder of toddler James Bulger has been imprisoned again after being found with child abuse images for a second time.

Pictured: Mark Heslin's winning try on Saturday The Dáil and Seanad XV rugby team will go head-to-head with The Bar of Ireland one week after being bested by the Law Society.

Pictured (l-r): Rory O'Donnell, Charlie Flanagan and Alan Murphy Eversheds Sutherland has celebrated the firm's 50 years in Ireland with a gathering of colleagues, friends and clients.

Mason Hayes & Curran has awarded the Innovation in Professional Practice Prize to Zanele Mhondiwa.

Robert Troy Fianna Fáil has announced plans to propose an increase in the minimum required distance when a motorist overtakes a cyclist.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Chris Enright has been appointed as director-general of Forensic Science Ireland (FSI).

A voyeur who planted a secret camera in a Starbucks toilet has been caught on his own camera. Police have now published the photo of the as-yet unidentified man, who inadvertently took a clear photograph of himself with the camera he planted in the ceiling in the coffee shop's only toilet.

Professor Helen Fenwick and Dr Andy Hayward of Durham Law School provide a critical analysis of the European Court of Human Rights’ judgment in Ratzenböck and Seydl v Austria and its implications for Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, a British couple seeking legal recognition of civil partner

A property developer who had an order of specific performance and damages in excess of €300,000 made against him has lost his appeal to the Supreme Court. Delivering the unanimous judgment, Ms Justice Iseult O’Malley was satisfied that the trial judge had not erred on the facts or the law; and h