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The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) will today call for a referendum to abolish the Eighth Amendment and legislation to provide access to publicly-funded abortion, The Irish Times reports. In a significant move, the Commission will reportedly call for abortion to be decriminalised

A shareholder in Conroy Gold and Natural Resources PLC has lost his application for declarations that the appointment of three new directors to the company’s Board were valid. Finding that there was a failure to comply with the notification requirements in the company’s articles of association,

The High Court has asked the European Court of Justice to rule on the validity under EU law of EU-US data transfers by Facebook. The Data Protection Commissioner requested the referral following a complaint by Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems about Facebook’s use of so-called standard contr

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan The legal regulator has submitted a report to Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan on its public consultation on allowing barristers to accept instructions from non-solicitors.

Alyson Kilpatrick The Northern Ireland Policing Board has been unable to renew the appointment of its human rights adviser because of the collapse of devolution, The Irish News reports.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdyea7Ty4yg Matheson has published a video interview with EU Commissioner Phil Hogan as part of its Beyond Brexit video series.

The President, Deputy President and three new justices were sworn into the UK Supreme Court this week, marking the beginning of the new legal year: Lady Hale of Richmond as President; Lord Mance as Deputy President; Lady Black of Derwent as Justice; Lord Lloyd-Jones as Justice and Lord Briggs of We

Bill Holohan Legislation to promote the use of mediation as an alternative to court proceedings has been signed into law by President Michael D. Higgins.

Charges against ten of the 11 Jobstown water charge protesters have been formally dropped. Cheers broke out and air horns sounded in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court yesterday after Judge Melanie Greally formally discharged all but one of the remaining Jobstown accused.

Attorney General John Larkin Attorney General John Larkin has published a call for applications for the job of Director of Public Prosecutions, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

James MacGuill Gardaí are investigating an petrol bomb attack against solicitor firm MacGuill & Company.

A strip club has successfully argued in court that an award of over £2 million in damages to a woman injured by a drunk-driving stripper should be overturned because of local dram shop laws. The Ohio Supreme Court found the stripper qualified as an "intoxicated person" under the Dram Shop Act even

Mr Justice Clarke In an exclusive interview with the Irish Examiner, Mr Justice Clarke rejected suggestions that the judiciary are an “insiders’ cartel” and restated the judiciary’s concern over proposed new appointments rules.

A perennial toilet seat thief was caught after being captured on camera clutching his ceramic booty. Johnny Madikana, 61, was arrested in connection with numerous hotel toilet seat thefts in August.