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A Florida woman was arrested after a gung-ho 3-year-old she left in her car swiped her handgun and shattered one of the windows with a gunshot. Abbie Maldonado left the toddler in the parked car at Good Shepherd Academy, where she was picking up her son.

The Sunday Newspapers have lost an appeal to the Supreme Court, in which they argued that the case being brought against them by individuals involved in co-ordinating the Witness Protection Programme should be heard fully in public so as to give effect to the Constitution. Rejecting the newspaper’

The Law Society of Ireland has indicated its newly-found support for a lay majority on the new judicial appointments commission, putting it at odds with the Bar Council of Ireland. The legal profession is now divided over the proposal to have a lay majority and lay chairperson on the new commission.

Key parts of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 have taken effect from today, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has announced. They include provisions criminalising the purchase of sex in Ireland, as well as provisions relating to child sexual exploitation, child sexual abuse and child po

A self-styled "fathers' rights" group has announced plans to stage protests for family law reform outside every courthouse in Northern Ireland, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

The Lady Solicitors' Golf Society (LSGS) will embark on its first outing of the year at Killeen Golf Course in April. Members of the society, which is open to "all lady solicitors and trainees", practising or not, will compete for the Patrick O'Connor Trophy on 7 April 2017.

Dr David Russell has been named as the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission's (NIHRC) new chief executive. He will take up the post from 3 April 2017.

The Director of Public Prosecutions has publicly condemned comments by a sitting judge, accusing him of perpetuating “discredited rape myths”. Alison Saunders said Judge Philip Shorrock’s views “lean in favour of ‘victim blaming’ culture”, after he wrote to The Telegraph to say that mo

HR professionals recently attended a half-day conference on employment and compliance laws at ByrneWallace's offices in Dublin. The firm hosted the 2nd Annual Employment and Compliance Laws in the Public Sector in association with Legal-Island.

A Swedish hotel chain has begun offering refunds to couples who get divorced within a year of staying at one of its hotels. The Countryside Hotels group’s offer is meant to be a “relationship guarantee”, with the chain offering to reimburse the cost of a two-night stay.

A group of Irish Water protestors who had their charges for public order offences dismissed in the Dublin Metropolitan District Court have had their case reverted to the District judge after it was found in the High Court that the protestors should have been charged with offences under s. 8 of the C

Koulla Yiasouma There is overwhelming public support for legislative changes to remove the defence of "reasonable chastisement" for parents who physically punish their child, a survey has found.

The Courts Service of Ireland is exploring the possibility of building a new Galway courthouse on a site at the Fairgreen, the Galway City Tribune reports. The Courts Service is looking at two sites, but is “particularly interested” in a land bank bounded by Lough Atalia Road and the Fairgreen,

Josephine Feehily Ireland's new Policing Authority has appointed an Assistant Commissioner of An Garda Síochána.

A former Lord Justice of Appeal of Northern Ireland has said the law must evolve in lockstep with advances in technology to thwart terrorists, pointing to lacunae in the legislation governing unmanned aerial vehicles. Delivering the Scottish Council of Law Reporting's Macfadyen Lecture 2017, entitle