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Francis Fitzgerald The Tánaiste and Justice Minister, Francis Fitzgerald (pictured), yesterday evening welcomed the passage of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 through both Houses of the Oireachtas.

Irish Foreign affairs minister Charlie Flanagan TD is to deliver the annual Pat Finucane Memorial Lecture in Belfast on Thursday 23 February, Mark Thompson, director of the human rights group Relatives for Justice, has announced. Thompson revealed the Irish Government speaker on Sunday at a vigil at

Police in Northern Ireland are to name and shame suspects who fail to turn up to court by posting ''Wanted" posters on their Facebook page. PSNI Craigavon has even mocked up a wanted poster with one of their own follicly-challenged officers, jokingly claiming he is charged with the grievous crime of

Colm O’Gorman Amnesty International Ireland yesterday revealed that the trial of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa, currently held in an Egyptian jail, has been adjourned for the 19th time.

A man who attempted to claim Irish citizenship on the contention that he was born in a house in Dublin in 1940, and was brought back to Russia before being registered at that time, has had his application rejected in the Court of Appeal. Reversing the decision of the High Court, Mr Justice Gerard Ho

Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire (pictured) has said that legacy investigations should be carried out in chronological order. Mr Brokenshire has been critical of what he calls "the imbalance of the current system of legacy investigations" - words which drew ire from ex-Justice Minister D

A jailed mafia boss is suing prison authorities for $10 million after slipping and fracturing his knee during a game of table tennis. Thomas "Tommy Shots" Gioeli, a high-ranking member of the Colombo crime family, is suing over an injury he suffered during a game at the Metropolitan Detention Center

Nora Lillis, partner and head of William Fry’s private client group, has won "Irish Private Client Lawyer of the Year" at the Client Choice Awards 2017.

A High Court judge has strongly criticised "shadowy advisers" who he said are giving flawed legal advice to those challenging repossession orders. The comments were made by Mr Justice Seamus Noonan when giving judgment on an application by Mark Flynn and Mairead Flynn from Derry Shercock, Co Cavan w

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Last November, Law Centre (NI) secured a repayment of wages for a Filipino fisherman who was trafficked into Northern Ireland. HMRC found that the client had been underpaid by just over £3,000 during a 10 week period. The client was recruited in the Philippines by a Filipino shipping agency to work

A booklet on plain English has been launched by Mason Hayes & Curran. Plain English and the law: the legal consequences of clear and unclear communication has been published in partnership with the National Adult Literacy Agency, the booklet shows how plain English can save companies time and mo

A man who was systematically abused by a former Marist Brother while at National School has been awarded €75,000 by a five-judge Supreme Court. The current Provincial of the Marist Order Brother Patrick McGowan appealed a High Court judgment which awarded the man €315,000 after assessing the Ord

Eilis Barry, chief executive of FLAC Civil legal aid needs to be more accessible so that women can enforce their rights, legal rights group FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) has said.

Sabine Walsh, president of MII The Mediators' Institute of Ireland (MII) has welcomed the publication of the Mediation Bill, but has raised concerns over its implementation.