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Gavin Booth Judges are set to rule later on whether the Minister for Justice should be compelled to call two commissions of investigation into the 1976 murder of Seamus Ludlow.

Anyone who wants to understand modern Russia and the collective sense of humiliation felt by the Russian people should read this powerful collection of interviews, mainly with Sovoks, those Russians brought up in the Soviet era and who lived through the transition of the crumbling one-party state in

A prominent pastor was forced to run out of a house naked after a woman's husband came home to find him communing with his wife. Pastor O. Jermaine Simmons was caught in flagrante delicto with a member of his flock on the afternoon of 17 January.

Edel Hartog Dublin firm Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Edel Hartog as a partner in the firm’s technology, media and communications team.

Convicted drug-dealer John Gilligan has been unsuccessful in challenging various orders made in relation to the disposal of his properties, which were adjudicated to have been acquired directly or indirectly with the proceeds of crime. In the Supreme Court, Mr Gilligan and various members of his fam

Jonathan O'Brien, justice spokesperson for Sinn Féin A private member's bill to improve consistency in sentencing for criminal offences has been introduced to the Dáil.

Richard Grogan Young people's criminal records should be wiped when they reach the age of 25, the former chair of the Workplace Relations Commission has said.

Senator Gerald Nash A bill to pardon gay and bisexual men convicted in Ireland of now abolished sexual offences cleared a major parliamentary hurdle in the Seanad yesterday.

David Stanton The Department of Justice has shrugged off calls in the Seanad to divest the Courts Service of Ireland's tobacco-related stocks because of tobacco's adverse health effects.

Committee chairman, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws The Council of the EU should codify the standard of proof it applies to sanctions listings as soon as possible, according to the House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee which published its report into the legality of EU sanctions today.

Bryan Hughes, chief executive of Eversheds The merger of Eversheds and US firm Sutherland into global firm Eversheds Sutherland has officially taken effect, creating a new firm with more than 2,300 lawyers in 61 offices across 29 countries.

Star lawyer Dean A. Strang, who featured in Netflix documentary Making a Murderer, told of his experience of miscarriages of justice at a meeting of barristers in Dublin yesterday.

Pictured: Gillian Thomson, Action Cancer & Maria O’Loan, Tughans Staff at Belfast firm Tughans have raised £7,000 for Action Cancer, Northern Ireland's leading local cancer charity, over the past year.

Police have arrested a supply teacher on an indecency charge after she is alleged to have done a cartwheel in front of students while wearing a skirt but no underwear. The Pawhuska Police Department said a student recorded the incident, which is being treated as indecent exposure, on a mobile phone.

The former chief executive of a registered charity in receipt of public funds has lost her case against members of the Public Accounts Committee of Dáil Éireann in the High Court. Citing personal injury and loss of reputation, Ms Angela Kerins sought certain injunctive and declaratory reliefs and