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Justice Minister Claire Sugden Two people in Northern Ireland have been referred to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) over offences under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016.

The Department of Justice has offered a pay deal to gardaí following three months of negotiations with the Garda Representative Association (GRA). Among the provisions of the deal are the restoration of the €4,000 rent allowance for newly-recruited gardaí, RTÉ News reports.

A team led by Gavin O'Flaherty of Eversheds has advised WP Engine on the establishment of its Irish operations in Limerick.

Papers relating to the courts martial of the Easter Rising leaders have been published by the National Archives of Ireland. The documents were held in the UK's National Archives but will now be available online from www.nationalarchives.ie.

Iceland's foreign affairs ministry is considering legal action against frozen food retailer Iceland over its trademark on the country's name. The Icelandic government and other parties are looking to file a "cancellation action" against the Europe-wide trademark on "Iceland".

A company’s application for the appointment of an examiner has been refused by the High Court on the basis that such an appointment would frustrate the outcome of recent contentious litigation. Justice Baker was not satisfied that the petition had been brought in good faith, stating that the true

Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Paschal Donohoe Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Paschal Donohoe today launched a new independent law centre to provide specialist legal advice to whistleblowers.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald will be "studying in detail" the calls for legislative reform by Gsoc chairperson Judge Mary Ellen Ring.

Pictured (l-r): Matthew Cole, Julian Yarr and Gina Conheady A&L Goodbody has announced the appointment of partners Matthew Cole and Gina Conheady to its Dublin and San Francisco offices.

The English bar’s regulatory board has issued a list of competences that the 15,000 barristers in England and Wales should be meeting on a day-to-day basis, including speaking audibly and using “correct … grammar, spelling and punctuation”. The Bar Standards Board's document lays out the “

Women are being penalised for being pregnant in workplaces throughout Northern Ireland, the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI) has said. The ECNI recently helped three women settle cases against their employers for £3,000, £4,500, and £8,000.

Alan Turing A Scottish MP is to move ahead with proposing a bill that would see gay men who were convicted when homosexuality was a criminal offence pardoned.

A pagan from the Scottish Borders has crossed swords with planning officials who have refused him permission to build a sacred shrine in honour of Herne the Hunter. Andrew Cleghorn, 52, from Kirkburn, wants to build, on his smallholding, an altar, statue plinth and sacred well in tribute to the god,

Attorney General John Larkin QC Attorney General John Larkin QC is set to become involved in two Brexit challenges before the High Court.

A recidivist criminal serving a custodial sentence in the Midlands Prison for numerous offences applied to the High Court alleging that his committal warrants were not valid. Justice White found that the legislation upon which the prisoner made his submissions was not relevant, and that the prisoner