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Immigration lawyers have said European migrants are rushing to the UK before the UK government begins the process of leaving the EU, The Brief reports. Following the publication of quarterly figures on migration to the UK from the Office of National Statistics, lawyers have said the government's pla

An Austrian man has won his 10-year court battle against a swimming pool that overcharged him for entry by €2.50. The unnamed man travelled to a German spa in the Bavarian Alps where locals were offered a generous discount.

The High Court has dismissed a Tipperary farmer's claim that the mining activities of a nearby company had caused settlement to the surface of some of his 18-acre farmland and damage to adjacent buildings. Relying on the tort of nuisance, the farmer sought damages in excess of €3 million which the

Sports Minister Shane Ross Mr Justice Carroll Moran will chair the non-statutory inquiry into the Olympics tickets controversy, the Government has announced.

The Migrants Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) has called for immigration reform in the wake of new figures showing a return to net inward migration for the first time since 2009. The rights group said the Government had to take action to ensure migrants have rights, dignity and security.

The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) has published documents from the 1980s which show, among other things, the importance assigned by the Northern Ireland Office to the implementation of the Fair Employment Act 1989. Then-Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Brooke said in a letter to G

Organisations have been invited to host events at the Northern Ireland Human Rights Festival in December 2016. The festival, organised by the Human Rights Consortium since 2012, starts on 4 December and ends on Human Rights Day, 10 December 2016.

Maria Hennessy, legal officer at the Irish Refugee Council Independent Law Centre The Irish Refugee Council has called on the Government to honour its commitment to relocate asylum seekers from Greece and Italy following a fact-finding mission in Greece.

Declan Black, managing partner at Mason Hayes & Curran Dublin firm Mason Hayes & Curran is sponsoring this year's Plain English Awards, which rewards organisations that communicate clearly and offers free plain English training to those who don’t.

European Commission inspectors have warned that Ireland is not fully adhering to EU regulations on the testing of genetically modified (GMO) food products. Officials from the European Commission's directorate-general for health and food safety reported on a visit to the Public Analyst's Laboratory (

A legal financing start-up that uses an algorithm designed to calculate a would-be litigant's likelihood of winning a case has won a $100,000 grant from the Thiel Foundation. Legalist uses an algorithm designed by two Harvard undergraduates to determine whether a case can win.

Traffic police in central India have embraced an unlikely solution to night-time traffic accidents involving straw cattle: attaching glow-in-the-dark strips to their horns. Kailash Chauhan, traffic police inspector for Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh state, said action was taken after a spate of

The High Court has ordered the extradition of a 27-year-old man from Wicklow to the United States, where he is wanted for various offences in connection to his alleged employment as an administrator for an anonymous online marketplace renowned for providing narcotics and weaponry, which was conseque

Economy Minister Simon Hamilton Global law firms expanding their Northern Ireland operations have been granted almost £3 million through Invest NI over the past five years, The Irish News reports.

Sports Minister Shane Ross Talks over the retired judge who will chair the non-statutory inquiry into the ongoing Olympics ticket controversy are set to continue.