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Northern Ireland house prices increased by 7 per cent over the year to Q3 2015, according to a new report based on HMRC figures. All district council areas were up between Q3 2014 and Q3 2015, and all areas except Mid Ulster showed an increase from the second quarter of this year, bringing the avera

The Rio Paralympics is to crackdown on athletes who gain an adrenaline boost – by squeezing their scrotums. The practice of “boosting” is common amongst wheelchair-bound athletes trying to gain an advantage but is, in fact, deadly.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Legislation designed to crack down on terrorism by strengthening international judicial co-operation and the collection of court fines has been passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas.

The Court of Appeal has found that the initial sentence given to a Donegal man in respect of the most serious incident of dangerous driving in Ireland’s history was “unduly lenient”. Shaun Kelly had pled guilty in December 2014 to the offence of dangerous driving causing death, following a fat

Two women who challenged the validity of an amendment to the Immigration rules in 2010 requiring a foreign spouse or partner of a British citizen or person settled in the UK to pass a test of competence in the English language before coming to live here have had their appeal unanimously dismissed by

Mr Justice Nial Fennelly Mr Justice Nial Fennelly, the retired Supreme Court judge leading the commission investigating the covert recording of phone calls in Garda stations, has sought an extension until 30 September 2016 before producing his final report.

Ben Wallace, parliamentary under secretary of state at the Northern Ireland Office Former British soldiers arrested in connection with the Bloody Sunday killings will have their legal fees paid by the Department of Defence, it has been confirmed.

Dr Anastasia Crickley, vice-chair of the UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination An Garda Síochána needs to do more to address racial discrimination by staff in order to win back trust among people of African descent, a new report says.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Amnesty International Ireland has called on Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald to scrap proposals to criminalise the purchase of sex through the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015.

Private equity could be a key driver in Northern Ireland's technology revolution - that was the verdict of a round-table event of industry experts last week.

To mark the 25th year of the Human Rights Centre at Queen's University Belfast, the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly invites submissions for a special issue to be published in Autumn 2016 on the theme of Human Rights & Education. Submissions which explore the theme from different perspectives ar

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has published the draft International Protection Bill 2015, designed to reform Irish laws around asylum seekers.

Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas The publisher of GQ magazine has been found in contempt of court over a “seriously prejudicial” article on the phone-hacking trial.

A pet rescue charity in Washington state has joined forces with a local prison to put stray cats behind bars where prisoners will look after them. Prisoners at Mission Creek Women's Correction Center in Belfair will look after abandoned cats and kittens until they are ready to return to shelters for

The High Court has ruled that the establishment of fourteen drink driving checkpoints was valid, following a challenge from an individual charged with drink driving. The court found that a Mandatory Alcohol Testing authorisation, which allowed for the establishment of checkpoints from Monday 24th Ma