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The PSNI is facing a £750,000 fine over the data breach which saw the personal information of all serving police officers and staff published online. Announcing its provisional decision yesterday, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said that, had the PSNI not been a public body, the f

New research has highlighted obstacles to wider use of alternatives to coercive sanctions in Ireland for people found in possession of controlled drugs for personal use. The report, produced by the Centre for Justice Innovation, was commissioned and published by Strategic Implementation Group 5 (SIG

Enhancements should be made to the Abhaile service, the mortgage to rent scheme and personal insolvency solutions to provide further assistance to borrowers experiencing trouble, a report has recommended. According to the report of the Mortgage Arrears Review Group, published today, the number of Ir

Northern Ireland firm Paschal O’Hare Personal Injury Solicitors has welcomed Andrew Irwin to its team. Mr Irwin, who qualified as a solicitor in 2017 following his graduation from Ulster University, was previously a senior associate in a major Irish law firm.

Ireland should decriminalise the possession of all illicit drugs for personal use and adopt a health-led approach to the use and misuse of substances, an Oireachtas committee has recommended. The joint committee on drugs use, which was established to examine and response to the 36 recommendations of

Maynooth University has been fined €40,000 following a personal data breach. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) last week announced its final decision in an inquiry which it commenced on an own-volition basis in July 2019.

A lawyer is facing charges after leaving youth court without his bag — which allegedly had his personal supply of cocaine in it. The 67-year-old Pennsylvania attorney was captured on CCTV carrying his bag into a waiting room and then leaving it behind.

Judges in Northern Ireland are highly stressed, feel under-paid and are increasingly concerned about their personal safety, according to new research. Researchers at the UCL Judicial Institute this week published the findings of the 2024 UK Judicial Attitude Survey (JAS), a biennial longitudinal sur

The Trump administration is facing legal action after publishing sensitive personal information about hundreds of people involved in investigating the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy. Newly-declassified files include the unredacted social security numbers of hundreds of congressional staffers,

The High Court has dismissed judicial review proceedings in respect of a data breach which allegedly compromised personal data on the applicant’s work phone. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Barry O’Donnell was satisfied that the clear import of the applicant’s co

The UK's privacy regulator has imposed a £60,000 fine on an English law firm following a cyber attack that led to highly sensitive and confidential personal information being published on the dark web. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) found that Merseyside-based DPP Law Ltd had 

Fr Peter McVerry The Oireachtas justice committee has received at least 50 submissions to its consultation on drug decriminalisation, according to The Irish Times.

A senior scientist at Ireland's forensic science laboratory has told prosecutors its resources are being wasted on preliminary drugs tests for drugs possession cases. Dr Tom Hannigan, director of chemical sciences at Forensic Science Ireland (FSI), said presumptive tests, which seek to confirm wheth

A former solicitor has admitted theft, fraud and forgery offences worth a total loss of more than €300,000. Mark Cronin, formerly of Cronin Mungovan Solicitors in Macroom, pleaded guilty to a long string of offences dating from between July 2009–December 2013.

First Minister Peter Robinson A Belfast property developer has lodged a formal complaint alleging criminal misfeasance in public office by First Minister Peter Robinson.