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The garda and Road Safety Authority are introducing an education initiative following a 15 per cent rise in road deaths in the last 12 months. Since January 86 people have been killed on the roads - 11 more than last year.

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David Barniville After a series of disturbances in courthouses across the country there are calls for extra security to be present during home and property repossession cases, the Irish Independent reports.

The UK Supreme Court has unanimously allowed a legal charity’s appeal against the Lord Chancellor to introduce a residence test for civil legal aid on the basis it is ultra vires. Following a hearing at which the court heard argument on the ultra vires issue and indicated that it did not need to h

The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed a businessman's claim that the Moriarty Tribunal of Inquiry into Payments to Charles Haughey and Michael Lowry had incorrectly restricted the cross-examination of a key witness at its public hearings. The five-judge Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the

Large numbers of files that were due to be released have been withheld from the latest batch of files from the National Archives, despite promises that restrictions on many documents would be lifted. Documents on “Mark Thatcher and the Omanis”, relations with the Soviet Union, Anglo-Irish negoti

Lorcan O'Connor, head of the insolvency service A change in the law has seen almost bankruptcy end for almost 800 people.

The Court of Appeal has ruled that Mrs Mary O’Donnell, wife of retired solicitor Brian O’Donnell, is entitled to challenge an injunction that prevents trespassing on or interfering with the Official Assignee’s right to dispose of their property – a substantial house at Gorse Hill, Killiney,

Jobs Minister Mary Mitchell-O'Connor Jobs Minister Mary Mitchell-O'Connor is drafting legislation to improve access to the courts for lower value intellectual property (IP) infringement cases and create copyright exemptions to service the needs of disabled people.

In the High Court, Mr Justice David Keane has allowed two property companies and their controlling director, to succeed in an interlocutory application for a Mareva injunction – thereby restraining a former employee from "removing from Ireland, disposing of, dealing with or diminishing the value o

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal by County Louth Vocational Education Committee regarding proceedings before the Equality Tribunal concerning an allegation of discrimination on grounds of gender and sexual orientation made by a retired teacher against his former employer, County Louth Vocation

A man who argued that the district judge who had convicted him of driving without insurance had misinterpreted section 56 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 has had his application for judicial review dismissed in the High Court. Dismissing his application, Justice Noonan held that the man was confused as

The High Court in Belfast has awarded compensation of £50,000 to a former hotelier after defamatory comments were published in the Sunday World newspaper. Justice Stephens held that the newspaper did not meet the standards of responsible journalism in failing to verify sources, and had erroneously

The High Court has refused a man’s application for judicial review in relation to a data protection complaint. In the application, the man sought to challenge the Data Protection Commissioner’s refusal to investigate disputed facts of his data protection complaint via an oral hearing, with the C

Sir Declan Morgan The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, today called on the NI Executive and the UK Government to make urgent progress on dealing with the past.