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Rent pressure zones (RPZs) are to be extended across the State — but changes will see rent increases on new build apartments linked to inflation and rents allowed to be reset to "market value" at the start of new tenancies. Ministers yesterday said they would introduce new legislation in respo

Mason Hayes & Curran has welcomed its first group of summer interns for 2025.

Legal and tax advisory firm Orbitus has announced four appointments as part of the "first wave" of a major expansion. The firm has welcomed Eoin Casey as head of litigation and Carmel O’Shea Maloney as head of legal for Beam, the firm's online conveyancing product.

A new Criminal Justice International Cooperation Office is to be established to support Ireland's cooperation with law enforcement agencies across the European Union. The Criminal Justice (International Cooperation Office) Bill 2025 will establish the new office and set out its powers in line with t

New terrorist offences are to be created in order to tackle the "foreign terrorist fighter phenomenon", justice minister Jim O'Callaghan has announced. The three new offences are among the provisions in the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025, which aims to response to the ev

A statutory public inquiry into one of Ireland's most famous miscarriages of justice following the 1976 Sallins train robbery would serve "no obvious purpose", the government has said. The so-called 'Sallins Men' — Michael Barrett, Osgur Breatnach, John Fitzpatrick, Nicky Kelly, Brian McNally

Judges could soon give sentence discounts on the basis that Ireland's prisons are overcrowded, a leading expert in criminal law has suggested. Professor Tom O'Malley SC will speak about the prison overcrowding crisis next week at an event jointly hosted by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL

A Twix advert has been banned in the UK for encouraging dangerous driving. The minute-long advert shows a race between two cars, one of which tumbles down a cliff and lands upside down on the other, becoming joined sunroof to sunroof.

Girls and young women who escaped Boko Haram captivity in north-east Nigeria are still being neglected by the country’s authorities, one year after Amnesty International’s report and launch of the #EmpowerOurGirls campaign. In June 2024, Amnesty International published 'Help us build our

Plans for the dead to be ‘cremated’ in boiling water before being flushed down the drain could soon be approved in England. A review by the Law Commission of England and Wales could clear the way for new funeral practices such as alkaline hydrolysis — sometimes dubbed "water cremat

The UK Supreme Court will tomorrow hear an appeal in a Northern Ireland case centred on state secrecy in legacy cases. The Northern Ireland secretary is appealing against a coroner's decision to disclose a "gist" of information which the government said should remain private for national security re

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of a Traveller family who challenged a Circuit Court decision by way of judicial review instead of a statutory appeal. The family had initially pursued both a judicial review and a statutory appeal following a Circuit Court ruling which overturned a finding in

Two men have been imprisoned following the first custodial sentences imposed for environmental crimes in Northern Ireland history. Company directors Paul Doherty, 67, and Gerry Farmer, 56, were sentenced to a total of 33 months' imprisonment for their role in the illegal dumping of waste at the Mobu

Professor Jennifer Schweppe has been appointed as editor-in-chief of the Irish Judicial Studies Journal, with Dr Una Woods as deputy editor. The Irish Judicial Studies Journal is part of the central fabric of Irish legal scholarship, publishing two standard volumes and one special edition per year.

Simon Harris has paid tribute to the crew of the Madleen, who failed in a high-profile bid to bring humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza by sea. Israel has begun to deport the detained crew members of the civilian vessel, which was intercepted in international waters by the Israel Defense For