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Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan insisted that the Special Criminal Court is compatible with fundamental human rights as he secured Oireachtas approval for its continued operation. The Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998, which underpins the operation of the non-jury court, must be rene

Legislation to facilitate a referendum on allowing Irish citizens around the world to vote in Irish presidential elections is being drafted by the Government. Ministers envisage that an October referendum will allow the expanded franchise to take effect in time for the next presidential election in

Aoife Gillespie has joined Mercy Law Resource Centre, which provides free legal advice to homeless people, as a volunteer solicitor. Ms Gillespie is a dual-qualified solicitor and barrister who currently heads the immigration team at Dublin firm Philip Lee.

Nasc, the Migrant and Refugee Rights Centre, has announced the appointment of Fiona Hurley as its new policy and communications manager. Ms Hurley was previously legal service manager at Nasc, having joined the immigration rights NGO's legal service in 2010.

Matheson has become the first Irish law firm to be awarded the Investors in Diversity Silver Standard by the Irish Centre of Diversity. The Irish Centre for Diversity, supported by Ibec and the DCU Centre of Excellence for Diversity and Inclusion, work in partnership with organisations across Irelan

Belfast solicitor Niall Murphy, partner at KRW Law, has been named "Lawyer of the Week" by The Times. The newspaper has published a Q&A with Mr Murphy following his work on the successful legal challenge by Northern Ireland journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey against police search warr

Players from countries across the world will compete at the Law Society's headquarters next weekend in the 10th Annual SARI UNHCR World Refugee Day Fair Play Cup. The Fair Play Cup is Ireland's largest World Refugee Day event, held every year to draw attention to the millions of refugees who have be

The law is on Scotland's side in its dispute with Ireland over the waters of Rockall, according to two Irish maritime law experts, The Times reports. Clive Symmons, of Trinity College Dublin, said Irish ministers were "incorrect" to assert that the Scottish government had no basis for excluding Iris

A disability charity has unveiled a brand new state-of-the-art multi-sensory room with the help of law firm Keating Connolly Sellors.

Amazon is facing two lawsuits in the US over its storage of children's voices through its Alexa product, The Register reports. The lawsuits have been lodged in courts in California and Washington by guardians of the unnamed children, aged eight and 10.

Paramedics will be armed and told to use necessary force when responding to certain high-risk situations under a new law. The medical professionals will have to complete annual firearm safety and "tactical" training under the measure, set to take effect in the US state of Florida from July.

An inquest into the death of Daniel Carson, a young Catholic who was murdered as he left work near the lower Shankill in 1973, has found that the investigation into his death was “flawed and inadequate”. Finding that there was “compelling and credible evidence” that the gunma

Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly has been nominated by ministers for appointment to the Court of Appeal. The judge, who called to the Bar in 1988 and the Inner Bar in 2004, has sat on the High Court bench since 2014.

The last in a set of six EU directives providing guarantees during criminal proceedings across all member states has come into force. The directive on special safeguards for children started to apply yesterday, just over a month after the directive guaranteeing access to legal aid started to apply.

The Adoption Rights Alliance (ARA) has criticised the Government for progressing a bill on access to adoption records "without consulting stakeholders". The group, which operates a peer support network of 2,000 adopted people, natural mothers and other family members, complained that the Department