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A solicitor representing a victim of abuse in a Co Galway foster home has called for the urgent establishment of a commission of investigation. Ronan Hynes, partner at Keating Connolly Sellors Solicitors, told RTÉ's Drivetime that the inquiry by the National Review Panel is not sufficient and a sta

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Cork solicitor Sinéad Kane has announced her plan to beat the world record for longest distance covered on a treadmill in 24 hours. Ms Kane (pictured), who is blind, already made history last year by becoming the first visually-impaired athlete to complete the World Marathon Challenge - seven marat

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The High Court has today ruled part of the UK government’s flagship surveillance law, the Investigatory Powers Act, is unlawful – following a legal challenge from human rights campaigning organisation Liberty. In this first stage of its challenge to the law, Liberty focused on government powers

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Is the law fair to asylum seekers? That is the question posed on the latest episode of BBC Radio 4’s Unreliable Evidence series. Host Clive Anderson asks his expert guests if the law makes it too hard for people to prove they have a legitimate claim to asylum.

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The High Court in London has ruled that a coroner's "cab rank" policy of dealing with bodies on a first-come, first-served basis was unlawful, irrational and discriminatory. The protocol issued by Mary Hassell, senior coroner for inner north London, last October has now been struck down and quashed.

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The Supreme Court has ruled that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform erred in law in failing to consider whether Article 8 rights were engaged when refusing applications of two Mauritian citizens who had lawfully entered the State through a government scheme in 2006. Emphasising that t

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Ireland's press freedom ranking has fallen as a result of high defamation awards by the Irish courts and proposed Government legislation. Reporters Without Borders placed Ireland 16th in the 2018 Word Press Freedom Index, down from 14th in 2017.

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