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Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan will today seek Cabinet approval to oppose plans to end daylight savings time across the European Union, according to reports. Mr Flanagan will tell his Government colleagues that the move could lead to Northern Ireland and the Republic being in different time zones

The son and daughter of a man who was murdered in Co Tipperary in 2011 have launched personal injury proceedings against his convicted killer in the High Court. Patrick Quirke, 50, was jailed in May after jurors at the Central Criminal Court found him guilty of the murder of Bobby Ryan, 52, by a maj

A schoolteacher who launched a sex discrimination case against her employer with the support of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland has settled the case for £5,000. Catherine McCormick, who continues to teach at the school, alleged that she was overlooked for the post of temporary hea

The newly-elected European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has backed the introduction of a new EU-wide mechanism to guarantee the rule of law. Ms von der Leyen, who just stood down as German defence minister, was elected to the top post by MEPs with a slim majority of just nine votes ye

Karyn Harty, partner in dispute resolution and litigation at McCann FitzGerald, considers the impact of defamation reform in Britain on litigation in Ireland. Earlier this year, Newsbrands Ireland, the group representing many of Ireland’s newspaper titles, launched a campaign calling for refor

The European Commission has announced the opening of a formal antitrust investigation into Amazon over its use of sensitive data from independent retailers who sell on its marketplace. The investigation will consider whether Amazon collects competitively-sensitive information about marketplace selle

A multi-million dollar damages award in favour of a man who sued Bayer after he developed cancer linked to subsidiary Monsanto's weed killer Roundup has been slashed by over two-thirds. Plaintiff Edwin Hardeman was initially awarded $75 million in punitive damages and around $5 million in compensato

Law is not universally enforceable in the way we believe it is in theory – but “does it always have to be that way?”, Edward Snowden has asked. The American whistleblower, whose revelations in 2013 exposed Britain and America’s mass spying programmes, was addressing the ORGCo

A man has been arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle half a kilo of cocaine across continents under his wig. Police in Barcelona Airport became suspicious of the man, who had just arrived from Bogotá, Colombia, because of the size and height of his wig.

A man who sought to have his trial for criminal damage conducted in Irish, and to have this facilitated by an Irish-speaking judge, has been granted an order of certiorari quashing a District Court judge’s refusal to grant his application for an Irish-speaking judge to be assigned to his case.

Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT) has announced the appointment of Louise Duggan, Lebeau Jonker and Emily Sexton as partners across the firm's Dublin and Cork offices. Ms Duggan, partner in CKT's commercial property department, has a track record acting for developers, institutions and businesses in a comp

LK Shields has announced the appointment of Lester Sosa-Villatoro and Tanya Moeller as associate solicitors. Mr Sosa-Villatoro has joined the firm's corporate team, advising clients on a wide range of corporate and commercial transactions.

Westminster will legislate to introduce a new offence of coercive control in Northern Ireland, former Justice Minister Claire Sugden has announced. In a statement this morning, Ms Sugden said she had been informed by Northern Ireland's Department of Justice that the UK Government's Domestic Abuse Bi

Professor Robert Elgie, lecturer in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University (DCU), has passed away at the age of 54. The university announced his passing on Twitter yesterday evening.

Cork solicitor Patricia Mallon has been awarded a French order of merit after stepping down as honorary consul of France in Cork. Ms Mallon, partner at Eoin C. Daly Mallon Solicitors, was presented with the Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite by the French Ambassador to Ireland, Sté