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US President Trump’s decision to nominate Gina Haspel for the directorship of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been severely criticised on the basis she was previously involved in torture. Mr Trump nominated Ms Haspel as part of reshuffle of jobs after Rex Tillerson’s departure as Secre

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A company which was refused planning permission for one of the tallest windfarms in the country, has been unsuccessful in its application for judicial review of the decision of An Bord Pleanála. In the High Court, Mr Justice Twomey refused to grant the applicants an order for certiorari of the Boar

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A judge in the High Court has asked the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a ruling on the effect of recent legislative changes in Poland which are "so immense" that the court has been forced to conclude that the rule of law has been "systematically damaged" and democracy in Poland ha

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The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has recorded a 60 per cent rise in paramilitary punishment shootings and beatings in the last four years, The Guardian reports. There were 101 shootings and beatings by dissident republicans and loyalists last year, up from 64 in 2013, according to the l

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A third of company directors in Ireland are concerned about the compliance costs associated with the introduction of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a new survey has found. The Institute of Directors in Ireland (IoD) surveyed 254 members on their GDPR preparedness, including chief

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A man who was convicted of burglary has had his conviction quashed by the Supreme Court, on the basis that he had been deprived of a fair trial. Allowing the appeal, Justice Iseult O’Malley said that the defence was entitled to notice of the DPP’s evidence, and that “course taken by the prosec

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Pictured (l-r): Partners Declan Murphy, Dario Di Murro and Richard O’Sullivan OSM Partners has announced the appointment of Dario Di Murro as partner and head of the firm's property department.

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