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Nearly half of all sexual offences recorded by gardaí in 2016 were committed by under-18s, according to figures published by the Irish Youth Justice Service (IYJS). According to the the annual report for 2016 of the monitoring committee of the Garda Juvenile Diversion Programme, 45 per cent of sexu

Cork Prison Scenes from an Irish play about three men kidnapped in Lebanon will be performed for inmates at Cork Prison tomorrow.

The Irish Prison Service has affirmed its support for continued co-operation with the Northern Ireland Prison Service at the first of a number of passing out ceremonies in the north. Ronnie Armour, head of the Northern Ireland Prison Service, and David Clarke, head of learning and development at the

A fourth man is facing hate crime charges in relation to a far-right rally in Belfast last year. John Richard Banks, a 60-year-old man from Yorkshire, appeared before Belfast Magistrates' Court on two counts of using threatening, abusive or insulting language at the "Northern Ireland Against Terrori

Peter O'Connor at the 1906 Games (Credit: National Archives) Over a century before Korean athletes captured worldwide attention by marching under a united flag in Pyeongchang, an Irish athlete — and future lawyer — flew his own flag dripping with political symbolism.

Gerry Adams has lost an appeal against his convictions in the 1970s, which he claimed were invalid due to the fact that they had been signed by the Minister of State for the Northern Ireland Office, and not the Secretary of State – which he contended was required by the legislation. Dismissing the

Daireann Gibson Gibson & Associates Solicitors has announced its first-ever acquisition as it takes over Dublin-based Barron Morris Solicitors.

Lesley Dempsey Co Kildare-based firm McCormack Solicitors has announced the appointment of Lesley Dempsey as a partner.

Jody Cantillon Cantillons Solicitors in Cork has announced the launch of a mediation service with the accreditation of one of its partners.

The Government's plans to set the "digital age of consent" at 13 have come under sharp criticism from cybersecurity experts. Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), all EU member states have to set an age threshold at which children can sign up to websites and technology services tha

Mary Lou McDonald The UK government would have released funding to the Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, for legacy inquests under a draft deal that Sinn Féin says was scuppered by the DUP.

The UK's House of Commons Home Affairs Committee has criticised the Home Office over delays to the Immigration White Paper and warns of serious problems for immigration service delivery and border security as a result of lack of decisions, proper planning or sufficient resources, in its report into

Justice Minister Lucy Frazer QC The UK government has launched a pilot programme enabling people to have their tax appeal heard through an online "video hearing".

Graduate Shannon Fahy has been awarded the inaugural LK Shields Hugh Garvey Memorial Prize at NUI Galway.

Maria Miller Westminster's women and equalities committee has called for written submissions to its inquiry on sexual harassment in the workplace.