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A bill to significantly enhance the powers of the Policing Authority may pass despite the Government's opposition, The Irish Times reports. Jim O'Callaghan, Fianna Fáil's justice spokesperson, has tabled legislation to give the Authority power to sack gardaí and be informed of all Garda Commission

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The Government has paid €30,000 in compensation to a woman who was subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment because of Ireland's abortion laws. The UN Human Rights Committee ruled in June in regards to Siobhán Whelan, who was denied access to abortion services in Ireland following a di

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Ireland faces a fine from the European Commission for failing to implement the EU's fourth anti-money laundering directive by the June 2017 deadline. The Commission is investigating 17 countries which did not put Directive 2015/849 into force by 26 June 2017, The Irish Times reports.

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The European Court of Human Rights will hear a landmark case on surveillance today as part of a challenge to the lawfulness of the UK’s surveillance laws and its intelligence agencies’ mass surveillance practices. The case, described by campaigners as a “watershed moment for people’s privacy

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Richard Woulfe Mason Hayes & Curran hosted a special presentation in its offices to celebrate the causes supported by the firm's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme.

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A prominent conservative lawyer in Egypt has sparked outrage by allegedly encouraging rape while speaking on a panel TV show. Appearing on satellite TV channel Al-Assema, Nabih al-Wahsh said it was a "patriotic duty" to harass a woman wearing immodest clothing and a "national duty" to rape her.

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Michael Quinlan The Law Society of Ireland has announced the election of solicitor Michael Quinlan as its 147th president, continuing a 176-year tradition since the election of first president Josias Dunn in 1841.

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