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The Government has not indicated any plans to crack down on controversial "loot boxes" in video games after joining an international declaration condemning the "blurring of lines between gaming and gambling". David Stanton, minister of state in the Department of Justice, was speaking to the Seanad a

A school bus driver who allegedly let children as young as 11 take the wheel has been arrested. Joandrea McAtee, 27, is suspected by police of having allowed three pupils aged 11, 13 and 17 to drive the bus for a short distance on a rural road.

A child who is the subject of an interim care order granted by an English Court must be returned to the jurisdiction of England and Wales after it was found that the child was wrongfully removed from the jurisdiction by her parents. The child had been removed from the care of her parents due to the

Philip Lee has announced the appointment of Eoin Brereton as partner in the firm's corporate and commercial department. Mr Brereton, who joined the firm in 2015, will specialise in corporate advisory work and lead the commercial contracts division.

The Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, has called for a major investment in the IT systems of the Irish courts as he marked the opening of the new legal year. Announcing for the first time that the Supreme Court would become an "e-court" - with online filing of appeals and submission

Ireland's most senior judge has said unclear legislation at both an Irish and European level is leading to significant court delays, the Irish Independent reports. The Chief Justice, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, told RTÉ's Today with Sean O'Rourke that he "wouldn't mind more plain English" i

The number of complaints to the Office of the Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland more than halved over the past year, according to its latest annual report. A total of 1,953 complaints were received from prisoners in 2017/18, a 55 per cent decrease on the previous year.

Judges and other experts are set to discuss reform of the family law system at the Legal Aid Board's annual conference in Dublin tomorrow. Speakers at the annual conference include members of the judiciary, the Law Society of Ireland, senior representatives of key Government departments, civil socie

Mr Justice McCloskey is set to address Northern Ireland's first immigration law conference in Belfast this November. The judge joins Professor Colin Harvey from Queen's University Belfast on the platform at the event organised by the Immigration Practitioners' Group NI.

Lord Wilson, a justice of the Supreme Court, returned to Northwestern University in Chicago this week to urge US law students to "strive tirelessly" to secure the protection and development of human rights. His speech, titled Our Human Rights: A Joint Effort?, looked at the "historical development"

Leading experts in children's rights attended the launch of a new access to justice initiative by the Children's Rights Alliance (CRA) on Monday. The Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, joined Professor Geoffrey Shannon, special rapporteur on child protection, at the event in the Four

Complainants in rape cases in some parts of England are being asked to hand over massive amounts of personal information in order to progress police investigations into their allegations, The Guardian reports. Assistant Commissioner Martin Hewitt, lead for adult sexual offences at the National Polic

A restaurant is under investigation over its practice of giving lobsters marijuana to relax them before they're killed and cooked. Charlotte’s Legendary Lobster Pound owner, Charlotte Gill, who is a licensed medical marijuana giver in Maine, cannot currently serve her "smoked" lobster mea

A husband and wife who sought orders of certiorari of International Protection Appeals Tribunal decisions, have had their applications dismissed in the High Court. Describing the husband’s "highly improbable" story of his escape from custody in Ukraine as "cliff-hangingly filmic", Mr Justice

DWF has announced the appointment of construction partner Chris Wheeler to its Dublin office. Mr Wheeler will work with both the energy and commercial property teams while leading the growth of DWF's construction offering in Ireland.