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Plans to transform a former courthouse in Ballyjamesduff into a community centre have been given the go-ahead by councillors. Ballyjamesduff Community Council has been granted permission for the project by Cavan County Council, The Anglo-Celt reports.

Retired Dublin solicitor and former property tycoon Brian O’Donnell exited bankruptcy yesterday, The Irish Times reports. Ms Justice Costello formally discharged him from bankruptcy at a sitting of the High Court yesterday.

A woman who bought her home from the council in 2005 has been granted an order of certiorari quashing the decision of Meath County Council, which refused her permission to sell her home and relocate now that her children have grown up and moved out. Directing the Council to reconsider the woman’s

Reprimanded judges will have their identity protected from the public under the proposed Judicial Council Bill, The Irish Times reports. The bill provides for investigations into allegations of misconduct to be held in private, with a fine of up to €5,000 or a jail term of up to a year for anyone

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Ireland is sleepwalking towards a national identity database and national identity card "in all else but name", privacy law experts have warned.

Darragh Mackin The verdict expected today in the trial of 21-year-old Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa in Cairo has been postponed until at least next month.

Sir David Edward A former judge of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said Theresa May’s promise to remove the UK from the court’s jurisdiction after Brexit "shows just how ignorant she is".

The Irish Times has published a full obituary for James Osborne, former managing partner of A&L Goodbody. Mr Osborne, a well-known lawyer and former chairman of Independent News & Media (INM), died suddenly this month at the age of 68.

Sarah Benson Laws banning the sale of sex in Ireland should be better enforced, an anti-prostitution NGO has said.

More than 50 teams took part in this year's Cope Foundation Golf Classic, a long-standing charity partnership between Cope Foundation and O'Flynn Exhams Solicitors.

Seven plaintiffs have been awarded a total of €52k for injuries arising out of a two car collision involving a car owned by Hertz Rent-a-Car. Hertz contended that the collision was a “set up”, based on the plaintiffs’ membership of the same “republican” society, and the jovial nature wit

Thousands of personal injuries claims could be made against American companies in the Irish courts because of a landmark US Supreme Court decision, the Irish Independent reports. The ruling in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. vs. Superior Court of California is understood to effectively prevent people outsi

The Law Society of Ireland has announced the expansion of its Street Law programme, with a new Solicitors in the Community programme to be piloted and a conference to be hosted in Dublin next month. Street Law is a global initiative that began in the US in the 1970s with a handful of students at Geo

The Courts Service of Ireland has invited input into its Strategic Plan for the period 2017-2020. Stakeholders and interested parties have until 22 September 2017 to indicate what issues they think should be addressed in the next Strategic Plan.

Young solicitors in Belfast yesterday enjoyed a mini tag-rugby event followed by an end of summer BBQ, hosted by the Northern Ireland Young Solicitors Association (NIYSA).