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The Disclosures Tribunal is the best placed to look into the alleged smear campaign against Garda Sgt Maurice McCabe, the tribunal judge has asserted. Mr Justice Peter Charleton said the Oireachtas had decided a public inquiry "was the most appropriate way to investigate" matters.

More than half of European Arrest Warrants issued by Ireland last year resulted in people being returned to the State, new figures show. Ireland issued 84 such warrants last year and 46 people were returned on foot of them, according to the annual report for 2016 on the operation of the European Arr

Margaret Martin Men who kill their female partners receive less jail time than men who murder other women, according to analysis by Women's Aid Ireland.

Dublin solicitor Aonghus McCarthy has appeared in court accused of bringing cocaine into Mountjoy Prison for an inmate, The Irish Times reports. Mr McCarthy, represented by solicitor Michael Hanahoe, appeared before Judge Anthony Halpin in Dublin District Court last week - directly across the road f

Karen Connolly A Belfast solicitor has helped to develop a free domestic and sexual violence app launched today by the Belfast Area Domestic & Sexual Violence and Abuse Partnership.

Lawyers once again bore down upon politicians on an exceedingly chilly Saturday afternoon at Donnybrook Stadium. This time, it was The Bar of Ireland’s side that met with the Dáil & Seanad XV, the latter having narrowly lost to the Law Society men last Saturday.

BDM Boylan Solicitors has been named Cork Law Firm of the Year 2017 at the annual Cork Business Awards.

A man who exercised his right to remain silent while being interrogated for murder in 2007 has successfully challenged the constitutionality of s. 9(1)(b) of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 – with which he was charged for failing to disclose information regarding the murder for

Ken Murphy The Law Society of Ireland has called on the Government to deliver on its commitments and prioritise the modernisation of the family courts.

Wendy Lyon A lawyer who brought judicial review proceedings on behalf of women excluded from the Magdalene laundries redress scheme says the actions have been "vindicated" by the Ombudsman's findings.

Simon Coveney The Irish Government has criticised UK government plans to introduce a statute of limitations to block the investigation of crimes committed by security forces during the Troubles.

Members of the judiciary have called for a return to the old usher system because of unhappiness with their assistants, The Irish Times reports. Judges above District Court level were assigned ushers until 2011, when budget cuts meant that newly appointed judges had judicial assistants assigned to t

Ruairi Gillen Northern Ireland's Department of Justice is concerned that extradition and surrender procedures could become "toxic" after Brexit, according to an investigation by The Detail.

Judge Michael Reilly The Office of the Inspector of Prisons has published its annual report for 2015/2016, its first such report since the sudden death of the Inspector of Prisons, Judge Michael Reilly.

Claire Edgar Belfast firm Francis Hanna & Co has become the latest solicitors firm to join The PILS Project.