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During the United Irishman Rebellion of 1798, one of the forms of torture used by the British on suspected Irish rebels – or Croppies – was pitchcapping. Victims were subjected to "caps" full of boiling tar, or "pitch", and gunpowder, forced on their heads and set alight. If the victims

A man who was shot by his Rottweiler has said he's long forgiven the offending dog. Harold Gilligan, 74, was left with three broken ribs, an injured lung and a broken collarbone after his dog Charlie caught the trigger of his gun with his claw.

A man who was thrown off a horse while he was working at a farm in Cork has been awarded €77,345 in the High Court. Finding that the employer was liable for the accident due to his decision to park his tractor in a location which was likely to spook the horses when they rode past it, Mr Justice

Belfast firm Davidson McDonnell has announced the appointment of solicitor Ben Fraser to the firm's commercial property team. Prior to relocating to Northern Ireland, Mr Fraser trained and qualified with international law firm DLA Piper in England.

A leading lawyer has raised doubts over whether a bill aimed at creating a statutory offence of perjury is likely to deter false insurance claims and reduce premiums, The Times reports. Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh introduced the Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018 as a private

A landmark judgment by the Court of Appeal could see hundreds of homeowners face renewed threat of repossession, The Irish Times reports. The court has ruled that a man fighting a possession order is not entitled to challenge the registration of a "vulture fund" as the owner of a charge on his home.

The High Court is expected to give judgment this month on the proposed extradition of a Polish man to face trial in his native country on drug trafficking charges. Polish authorities are seeking the surrender of Artur Celmer, 31, who was arrested in Ireland on foot of a European Arrest Warrant. Mr C

Security experts have warned that gardaí are dependent on UK intelligence to track international criminals living in Ireland, the Sunday Business Post reports. Dr Edward Burke, director of the Centre for Conflict, Security and Terrorism in Nottingham, said gardaí’s heavy reliance

Niamh Magee, associate in the corporate team at Carson McDowell, writes on a new investigation into celebrity and social media endorsements. Frequent users of social media platforms such as Instagram, Twitter and Facebook will be familiar with the hashtags “#spon”, “#af”, &ld

The anonymous blogger known as the "Secret Barrister" has encouraged the incoming Director of Public Prosecutions to make surprise court visits to see the "daily pressures" on the system. Max Hill QC begins a five-year term as head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) today, succeeding Alison Saun

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has made a submission to the High Court on how evidence should be assessed in the Artur Celmer extradition case. The 43-page document, submitted by the Commission in its role as an amicus curiae, draws on international and domestic practices to clarify

Belfast firm Worthingtons Solicitors have joined Action Cancer to launch the charity’s ‘Action Your Will’ campaign. Participating solicitors across the province are waiving their fees for basic wills in the month of November. In lieu of payment, clients’ donations will help A

The Dublin headquarters of McCann FitzGerald have been lit up all week to coincide with this year's Bram Stoker Festival.

A copy of the novel Lady Chatterley's Lover used by the judge in the obscenity trial over the book in 1969 has sold for £56,000 at auction. An anonymous online bidder picked up the book, which was expected to fetch £15,000.

A woman who was seven months pregnant at the time of her dismissal from a job in which she worked for approximately 10 weeks, has lost her appeal to the Labour Court. The woman asserted in evidence that she had told a colleague of her pregnancy the week before her dismissal, and although her uniform