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A pensioner who identifies as middle-aged has launched a legal bid to have his age changed in order to improve his prospects on dating app Tinder. Emile Ratelband, who is 69 years old but says he feels 49, had his application for a new birth date rejected by a local authority.

A former parish priest who sexually abused and raped a 12-year-old boy has been successful in his appeal against the severity of his sentence. In 2017, the man was sentenced to a total of eight years imprisonment for rape and sexual assault, to run consecutive to a sentence of seven years imposed in

Tully Rinckey Ireland has announced the appointment of Conor Robinson as a partner in Dublin following its acquisition of CB Robinson Solicitors. The move comes less than four months after US-based law firm Tully Rinckey expanded into Ireland as part of a five-year plan for international expansion.

Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Deirdre Nagle as a partner in the firm's construction practice. Ms Nagle has led the firm's planning and environmental law team since February and will continue to do so.

Belfast solicitors Lynsey Watson, Helen Trimble and Noelle McKay have been appointed principal legal officers at Northern Ireland's Land Registry. The role will see them advise Land Registry examiners on the legal aspects of registration and adverse possession.

Trainee solicitor Eileen Lynch has been elected secretary-general of the Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP). The YEPP is the youth wing of the European People's Party, the European political grouping to which Fine Gael belongs.

The first so-called "on-the-run" republican to be charged with offences since the scheme was found by British MPs to have “distorted the process of justice” has been brought before the High Court on an extradition warrant. Donegal man John Downey, 66, is facing charges in relation to the

Limerick solicitors, barristers, courts staff and lecturers swapped the courtroom for the ballroom at "Strictly Legal Eagles" to raise money for local charities.

LK Shields has announced that it will be legal sponsor of MediaCon 2018, a high-level summit and marketplace for the media industry. Aideen Burke, associate in the media and entertainment team, will speak on both days of the event as part of panel discussions on "International Co-Production" and "Br

Dozens of criminal justice charities have been gagged by public sector contracts which prevent them from criticising the UK government, The Times reports. An investigation by the newspaper into so-called "gagging clauses" in government contracts suggests that some of Britain's biggest charities have

Populism and human rights will be the subject of a lecture by Irish barrister and academic Professor Connor Gearty in Scotland next month. JUSTICE Scotland's Annual Human Rights Day Lecture, chaired this year by UK Supreme Court Justice, Lord Hodge, will be delivered by Professor Gearty on Monday 10

Senator Ivana Bacik joined McCann FitzGerald and global advisory company Willis Towers Watson at a special breakfast seminar this morning to discuss the implications of the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill. Senator Bacik, a barrister and Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology at Tri

An American congressman is facing an ethics investigation after his staff allegedly threatened a professor who made fun of his name. Ari Kohen, associate professor of political science at the University of Nebraska, liked a Facebook post of a Jeff Fortenberry billboard vandalised to read "Fartenberr

A vulture fund has been granted summary judgment against a man who secured loans from Anglo Irish Bank in 2008, which were bought by the fund from IBRC in 2014. The two loans amounted to €1.06 million, and the man owed approximately €1.33 million when they were called in by the fund in 201

The High Court in Belfast has begun hearing a judicial review brought by a woman who was prosecuted for buying abortion pills for her daughter. The landmark case marks the first time that the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has been challenged on a decision relating to Northern Ireland's restrictiv