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Sir Declan Morgan The political crisis in Northern Ireland has thrown the future of problem-solving court projects in doubt, the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, has said.

Pictured (l-r): John O'Doherty, Gráinne Whelan and Áine Flynn Dublin firm KOD Lyons has welcomed Gráinne Whelan to its team.

A financial controller who stole €270,000 from a solicitors' firm to pay off her ex-husband’s gambling debts has been jailed for 18 months. Counsel for Donna Magee asked that she be given a week before starting her sentence in order to make arrangements for her 14-year-old child. This was refuse

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has welcomed the election of Professor Siobhán Mullally as president of the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA).

Her Honour Judge Anuja Ravindra Dhir QC Her Honour Judge Anuja Ravindra Dhir QC, 49, has become the first non-white judge to be appointed to the Old Bailey.

A man who was convicted of assaulting two men in a hotel room in Dublin, one of whom was his former girlfriend’s alleged rapist, has successfully appealed the severity of his sentence. Delivering the judgment of the three-judge Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Alan Mahon found that the sentencing judge

Children's Minister Dr Katherine Zappone Young offenders will be sent to Oberstown rather than adult prisons from today, Children's Minister Dr Katherine Zappone has announced.

Finian McGrath The ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities remains "a very high priority" for the Government, Minister Finian McGrath has said.

Health Minister Simon Harris New legislative measures will allow doctors to admit mistakes or accidents to patients without accepting personal legal liability, The Irish Times reports.

Martha Spurrier, director of Liberty Liberty has produced a “damning analysis” of the UK government’s white paper on the Great Repeal Bill (GRB) – which "risks leaving UK residents with far fewer rights than they currently have".

Legal rights group FLAC has hailed a High Court ruling in favour of a man with a visual impairment seeking to vindicate his right to a secret ballot as "an important victory for people with disabilities". Robbie Sinnott took a case against the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Govern

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is concerned that the constitutional process of trial by jury could be interfered with in the upcoming trial of water protesters, a court has heard. Anti-Austerity Alliance TD Paul Murphy, 33, together with Dublin councillor Kieran Mahon, 39, Anti-Austerity

Professor Siobhán Mullally Professor Siobhán Mullally has been elected president of the Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA).

Mentoring young offenders can reduce recidivism by an average of 28 per cent, a major report by Le Chéile has found. The Reducing Youth Crime in Ireland report is based on an evaluation of Le Chéile's volunteer mentoring programme and its 2013-15 activities by Dr Kieran O’Dwyer of KC Consulting

Mary Keane Mary Keane, deputy director-general of the Law Society of Ireland, has been elected vice-chair of the Board of the National Gallery of Ireland.