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Individuals who failed to pay fines imposed last year will begin to be summoned to court, the Courts Service of Ireland has confirmed. The Irish Examiner reports that District Court judges will begin issuing rulings and sanctions on defaulters under the regime created by the Fines (Payment and Recov

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Dr Vincent Power, partner and head of EU, competition and procurement at A&L Goodbody Last year's Brexit vote may have led to a fall in the number of merger and acquisition transactions notified to Irish authorities last year, according to A&L Goodbody.

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A judge of the District Court has called on "conscientious whistleblowers" to help prosecute banks which overcharged up to thousands of Irish mortgage-holders. Judge James McNulty, writing in a personal capacity for the Irish Examiner, issued the call after the governor of Ireland's Central Bank sai

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Figures revealing the number of Irish prisoners hospitalised due to assaults, self-harm or drug-related incidents have been published by The Irish Times. The Irish Prison Service (IPS) released figures for the period between January 2014-September 2016 to the newspaper on the back of a Freedom of In

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Keith Flynn Cork solicitors Keith Flynn and Lyndsey Clarke have had their practising certificates suspended by Mr Justice Peter Kelly, president of the High Court, the Irish Independent reports.

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A bicycle courier has won an employment tribunal case that could have wider implications for employers in the "gig economy". Judge Jo Wade in the London Central Employment Tribunal ruled that Maggie Dewhurst, a courier with logistics firm City Sprint, should be classified as a "worker" rather than a

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The publication of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill is "a very welcome and significant step" in protecting human rights, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said. Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said the bill will give victims of crime “full recognition in the crim

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Christine Cullen, managing director of Vision-net The number of business insolvencies in Ireland fell below 1,000 last year for the first time since 2008, according to business and credit risk analyst Vision-net.

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