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Prisoners and prison officers at Maghaberry Prison have taken part in a five-hour Duathlon alonsgide a double amputee war veteran. Duncan Slater, the first double amputee to complete the 156-mile Marathon Des Sables across the Sahara, visited the prison last June to speak to prisoners about overcomi

Baroness O'Loan The Catholic Church in Scotland has called for legislation in Scotland recognising “conscience rights” for health workers who do not wish to support abortion services following the introduction of such legislation south of the border.

Philippe van Lindhout A bill giving Belgian police the power to enter private homes in search of unauthorised migrants has sparked a backlash from judges.

Pictured (l-r): Tara Lougheed, Aisling Gannon, Eimear Kellett & Alan Murphy Eversheds Sutherland has presented homelessness charity Focus Ireland with a cheque for €3,200 raised over Christmas.

In his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, US President Donald Trump announced he had signed a new executive order to overturn the US Government’s commitment to close the Guantánamo Bay detention centre which has been in place since January 2009. There are currently 41 men who remain deta

The mother of a child who has been habitually resident with her in Ireland since 2009 has been successful in the Court of Appeal, where it was determined that the Courts of Ireland have full and primary jurisdiction to make determinations with regard to all aspects of the child’s best interests an

Dublin-based O'Brien Lynam Solicitors has announced the appointment of two new solicitors.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has confirmed the Government plans to propose a new clause in the Constitution allowing the Oireachtas to "provide for the termination of pregnancies in accordance with law".

Tendering for the construction of Ireland's new forensic science laboratory has been delayed. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan told TDs that the submission date for tenders for the main construction works "has recently been deferred".

More than 43,000 mortgages worth almost €9.3 billion were approved in 2017, according to the latest figures from the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI). The mortgage approvals report for the year ending December 2017 revealed that the volume of mortgage approvals increased by 23 per

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) will tonight launch a major report on the future of policing. The human rights group will officially launch its submission to the Commission on the Future of Policing (CFP) in Dublin at 6pm.

David Gauke The Lord Chancellor has lost an appeal to a ruling that transitional pension arrangements for over 200 judges amount to unlawful age discrimination.

The next commissioner of An Garda Síochána will be allowed to hire their own staff, The Irish Times reports. A document drawn up by the Department of Justice for Cabinet says that potential candidates to replace the former commissioner Nóirin O'Sullivan will likely require reassurance that they c

A coroner was wrong to restrict the scope of inquests into the Birmingham pub bombings, the High Court in England has ruled. Sir Peter Thornton QC has been ordered to reconsider his decision last summer to restrict the scope of the new inquests, excluding the names of the alleged perpetrators.

A weekend of events to mark 200 years since Sligo Gaol opened is set to take place this September. Friends of Sligo Gaol have organised the bicentennial weekend from 7-9 September 2018 with encouragement from Sligo County Council, who have designated 2018 as the "Year of Sligo Gaol".