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Judges claimed more than €780,000 in expenses in the first half of 2016 according to new Courts Service figures, The Irish Times reports. By court, judges' expenses totalled:

The re-offending rate in Northern Ireland fell by around four per cent between 2011-14, according to new analysis from the Department of Justice. The Department's latest statistical bulletin includes re-offending rates for adults and under-17s given a non-custodial disposal at court, a diversionary

Sue McAllister and Claire Sugden Sue McAllister, director general of the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS), is due to step down at the end of October.

Focus Ireland has launched a new campaign calling for a change in the law to protect Irish homes from the threat posed by so-called "vulture funds". The homelessness charity says Government action is needed following figures which showed up to 47,000 homes are now owned by vulture funds.

Noel Rock Proposed legislation to ban ticket touting in Ireland will go before TDs in Autumn, the Irish Independent reports.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden plans to introduce legislation banning so-called "zombie knives" in Northern Ireland following a similar ban in England and Wales. Zombie knives, also sometimes known as "zombie killer knives" or "zombie slayer knives" are ornate weapons ostensibly sold for recreationa

A human rights lawyer raised the alarm over a flaw in Apple's iOS software after receiving anonymous text messages that could have compromised his phone's security. Ahmed Mansoor contacted security researchers after receiving an SMS message with a link to allegedly "secret" information about torture

Immigration lawyers have said European migrants are rushing to the UK before the UK government begins the process of leaving the EU, The Brief reports. Following the publication of quarterly figures on migration to the UK from the Office of National Statistics, lawyers have said the government's pla

The High Court has dismissed a Tipperary farmer's claim that the mining activities of a nearby company had caused settlement to the surface of some of his 18-acre farmland and damage to adjacent buildings. Relying on the tort of nuisance, the farmer sought damages in excess of €3 million which the

Sports Minister Shane Ross Mr Justice Carroll Moran will chair the non-statutory inquiry into the Olympics tickets controversy, the Government has announced.

The Migrants Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) has called for immigration reform in the wake of new figures showing a return to net inward migration for the first time since 2009. The rights group said the Government had to take action to ensure migrants have rights, dignity and security.

The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) has published documents from the 1980s which show, among other things, the importance assigned by the Northern Ireland Office to the implementation of the Fair Employment Act 1989. Then-Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Brooke said in a letter to G

Organisations have been invited to host events at the Northern Ireland Human Rights Festival in December 2016. The festival, organised by the Human Rights Consortium since 2012, starts on 4 December and ends on Human Rights Day, 10 December 2016.

Maria Hennessy, legal officer at the Irish Refugee Council Independent Law Centre The Irish Refugee Council has called on the Government to honour its commitment to relocate asylum seekers from Greece and Italy following a fact-finding mission in Greece.

Declan Black, managing partner at Mason Hayes & Curran Dublin firm Mason Hayes & Curran is sponsoring this year's Plain English Awards, which rewards organisations that communicate clearly and offers free plain English training to those who don’t.