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Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has told TDs that she has used her personal email account in relation to her Government role "on very rare occasions".

The number of bankruptcies in Ireland increased last year, according to the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI)'s latest annual report. According to the report, there were 479 bankruptcies in 2015 - up seven per cent from 448 in 2014.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has published the general scheme of a bill to establish the Independent Reporting Commission, as agreed in the Fresh Start Agreement.

Irregular migrants held in a centre on the island of Lampedusa in the wake of the Arab Spring suffered violations of their Convention rights, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has unanimously held. In the case of Khlaifia and Others v. Italy, the court held that there had been:

Pamela Charters Belfast firm MKB Law has welcomed solicitor Pamela Charters to their residential property team.

Eoin O'Gorman Wexford solicitor Eoin O'Gorman has announced his practice will be moving to larger premises early next year.

Prosecutors and police chiefs have published an honour-based violence/abuse and forced marriage protocol highlighting the complexities of these cases and the barriers victims face in coming forward to report. The protocol, produced jointly by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and National Police C

Ben Emmerson QC The barrister formerly in charge of the independent inquiry into child abuse in England and Wales has been cleared of an allegation of sexual assault following an investigation.

Pearse Doherty A private member's bill to allow for the appointment of an interim manager of the property of a missing person has been laid before the Dáil.

A woman evicted by her local council on foot of an unlawful warrant is entitled to damages, the Supreme Court has held. In the joint judgment of Justice Clarke, Justice Laffoy and Justice O’Malley, the Court declared that the decision of the High Court judge to withhold relief despite a finding of

The Law Reform Commission has published an issues paper exploring how legislation is currently made available publicly and how it can become more easily accessible. One of its proposals is moving to a US or New Zealand model of legislative consolidation to create comprehensive law in "priority areas

Daniel Holder, deputy director of CAJ A human rights NGO has said the postponement of the implementation of the Stormont House Agreement threatens the rule of law.

The Bar of Ireland's human rights committee has expressed its concern about the ongoing detention without trial of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa. Mr Halawa's trial in Cairo was adjourned for the 17th time yesterday.

Dr Clíodhna Murphy A project led by law lecturer Dr Clíodhna Murphy of Maynooth University and one of her university colleagues has been awarded funding under the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Grants Scheme 2016.

An appeal against an Opinion of an Extra Division of the Inner House of the Court of Session that a pharmacist convicted of domestic abuse offences not be removed from the practice register on the basis of a "middle way" between suspension and removal, as well as the respondent pharmacist’s cross-