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Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland programme director at Amnesty International An anonymous same-sex couple seeking recognition of their marriage in Northern Ireland took their case to the Family Division of the High Court in Belfast this morning.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny — Photo: European People's Party, CC-BY 2.0 The Government of Ireland is considering emergency legislation to break a legal deadlock preventing the Commission of Investigation from completing its investigation into the wind-up of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC).

Finance minister Michael Noonan The State Claims Agency (SCA) paid out 30 million euro in 2014 to settle plaintiffs’ legal bills — a 25 per cent increase on the €24 million paid to plaintiffs’ firms in 2013.

Offenders could be more effectively rehabilitated if resources are diverted from "the penal side of the criminal justice system towards the probation side", a judge has said. Judge Keenan Johnson made the remarks at Portlaoise Circuit Court while sentencing a man for the attempted abduction of an 11

Lady Hale The UK Supreme Court's only female judge has said it should be “ashamed” if it fails to improve diversity in the next round of appointments.

Brian Mohan Brian Mohan is taking his challenge to gender quotas to the High Court after failing to be selected as Fianna Fáil candidate in Dublin Central after party headquarters ruled that a woman be selected.

Professor Shane Kilcommins Professor Shane Kilcommins at the University of Limerick School of Law has been invited by Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald to chair a consultative council on penal policy.

The Honourable Justice John Hedigan The Dublin City University Law Society is delighted to announce that The Honourable Justice John Hedigan will be in DCU to speak to the society today at 6pm.

A senior Department of Justice official has offered an apology after making widely-reported remarks suggesting that judges do not treat the offence of burglary seriously enough. Jimmy Martin, a member of the department's management board, has written to President of the District Court, Judge Rosemar

A man, believed to be Britain's worst speeding offender, has been jailed for 28 months after filming himself driving at 192 miles per hour. Police found mobile phone footage of Shaun Davis, from Northampton, driving several high performance cars when he was arrested on an unrelated matter.

The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision that paves the way for higher damages awards for people who suffer catastrophic injuries, the Irish Times reports. Ms Justice Mary Irvine, sitting alongside Ms Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan and Mr Justice Sean Ryan, said it was wrong for awards to be discoun

A senior Department of Justice official yesterday told the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee that the department believes that judges do not treat the offence of burglary seriously enough. Jimmy Martin, a member of the department’s management board, pointed to cases where burglary suspects were

Les Allamby, NIHRC Chief Commissioner The Prisoner Ombudsman should have a statutory power to carry out investigations on his or her own initiative, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has told a Northern Ireland Assembly committee.

Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, George Hamilton One man and three women have been arrested in a police operation which could lead to the first prosecution under a Northern Ireland law that criminalises the purchase of sex.

First Minister Peter Robinson A Belfast property developer has lodged a formal complaint alleging criminal misfeasance in public office by First Minister Peter Robinson.