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Children's Minister James Reilly The Government has not yet enacted the Children First Act 2015 because of concerns that it will be overwhelmed by allegations of child abuse, witnesses told a UN committee in Geneva yesterday.

Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns, former president of the High Court, will be nominated by the King's Inns to serve on the new Legal Services Regulatory Authority, the Irish Independent reports.

Pictured (l-r): Niall Pelly, Michelle Ridge, Andreas Carney, Michael Jackson, Rory McPhillips, Sally Anne Stone and Oisin McClenaghan Six new partners have been appointed at Matheson, the Dublin-based law firm announced today.

Deirdre Duffy, the ICCL's deputy director The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has criticised the Government's reluctance to incorporate economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights into the Constitution.

Jenna Boyce A family solicitor at Higgins Hollywood Deazley has been accredited to work on the prestigious Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency Panel (NIGALA).

Her Honour Mary Jane Mowat Those accused of sexual crimes should be given anonymity because of the “stigma” that attaches to the offences, according to a retired judge in England.

Belfast commercial law firm Carson McDowell has revealed it raised more than £700 for a children's charity before the Christmas and New Year break.

A former consultant surgeon has failed to obtain an order from the Court of Appeal restraining the prosecution of a number of indecent assault offences which allegedly took place between the 1960s and 1990s. The alleged offences were perpetrated primarily against teenage boys who had been admitted t

Children's Minister James Reilly Children's Minister James Reilly has told a UN committee that the Government "fully recognise that we must continue to work hard in order to fully realise the standards and objectives" of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Dáil Éireann will today debate proposals to incorporate a range of economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights into Ireland's Constitution. A report submitted by the Constitutional Convention in 2014 said a large majority of its members supported changes to enshrine ESC rights, but called for "furt

Mr Justice Brian Cregan The legal dead-lock which has impeded an investigation into the wind-up of theIrish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC) could be broken by giving the commission the powers of a High Court judge, The Irish Times reports.

Ruth Parks A finance manager who was made redundant after returning from maternity leave has settled a £50,000 claim against her employer with the help of the Equality Commission of Northern Ireland.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald The Criminal Assets Bureau returned almost €4 million to the Exchequer in 2014, according to its nineteenth Annual Report, which was presented to the Oireachtas today by Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald.

President Michael D Higgins A row over the name used in the posthumous pardon of Harry Gleeson has been referred to the Department of the Taoiseach.

A judgment in the case of an Irish man fighting a deportation order based on his alleged involvement with a terrorist group will be made "as soon as possible", the judge presiding over his case has said. However, the Court of Appeal yesterday heard that further hearings in the case were unlikely to