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2017 sees the 19th year of the Law Society of Ireland’s Calcutta Run – the legal fundraiser, which consists of a 5km or 10km run/walk taking place on Saturday, 20 May 2017 in the Phoenix Park. In 2016, some 1,200 runners took part and the event raised €180,000, the beneficiaries of which were

Amber Rudd Fifty groups from around the UK who work with refugees have called on the Home Secretary Amber Rudd to reverse a policy "beyond basic morality”, the BBC reports.

Judge criticises Garda chiefs' refusal to send speeding notices by registered post A judge has criticised the “blank, mule-ish refusal” by Garda chiefs to hear his plans on overhauling the rules on prosecuting motorists suspected of speeding, the Irish Independent reports.

in illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances occurring in November 2010. The European arrest warrant (hereafter EAW) was issued in April 2013 and was endorsed by the High Court in February 2016 pursuant to the provisions of s. 13 of the European Arrest Warrant Act 2003, as a

in illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances occurring in November 2010. The European arrest warrant (hereafter EAW) was issued in April 2013 and was endorsed by the High Court in February 2016 pursuant to the provisions of s. 13 of the European Arrest Warrant Act 2003, as a

Figures released by the Office of the Attorney General show that former Tánaiste, Senator Michael McDowell received almost €180,000 in legal fees from the State last year, the Irish Independent reports. The numbers come from a freedom of information request, show that the former leader of the def

Michael Byrne Matheson's Michael Byrne, Anne-Marie Bohan and Aoife Kelly-Desmond outline the details of the GDPR regime ahead of its introduction next year.

A former Bank of Ireland worker who stole €144,089 from the bank to put in her own accounts and those of family members has been jailed for a year. Alice Warnock, 55, told gardaí she was sorry and “felt like a fool” after the six year fraud was uncovered while she was on sick leave in 2012. T

Catherine Guy ByrneWallace has been recognised as a top tier firm in the latest rankings of Irish law firms published by independent directories Legal 500 and Chambers Europe.

A man who provided two separate guarantees for his son’s loans in excess of €1m has lost his appeal against a High Court order granting a summary judgment in favour of the crediting bank. The man submitted that the bank failed to take steps to ensure that, as guarantor, he freely consented to th

Stuart Gilhooly, president of the Law Society of Ireland Leading figures in the Irish legal profession have denounced an Irish neurosurgeon who claimed whiplash and soft tissue injury are "mainly non-existent injuries".

The Citizens' Assembly has recommended an extensive liberalisation of Ireland's abortion laws following a series of secret ballots over the weekend. Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, chair of the Assembly, announced the outcome of key ballots on Saturday and Sunday.

Around 13 per cent of recorded crimes in 2016 were committed by a person on bail for another offence, according to figures obtained by the Irish Examiner. A total of 25,543 crimes out of 198,634 recorded by gardaí last year, including 6,214 thefts and 1,377 burglaries, were committed by individuals

Victims of child abuse have called on Northern Ireland political parties and the UK government to address the failure to implement the recommendations of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry report. After a demonstration at Stormont today, abuse survivors will hand in a 30-page document and le

Mr Justice Turlough O'Donnell, a former High Court and Court of Appeal judge, has died. The prominent late judge, buried yesterday, sat on the bench between 1971-90 and subsequently became a part-time member of Ireland's Law Reform Commission.