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Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald An Garda Síochána has been asked to revise parts of its protected disclosures policy to meet the requirements of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden has named her key priorities as tackling domestic violence, improving mental health services, and supporting older people and children in the justice system.

Claire Loftus The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has only overturned one decision not to prosecute in the past year, The Irish Times reports.

Michael O'Flaherty, director of the FRA Top EU representatives are gathering in Vienna to discuss how to integrate fundamental rights in the security union.

Charlie Flanagan The Government has reaffirmed its support for Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa, whose mass trial in Egypt has been adjourned again.

The lending of an electronic book (e-book) may, under certain conditions, be treated in the same way as the lending of a traditional book. In such a situation, the public lending exception, which provides inter alia for the fair remuneration of authors, is applicable, the Court of Justice of the Eur

Rory McPhillips, asset finance partner at Matheson Ireland's reputation as a centre of excellence for aircraft financing and leasing has been enhanced in recent years, according to Dublin firm Matheson.

Sarah Burrows The head of Cleaver Fulton Rankin's charity department has been shortlisted for Best in Professional Services at the Women in Business Awards 2016.

In the Court of Appeal, the purchaser of a commercial unit lost his appeal against a High Court order for specific performance of a contract for the purchase of a commercial unit. The purchaser had argued that he was entitled to repudiate his contract with the vendor company due to the presence of a

Thomson Legal has published its annual Irish Market Overview & Salary Survey 2016/17. The legal recruitment specialists found that NQ lawyers in Ireland were seeing top-end salaries of up to €66,000 this year within the top tier Irish law firms. Junior partners in Ireland can expect to achieve

A bakery company which was found to have discriminated against a man on grounds of sexual orientation has said it will try to appeal the ruling to the UK Supreme Court. Lawyers for the McArthur family, owners of Ashers Bakery Company, have written to Court of Appeal judges in Belfast asking for clar

Clare Daly A bill to ban the use of solitary confinement in Irish prisons for more than 15 consecutive days has been introduced in the Dáil.

Former Justice Minister Alan Shatter Former Justice Minister Alan Shatter has won his legal challenge to the findings of the Guerin Report.

Eilis Barry, chief executive of FLAC Legal rights organisations have called for a change to Government plans to amend the social welfare code, particularly as it impacts young people, people living in Direct Provision, and those appealing social welfare decisions.

Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan Northern Ireland’s Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan received a warm welcome in Scotland last night when he delivered the biennial Jean Clark lecture at the University of Dundee and reflected on the role of the judiciary in a modern democracy.