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Ms Donna Woods was injured when the wing mirror of Mr Joseph Tyrell Jnr’s van hit her as she was out jogging with a friend near her home. The High Court has awarded her €134,000 in general and special damages for the injuries she sustained and the persistent affect they would have on her lifesty

The results of the Irish Bar Council elections have been declared and the council panels have been selected from the 2016 vote. The following will serve as members of the Council for a term of two years, taking up position from the 1st of August 2016:

Brake is calling on the government to immediately review guidelines for both charging and sentencing criminal drivers. A survey to mark the launch of Brake’s new “ROADS TO JUSTICE” campaign shows there is huge support for strengthening both the charges and sentences faced by criminal drivers.

Claire Sugden Justice Minister Claire Sugden has launched a campaign to recruit Consultant Forensic Pathologists for the State Pathologist’s Department.

William Hague A man accused of leading the Mau Mau uprising was shot dead by British soldiers while working as a school watchman, the High Court in London has heard.

Peter Lockhart Belfast solicitors Cleaver Fulton Rankin have participated in a 5-A-side football tournament to raise money for cancer charity, Macmillan.

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Competition winner Stephen Lynam from Maynooth University and Philip Nolan, head of technology

Ms Jules Thomas, partner of Mr Ian Bailey, is in the process of suing the Garda Commissioner and the State over alleged ‘incalculable’ damage and psychiatric illness suffered arising from the Gardaí investigation into the murder of French National, Sophie Toscan du Plantier in Schull, Co. Cork

Ms Jules Thomas, partner of Mr Ian Bailey, is in the process of suing the Garda Commissioner and the State over alleged ‘incalculable’ damage and psychiatric illness suffered arising from the Gardaí investigation into the murder of French National, Sophie Toscan du Plantier in Schull, Co. Cork

A Mallow solicitor with a serious gambling problem has had his firm's accounts frozen after it was found that there was between €300,000 and €400,000 missing from the client account. Barry Murphy, who was admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in 2008, traded as Eugene Carey and Company Solicitors,

Róise Connolly Irish Legal News welcomes Róise Connolly to the team today.

A retired Irish judge who has seen his pension cut by 38 per cent is poised to win his legal action to be allowed to return to practice at the Bar. Barry White, 71, raised an action to resume practice as a criminal defence barrister after his time on the bench. Mr Justice Max Barrett suggested that

The garda and Road Safety Authority are introducing an education initiative following a 15 per cent rise in road deaths in the last 12 months. Since January 86 people have been killed on the roads - 11 more than last year.

David Barniville SC David Barniville SC, chairman of the Bar Council, has warned that cuts to judicial salaries and pensions are deterring senior barristers from applying to become judges and he has highlighted the continuing scandal of low rates of pay faced by young barristers which has led to an