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The Court of Appeal has ruled that a five-year sentence with three suspended given to a man who “could not have been more co-operative with the Garda investigation” into the €630,000 worth of cannabis found in his possession was not unduly lenient. Delivering the judgment of the three-judge Co

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald The deadlock over judicial appointments has come to an end following agreement at a Cabinet meeting to make necessary appointments under the existing system.

Ciaran O'Hare In an historic constitutional case, the UK Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday that Brexit cannot be triggered without the consent of the people of Northern Ireland.

Clare Daly, independent socialist TD for Dublin North The mandatory 10-year sentence for commercial-scale drug dealing is regularly flouted by judges, The Irish Times reports.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden A debate among MLAs on whether to offer pardons to gay and bisexual men convicted of abolished sexual offences was complicated by Northern Ireland's distinct age of consent.

Geraldine Clarke Six people, including three practising solicitors, have been appointed to the Property Services Regulatory Authority.

A murderer who sought reduction of his conviction to manslaughter on the basis the statutory test for the Scots-derived defence of diminished responsibility requires that the judge defines for the jury the word “substantial” in “substantially impaired” has had his appeal unanimously dismisse

Bryan Hughes, chief executive of Eversheds International law firm Eversheds is considering a merger with US firm Sutherland in order to create a new global firm called Eversheds Sutherland.

A petition demanding the repeal of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 after it came into force this week has gained 144,000 signatures and must be debated in the UK Parliament. Dubbed the Snooper’s Charter by its critics, the act allows the authorities to hack computers and phones and collect infor

Michael O'Flaherty The human rights of Roma are undermined by widespread deprivation in EU member states, according to a new report from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).

Nasc Ireland will host a wine tasting fundraiser in Cork next Friday to raise funds to support its free legal information and advice service.

The Supreme Court has ruled that a man sentenced to four years' imprisonment for sexual offences against a young girl in the 1990s should be released after the Court of Criminal Appeal quashed a prior conviction which had been taken into account by the judge who ordered the four-year sentence. The m

Ken Rutherford, managing partner at C & H Jefferson DWF has announced plans to merge with Belfast-based commercial firm C & H Jefferson.

Cork firm O’Flynn Exhams Solicitors (OFX) has announced the appointment of two new senior associates and two associates in response to continued growth at the practice.

Dublin firm Matheson is reviewing its charitable foundation following claims that it is profiting from a "vulture fund". Some charities named as partners on the Matheson Foundation website have distanced themselves following reports that it owns a number of "vulture funds" for tax purposes.