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The heads of the Family Leave Bill will be prepared ahead of the formation of the next Government in order to allow for its implementation by September, The Irish Times reports. The proposed legislation will introduce two weeks' statutory paternity leave in Ireland at a rate of €230 per week.

Fiona Finn, CEO of Nasc Nasc, the Irish Immigrant Support Centre, has said it is "profoundly concerned" by the EU-Turkey deal agreed last week.

Rossa McMahon Limerick-based law firm PG McMahon Solicitors has won the Litigation Lawyer of the Year Award for Ireland at the Acquisition International Dispute Resolution Awards.

Staff at Madden & Finucane Solicitors will run the Belfast Marathon in May to raise cash for a local homelessness charity. The Belfast firm is appealing for donations in a bid to raise funds for the Welcome Organisation, which delivers a range of support services to people who are homeless or at

Gordon McElroy and his son Patrick A director at Belfast firm MKB Law has raised more than £2,400 for a local special school after participating in a fundraising swimathon.

The Supreme Court has made orders under s.3 of the Legal Practitioners (Ireland) Act 1876, enabling a firm of solicitors to claim their fees from the award granted to a client despite the argument that a prior security existed over the award. The firm of solicitors, Matheson, had represented Lett an

Madden & Finucane Solicitors has overtaken KRW Law to top the table of legal aid payments to solicitor firms in Northern Ireland in 2014-15. They were the only two solicitor practices to receive more than £2 million in total from the legal aid fund.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said An Garda Síochána is liaising with authorities in Brussels to counteract the threat of terrorism in the wake of multiple deadly attacks this morning.

Justice Minister David Ford Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford has launched a new guide to help people with mental or emotional ill-health to access fair justice.

New analysis shows that an 8,000 jobs boost follows each one per cent growth in legal services; that £379 million is added to the economy for every one per cent growth in the UK legal services sector and that the sector grew by eight per cent from 2014 to 2015. The first ever investigation of the w

From left to right: Kate Kenneally and Sarah Browne Two associate solicitors at LK Shields will travel to Haiti next month to participate in the Haiti Build Week.

Pictured (l-r): Joanne Young from Macmillan, clinical nurse specialist Deirdre Armstrong, and CFR managing director Karen Blair Belfast law firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin (CFR) has announced a new partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support.

A&L Goodbody has won two European accolades at the Managing Partners' Forum (MPF) Awards 2016. The Irish law firm was recognised in the category of Best Community Engagement for its Dublin literacy programme and Best Use of Business Systems for developing a bespoke business bid platform.

A record number of people were sent to prison in 2015, according to new figures from the Irish Prison Service. There were a total of 17,420 prison committals last year, topping a previous record of 17,319 in 2011, with 9,800 of the committals related to non-payment of court fines.

Mike Allen, director of advocacy Homelessness charity Focus Ireland has called for a referendum on incorporating a "right to a home" into the Constitution.