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Legislation providing compensation for court delays has been approved by the Oireachtas. The Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill creates creates a statutory right to the conclusion of court proceedings within a reasonable time. It provides for a declaration and, where appropriate, compensation in cases

Caldwell & Robinson Solicitors has promoted Jade O'Kane to partner in the firm's private client team. Ms O'Kane joined the Ireland-wide firm's Derry office in 2005 as a work experience student, later becoming a paralegal and then a trainee solicitor and senior associate.

Co Kildare firm Powderly Solicitors LLP has appointed Eoghan O'Sullivan as a partner specialising in criminal defence and childcare law. Mr O'Sullivan has practised as a solicitor since 2017 and brings extensive experience representing clients in all areas of criminal defence, including advices duri

An Iranian goalkeeper has been fined around €3,500 for hugging a young woman who invaded the pitch. Hossein Hosseini, goalkeeper for Esteghlal FC, was ordered to pay three billion rials after briefly embracing the woman, who was not wearing a hijab, IranWire reports.

The UK government has announced plans to develop an official history of the Troubles, with up to five historians to be granted privileged access to UK state archives. Lord Bew, from a northern unionist background, and Dr Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid, from Cork, have been picked by ministers t

Men incarcerated in Irish prisons face significant barriers to accessing mental health care, according to new research published by Mental Health Reform. The Mental Health Services & Supports in Prisons: Service Mapping and Reflections from Lived Experiences report, published yesterday, highligh

A new voluntary framework designed to help online platforms and search engines tackle misinformation ahead of this June's elections has been launched by An Coimisiún Toghcháin, Ireland’s independent electoral commission. The Framework on Online Electoral Process information, Poli

Undergraduate students Esther Ozonyia from Maynooth University, Johana Hajduchová and Ainsley Hamilton from Trinity College Dublin, and Anastasiia Ukhlova from University College Dublin have won the Matheson University Challenge 2024.

A new report on "state impunity" for human rights violations during the Troubles is to be launched in Dublin next week. The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights at the University of Oslo convened an international expert panel on impunity in response to the announcement of the UK government's controvers

Asylum claims from Nigeria are to be prioritised for at least the next three months under a new government policy. From today, the International Protection Office (IPO) will prioritise and accelerate applicants from the country of origin with the highest number of applications in the previous three

A new all-party group on access to justice has been established in the Northern Ireland Assembly to provide an opportunity for the legal professions to engage with and inform MLAs on key issues. The Law Society of Northern Ireland and the Bar of Northern Ireland briefed MLAs at its inaugural meeting

A politician's campaign team called police after receiving what they thought was a threatening letter, but was in fact marketing for a horror film. Amanda Taylor, a Democratic candidate for the Missouri House of Representatives, described receiving an envelope containing a creepy child-like drawing

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has appointed partner Philip Nolan as its new chair. Mr Nolan, who will continue to advise clients as head of the firm's technology law team, succeeds Christine O'Donovan in the post.

The PSNI has been urged to join more than a dozen UK police forces in issuing an apology for historic discrimination against LGBT+ people. Northumbria Police chief constable Vanessa Jardine has become the 16th UK police chief to issue a formal apology to the LGBT+ community in response to a campaign

Dr Mariza Avgeri, a graduate of Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology's PhD programme, has been named joint winner of the prestigious European Law Faculties Association (ELFA) award for the best doctoral thesis on European law for 2023. The ELFA thesis award "seeks to stimulate and recog