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A Jewish housing association that fended off a discrimination challenge earlier this year has prevailed again after the Court of Appeal upheld the High Court's judgment. Agudas Israel Housing Association (AIHA), which provides accommodation exclusively for Jewish Orthodox families, defeated an

Arrests for eel-smuggling have rocketed by 50 per cent in Europe following a concerted effort by enforcement agencies. Eels are highly sought after in China and elsewhere in East Asia and about 350 million are trafficked out of the EU every year.

A woman who was fifteen when she is alleged to have been involved in a violent attack in which a seventeen-year-old boy was stabbed and beaten, has failed to halt the further prosecution of criminal charges pending against her. Finding that there was no culpable or blameworthy prosecutorial delay, M

Matheson has announced the appointment of Sharon Daly, who is widely acknowledged as one of Ireland’s leading corporate litigators, as head of its London office. Ms Daly has re-located from Dublin to London. Speaking from the firm’s London office, Managing Partner Michael Jackson said: &

A journalist has been fined €2,500 by a Central Criminal Court judge after he named one of the boys convicted of teenager Ana Kriegel's murder during a live radio broadcast. The radio station, Cork's Red FM, was fined €10,000.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has marked the entry into force today of the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, by setting out its recommendations for key priority actions from the State. The Commission, as Ireland’s nat

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates clarifies some key points on the law of constructive dismissal. In case ADJ20041 the AO in this case helpfully set out the law at some length.

Millar McCall Wylie recently advised an e-learning company, which boasts 650 private and public sector customers and was crowned Learning Technologies Company of the Year, on a multi-million-pound acquisition. Award-winning online learning company, Learning Pool, has acquired HT2 Labs, the Oxfordshi

The family of a man killed in an alleged hit and run more than three decades ago has brought damages action against the State. James Clancy, 80, died after he was hit by a truck on Patrick Street, Tullamore on December 1, 1987, the Longford Leader reports.

A formal complaint has been filed with the European Commission against the UK for allegedly flouting the EU’s regulation on data protection (GDPR) by including a broad immigration control exemption in its new Data Protection Act.  The Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented

An appeal is to be heard at the Supreme Court tomorrow in a case on the powers of specialist tribunals and local authorities relating to the ‘bedroom tax’. The court will consider whether social security tribunals and local authorities have the power to provide effective remedy to benefi

The Supreme Court of Canada celebrated the country's national day with free tours, led by the court's mascot, Amicus. One fan tweeted: "We have an owlbear as mascot!! So proud!" The friend of the court is pictured above, flanked by his tour guides.

A man convicted of sexually assaulting a woman who was sleeping at a house party has lost his challenge to the decision taken by the Minister for Justice and Equality to make a removal order against him in addition to imposing on him a five year exclusion period. The man had moved to Ireland in 2005

A judge in the Court of Appeal has warned against “populist pressure” to pass a law that would limit the discretion of judges handing down sentences, The Times reports. A reform due to be passed in the Dáil this week would see judges forced to have regard to new sentencing guideli

Minimum unit pricing rules for wine, beer and spirits are to come into effect within 12 months, with the Cabinet expected to approve plans within a fortnight, the Sunday Independent reports. Health minister Simon Harris will bring a memorandum to the Cabinet ahead of the summer recess, setting out p