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An online hatred bill that aims to eradicate racist and homophobic trolling online will be debated by the French Parliament and could be replicated across Europe. The bill is being championed by Laetitia Avia, a business lawyer, who grew up in the low-income Paris banlieue suburbs and who enter

The UKSC Blog, a joint collaboration between CMS and Matrix Chambers, has launched its new podcast series, First Impressions. The UKSC Blog was founded in 2009 and, over the last decade, has covered every appeal considered by the UK Supreme Court during that period.

A 36-year-old man has admitted stealing the mummified head of an 800-year-old 'Crusader' from a church in Dublin. 'The Crusader' was decapitated at the crypt in St Michan's Church, Church Street in February of this year and stolen, along with another skull.

Two former Independent News and Media directors who are pursuing litigation against the company have been granted an order permitting them to use affidavit evidence which had been furnished to them in relation to proceedings between INM and the Director of Corporate Enforcement. Finding, inter alia,

Equality, Immigration and Integration Minister David Stanton has today announced that the Government will establish a new Anti-Racism Committee to help in the fight against racial discrimination in Ireland. Mr Stanton said: “Racism affects many people living in Ireland. Research shows people o

The public office watchdog has obtained its first conviction under the State's four-year-old lobbying law over the late filing of returns regarding representations to elected officials, The Irish Times reports. Dublin firm Bissett Industrial Limited was fined €1,250 by Judge Anthony Halpin on W

Barrister Paul Anthony McDermott SC comments on changes to the perjury regime. Trust me, Ireland is soon going to become a more honest place. It has been announced that a new statutory offence of perjury is coming before the cabinet for approval.

The Hardiman Lecture Series 2019 continues next month with a series of talks from experts. Named in honour of the late Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman, who participated as a speaker in previous series, each lecture will be worth one CPD point. 

An IT worker who was caught with child sexual abuse material at his home after being spotted acting suspiciously while filming people at a “family fun day” has been given a suspended sentence, after it took four years for his electronic equipment to be examined because of resourcing prob

The Law Society of Ireland has honoured the work of journalists at its Justice Media Awards. Sorcha Pollak and Kathleen Harris, of The Irish Times, were recognised for their work on “From Syria to Wicklow: A Desperate Family, an Irish Welcome”, a report that followed a family's esca

Badge of the Royal Irish Constabulary On the 29th of June 1871, Royal Irish Constabulary inspector Thomas Hartley Montgomery robbed the Northern Banking Company in Newtownstewart, County Tyrone and murdered cashier William Glass.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world.

Police found themselves in pursuit of a different kind of suspect recently – a goat. Officers in Oakland in the US state of Maine posted on Facebook that they had responded to a call of a goat chasing after a woman down a street, WMTW8 reports.

A man who entered into an agreement with his parents in 1996 wherein he purchased a house for them through a tenant scheme, has lost his application to strike out proceedings brought against him by his sister.  The man’s sister is seeking to set aside the conveyance of the house to him in

Gardaí would be allowed to give evidence at legacy inquests in Northern Ireland under proposed laws. The Cabinet is acting on proposals to provide a “concrete assurance” that the Government is committed to “full implementation of the legacy mechanisms” detailed in the