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A university professor who taught his students to make ecstasy, amphetamines and synthetic cannabis is facing prosecution. The professor of pharmaceutical science, whose studies focus on dangerous and illegal drugs, took the students' product into his possession afterwards.

A man who was involved in the violent removal of a family from their home has had his sentence increased by one year by the Court of Appeal. The Director of Public Prosecutions appealed the sentence of three years with the final year suspended on the grounds that it was unduly lenient, and Mr Justic

Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Muireann Dennehy as a partner in the firm's dispute resolution team. Ms Dennehy, who returns to Ireland after practising with major international firms in London and New York, is an experienced commercial litigation lawyer with a particu

A&L Goodbody (ALG) has announced the appointment of Kerill O'Shaughnessy as a partner in the firm's asset management & investment funds team. Commenting on the appointment, Brian McDermott, head of asset management & investment funds at ALG, said: "I am delighted to welcome Kerill to our

The Government should not blame the legal profession for hindering efforts to reduce insurance premiums in Ireland, retired judge Nicholas Kearns has said. The former High Court president, who chaired the Personal Injuries Commission, told RTÉ's Marian Finucane Show: "The question is now, ins

The Inspector of Prisons, Patricia Gilheaney, has completed a preliminary inquiry into allegations of covert surveillance in Irish prisons. Ms Gilheaney was asked by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan last November to examine allegations that private conversations between solicitors and prisoners wer

The Bar of Northern Ireland shone a spotlight on Northern Ireland's family courts at the latest event in its Leaders in Legal Excellence discussion series.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has called for criminal investigations into human rights abuses in mother and baby homes. The civil liberties group issued a statement following the publication of the fifth interim report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission, which it said "reveals di

The Irish Prison Service (IPS) is planning to spend €680,000 on the electronic tagging of Irish prisoners in the next two years, The Times reports. The service is currently advertising a two-year tender for a private company to provide the location of up to 50 prisoners at a time.

Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has published the Northern Ireland Modern Slavery Strategy 2019–2020. The third annual strategy underlines the Department’s commitment to working in partnership with a wide range of agencies in the fight against modern slavery.

Two students in Italy have been fined €27 million by forest authorities after allegedly letting a barbecue start a forest fire. The administration sanction was handed down by the forestry service based on the area of land which was affected and its value per square metre.

Dozens of people who were allegedly involved in breaking bones and staging car accidents as part of a massive insurance fraud have been arrested. Thirty-four suspects are accused of taking part in a major scam whereby they inflicted serious injuries on people in exchange for part of their insurance

Cork lawyer Philip O'Leary, managing partner at FitzGerald Legal & Advisory, has been appointed to the Irish Banking Culture Board (IBCB). Mr O'Leary brings over 20 years of specialised experience in representing financial institutions in the areas of new lending, restructuring, asset sales and

The Government's embattled Judicial Appointments Commission Bill has not completed committee stage in the Seanad before Easter despite a bid to end the long-running parliamentary debate yesterday morning. Senators defeated an attempt to guillotine the committee stage debate on the bill, which Justic

A bill which would stop banks from selling loans to investment funds without borrowers' permission has won backing from legal rights group FLAC. Chief executive Eilis Barry and senior policy analyst Paul Joyce gave evidence on Sinn Féin's No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019 to the joint Oireachtas