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The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) has ruled by majority that a secret MI5 policy allowing security service agents to commit serious crimes on UK soil is lawful. In the first-ever dissenting opinions published in the tribunal's 20-year history, two judges set out their disagreement with the 3-2

The president of Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court, which formally began its work in September, was among judges from the country who took part in a recent study trip to Ireland. The two-week trip was the latest in a series of initiatives organised over the past two years by the European Union Ad

New family support services should be established in prisons and communities to improve outcomes for children with a parent in prison, researchers have said. A new report commissioned by the Dublin-based Childhood Development Initiative (CDI) sets out how prisoners' children are at a much greater ri

The belief that sex is "biologically immutable" and transgender people should be treated and referred to as the sex they were assigned at birth is not a protected philosophical belief under the Equality Act 2010, a tribunal has ruled.

The European Commission has welcomed the provisional agreement reached by the European Parliament and European Council on the recast Drinking Water Directive. The agreement is based on the proposal adopted by the Commission in February 2018, as a direct follow-up to the Right2Water Europea

A lack of real competition to tech giants Google and Facebook could mean people are already missing out on the next new idea from a potential rival, the Competition and Markets Authority has said in a new report. Furthermore, the market position of Google and Facebook may potentially be undermi

The Courts Service of Ireland has raised over €1,000 for charity through its new KeepCup initiative.

A charity is helping imprisoned dads at Hydebank Wood College deliver a special Christmas gift to their children this year. Personal recordings of Bible stories read by the dads, along with an illustrated storybook for them to follow the reading, will form part of a Christmas toy parcel and food ham

Barrister Andrew McKeown critically examines the proposals put forward by legal tech expert Professor Richard Susskind OBE in his latest book. Online Courts and the Future of Justice is a fascinating read for lawyers and non-lawyers alike. It is clear that Professor Susskind is sincerely interested

The head of a cash-strapped law school has suggested that part-time staff could donate their pay back to the university. Ian Holloway, dean of law at the University of Calgary, told sessional instructors in an email that they could give their income back in return for a charitable donation tax recei

The former harbour master at Killybegs has lost his appeal challenging the Government’s decision to dismiss him from his post in 2009. After a lengthy investigation, it had been found that the commercial pilotage services the man had provided after becoming harbour master represented a serious

The Supreme Court has set out how separated parents exercising joint custody of their children should be treated when applying for social housing assistance in a judgment welcomed by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC). The human rights watchdog exercised its role as amicus curiae

Policing Authority member Bob Collins has been named as the watchdog's new chairperson. Mr Collins will succeed outgoing chairperson Josephine Feehily, the inaugural officeholder who oversaw the establishment of the Policing Authority in 2016.

Employment permit rules are set to be eased to address immediate labour shortages in key sectors such as hospitality, construction, health and road haulage. Business Minister Heather Humphreys announced the changes, which will apply to workers from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) from 1 Jan

The number of fraud and drug offences recorded by gardaí have increased sharply in the year to September 2019, according to new figures. Fraud offences were up by 35 per cent from 5,779 to 7,805 recorded incidents, while drug offences increased by 17 per cent from 17,896 to 20,972.