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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

New legislation to let people access medical cannabis on a limited basis over the next five years has been signed into law by Health Minister Simon Harris. Mr Harris said the programme would permit “compassionate access to cannabis for medical reasons” in situations in which more convent

The law firm Arthur Cox has chosen Geoff Moore, a senior partner in the firm’s corporate department, as its next managing partner. Mr Moore will lead the firm for the next four years. He will take office on 1 November, succeeding Brian O’Gorman who will return to full-time practice as a

William Fry has announced the addition of corporate partner, Paul White to its San Francisco office. Mr White has significant experience advising on a wide range of transactional corporate matters for public and private companies, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventu