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The nine-week trial of Ireland and Ulster rugby players Paddy Jackson, Stuart Olding, Blane McIlroy and Rory Harrison has cost more than half a million pounds and is likely to rise further, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Mr Jackson and Mr Olding were found not guilty of rape in March at the end of t

This week the EU Parliament adopted a new revised draft of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Market. The proposed EU legislation includes some significant changes to the copyright regime and a couple of surprise additions introduced at the last minute by the EU Parliament, explains Ron Mosco

The number of claims lodged with the Employment Tribunal alleging discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation has nearly doubled over the past year, The Times reports. There were 203 such claims in 2016/17 compared to 377 in 2017/18, which experts suggested was driven by changing social atti

Business leaders have been called upon to sleep-out at the Law Society of Ireland's headquarters to raise cash for homelessness charity Focus Ireland. Its seventh annual Shine A Light Business Leaders fundraiser will take place at Blackhall Place on Friday 12 October.

Between the 9th and 10th of August 1971, the British Army initiated ‘Operation Demetrius’ in Northern Ireland – which involved the arrest and internment of hundreds of people suspected of being associated with the IRA. Of those arrested and interned during Operation Demetrius, four

A restaurant owner has been fined around £190 for putting up a sarcastic window sign asking people not to let their dogs pee on an outdoor flower pot. Duc's Place, a Vietnamese restaurant in the US state of Connecticut, put up a sign reading: "Attn: dog owners. This is a pay-per-pee flower pot

A man who killed his friend by stabbing him 33 times in a "frenzied and sustained attack" has been given an indeterminate custodial sentence after pleading guilty to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility. Specifying that a tariff of eight years must be served before the man’s rel

The Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, has said that Ireland can be a "safe haven" amidst the "great uncertainty" of Brexit in a landmark speech given in New York. He highlighted the potential impact of a no-deal Brexit on the international legal system, with potential repercussions

The Common Travel Area (CTA) would continue to function as it currently does in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to a new "technical notice" published by the UK government. The guidance, published yesterday, states: "If you are an Irish citizen you would continue to have the right to enter a

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has requested a report on the way in which the eviction of housing rights activists from a building at North Frederick Street was policed. A report on the conduct of gardaí was a central demand from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) in the wake of eve

Researchers at Ulster University have published new findings on how experiences of and responses to domestic violence were impacted by the Northern Ireland conflict and the changes that have taken place since the Good Friday Agreement.

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates briefly recaps a recent decision of the Labour Court on time limits. In the case TUD1813, being a case of Pat the Baker and Conor Brennan, the issue related to the submission of an appeal which was submitted out of time.

The eighth edition of the King's Inns Law Review, an annual law journal published by students of The Honorable Society of King's Inns, has opened for submissions. The editorial board has invited from undergraduate and postgraduate law students as well as practitioners and legal professionals.

Eversheds Sutherland sponsored yesterday's Dublin Chamber of Commerce (DCC) Leaders Series event focused on "the future of work".

Following much controversy surrounding the European Union’s proposed Copyright Directive, MEPs have voted again on the Directive, this time in a vote of support with 438 in favour, 226 against and with 39 abstentions, writes Euan Duncan. MEPs previously voted against the Directive in July of t