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The Chief Justice has expressed grave concerns over the judicial crisis in Poland. Mr Justice Frank Clarke said today that the judiciary strongly supported the statement of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary, which described the new, lower retirement age for the senior bench in Polan

Kerry judge, James O'Connor, noted for his use of the poor box, has retired, the Courts Service has announced. It is thought the judge, 66, who has been on sick leave, was turned down for an extension of his post, the Irish Examiner reports.

A diabetic student has been awarded £2,000 in compensation after winning a discrimination case against a company that provided security staff at the music festival Tennent's Vital in 2016. Kayla Hanna from south Belfast had her bottle of Lucozade confiscated by bouncers as she made her way to see

A bill in the Dáil proposing stricter drink-driving laws has prompted bitter debate, RTÉ reports. The Road Traffic Bill would create stricter penalties for drink drivers and make a new offence for car owners who allow a learner driver to use their vehicle unaccompanied.

The Financial Times has highlighted the work of law firm Hogan Lovells, which has been undertaking a pro bono project in aid of the inquiry into Mother and Baby Homes since 2016. The law firm is compiling a dossier of information on unmarried pregnant women who were sent to homes and whose children

A man who was awarded nearly €100k as a result of negligence in Tallaght Hospital has had his claim upheld in the Court of Appeal. Rejecting the argument that the claim was statute barred, Mr Justice Michael Peart was satisfied that the plaintiff could not have been aware of the negligent omission

A man who was awarded nearly €100k as a result of negligence in Tallaght Hospital has had his claim upheld in the Court of Appeal. Rejecting the argument that the claim was statute barred, Mr Justice Michael Peart was satisfied that the plaintiff could not have been aware of the negligent omission

A European anti-corruption watchdog has called on the Government to reconsider laws that would make changes to the judicial selection regime in Ireland, RTÉ News reports. The Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, which is currently going through the Seanad, would see a new body, with a lay majori

Professor Colin Harvey of Queen's University Belfast (QUB) School of Law makes the case below for a relaxed, open and transparent conversation about Brexit and Irish unity. Discussions on Irish unity are intensifying. This is becoming a mainstream conversation in the public life of Northern Ireland,

Following the introduction of a widely condemned law in Poland that lowers the retirement age of senior judges to 65, the Judges’ Council of Northern Ireland, a non-political body which represents independent judges in Northern Ireland, has expressed its shared grave concerns about the reported s

A challenge to the legality of the EU's Brexit negotiations, brought by a 97-year old World War Two veteran, is to be heard by the European Court of Justice this week. Harry Shindler, who lives in Italy, as well as 12 other Britons from different member states, will argue that the referendum was dis

A summer school exploring the interplay between economic freedoms and human rights within the European Union was held at Maynooth University last month.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has welcomed the appointment of Drew Harris as Garda Commissioner. Mr Harris' appointment marks the first time the independent Policing Authority has recommended a candidate to the Government.

The judiciary is facing an "unsustainable" recruitment crisis, England and Wales' most senior judge has said. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett of Maldon, said that for the fourth year in a row, a number of judicial posts would go unfilled and that there was a real prospect of the High Court oper

The sister of a man who was killed in the UK has had her application to the European Court of Human Rights alleging failings in the criminal justice system unanimously declared inadmissible. The case of Makarová v the United Kingdom concerned a complaint by the sister of a Czech man killed in Londo