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Most people are taking up their right to have a solicitor present when being interviewed by gardaí after an arrest, a conference will hear today. The conference at Blackhall Place, organised by Dr Vicky Conway and Dr Yvonne Daly at the Socio-Legal Research Centre in DCU, will hear from a range of l

Kevin Murphy UK law firm TLT has appointed Kevin Murphy as a real estate partner in its Belfast office.

UCD Students' Union has faced criticism from students over president Katie Ascough's "executive decision" to remove potentially illegal information on how to access an abortion from a union magazine. Ms Ascough took the decision after receiving legal advice from UCDSU's solicitor that the informatio

Fiona Finn Nasc has welcomed a commitment from the Department of Justice that asylum seekers in Direct Provision who have received eviction notices will not be made homeless.

Colm O'Gorman Human rights groups have welcomed Ireland's announcement of a community sponsorship programme for refugees.

Staff in the Limerick office of HOMS Solicitors have again supported suicide and self-harm charity Pieta House in their Pieta 100 Cycle.

A major European anti-trafficking body has raised concerns over the "inadequate criminal justice response to human trafficking in Ireland". The Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) made the criticism in its latest report on Ireland's implementati

Catherine McGuinness Former Supreme Court judge Catherine McGuinness will today call for Ireland's absolute ban on letting asylum seekers work to be scrapped, The Irish Times reports.

Lord Mance has been appointed Deputy President of the UK Supreme Court. The appointment was made by Her Majesty The Queen on the recommendation of the Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor, following the recommendation of an independent selection commission.

Civil servants have been urged to release a year-old report on Northern Ireland's abortion laws in spite of the collapse of the Northern Ireland Executive, The Irish News reports. The working group on fatal foetal abnormality (FFA), set up by Department of Justice and Department of Health last year,

An otherwise passionate, even-tempered UCD Law Society debate between pro-choice and pro-life campaigners swung in favour of Repeal the Eighth after a brash closing speech from the deputy chair of the Pro-Life Campaign.

The prosecution of the five people with outstanding charges related to the 2014 Jobstown protest will be dropped, RTÉ News reports. Solicitor Michael Finucane said he had received correspondence from the Director of Public Prosecutions indicating that nolle prosequi would be entered against his fiv

A man who was allegedly shot and seriously wounded by undercover British soldiers in 1972 has been granted permission for a judicial review. Lord Justice Girvan, sitting in the High Court in Belfast, yesterday granted permission to Hugh Kenny to challenge the decision by the PSNI, the Northern Irela

Two media companies which complained about a judicial order banning the publication of images in which the defendant in a criminal trial for murder could be identified suffered no article 10 violations, the European Court of Human Rights has held. In today’s Chamber judgment in the case of Axel Sp

Small law firms are wasting money on print advertising and other marketing strategies, a new report has claimed. A survey by IRN Research of 100 practices found that they continue to use print advertising and word-of-mouth despite knowing these ways of attracting business are ineffective.