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Michael O'Flaherty, FRA director The vast majority of Muslims in the European Union have a high sense of trust in democratic institutions despite experiencing widespread discrimination and harassment, a survey by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) shows.

Liz Murphy West Cork solicitor Liz Murphy has made an unexpected career turn with the news that her own brand of low-carbohydrate bread will be manufactured and sold by her local supermarket.

The Government will prioritise legislation to reform the Coroners' Courts in the next Dáil session, the new legislative programme has confirmed. Government Chief Whip Joe McHugh published the Government's legislative programme yesterday after a Cabinet meeting approved 28 new bills for priority pub

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has launched a new Mediators' Institute of Ireland brochure promoting mediation in farm disputes.

Jacinta Niland Beauchamps have announced the promotion of Jacinta Niland to partner in the Dublin-based firm's commercial property practice, which now boasts twelve partners.

Fiona Hurley Nasc has condemned eviction letters sent to asylum seekers in Direct Provision as "one of the most inhumane actions we have ever seen come out of the Department of Justice".

The managing partner of Dublin firm Reddy Charlton has been awarded a prestigious Swedish order of chivalry for his work.

Mark O'Sullivan Matheson has been named the best International Firm in the Americas at the International Tax Review’s 12th annual Americas Tax Awards.

Madden & Finucane Solicitors has congratulated Pól Murphy on receiving the Pat Finucane Aisling Bursary this year.

When a financial institution grants a loan denominated in a foreign currency, it must provide the borrower with sufficient information to enable him to take a prudent and well-informed decision, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. In 2007 and 2008, Ms Ruxandra Paula Andriciuc and o

A digital scrapbook company is facing a class action lawsuit from people who say it violated their privacy by collecting their face scans without consent. Shutterfly's motion to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that state laws controlling the collection and use of biometric data were not relevant to the

Irish high tech SMEs raised a record €499 million in the first half of 2017, according to the Irish Venture Capital Association VenturePulse survey published today in association with law firm William Fry. The figure represents a three per cent increase on the first half of 2016, itself a record y

A Malaysian woman who moved to Ireland with her daughter, an Irish citizen, and had her application for emergency homeless accommodation refused by Wicklow County Council has had her application for judicial review dismissed by the High Court. Finding that the Council’s decision was not ultra vire

Darragh Mackin Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa has been acquitted in Cairo after four years of pre-trial detention and a major international campaign for his release.

A number of lawyers suing the State over "slopping out" have said the Government should consider establishing a redress scheme. Three solicitors spoke to The Irish Times in the wake of a landmark High Court decision that Mountjoy Prison's slopping out policy violated a prisoner's right to privacy.