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Jonathan O'Brien, justice spokesperson for Sinn Féin A private member's bill to improve consistency in sentencing for criminal offences has been introduced to the Dáil.

Richard Grogan Young people's criminal records should be wiped when they reach the age of 25, the former chair of the Workplace Relations Commission has said.

Senator Gerald Nash A bill to pardon gay and bisexual men convicted in Ireland of now abolished sexual offences cleared a major parliamentary hurdle in the Seanad yesterday.

David Stanton The Department of Justice has shrugged off calls in the Seanad to divest the Courts Service of Ireland's tobacco-related stocks because of tobacco's adverse health effects.

Committee chairman, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws The Council of the EU should codify the standard of proof it applies to sanctions listings as soon as possible, according to the House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee which published its report into the legality of EU sanctions today.

Bryan Hughes, chief executive of Eversheds The merger of Eversheds and US firm Sutherland into global firm Eversheds Sutherland has officially taken effect, creating a new firm with more than 2,300 lawyers in 61 offices across 29 countries.

Star lawyer Dean A. Strang, who featured in Netflix documentary Making a Murderer, told of his experience of miscarriages of justice at a meeting of barristers in Dublin yesterday.

Pictured: Gillian Thomson, Action Cancer & Maria O’Loan, Tughans Staff at Belfast firm Tughans have raised £7,000 for Action Cancer, Northern Ireland's leading local cancer charity, over the past year.

The former chief executive of a registered charity in receipt of public funds has lost her case against members of the Public Accounts Committee of Dáil Éireann in the High Court. Citing personal injury and loss of reputation, Ms Angela Kerins sought certain injunctive and declaratory reliefs and

Strabane courthouse Lawyers who brought a judicial review against former Justice Minister David Ford's plans to close six courthouses say they do not feel the issue has been put to bed.

Dean A. Strang Star lawyer Dean A. Strang, who featured in Netflix documentary Making a Murderer, is in Dublin today to launch The Bar of Ireland’s 2017 Innocence Scholarships.

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Justice Minister Claire Sugden Gay and bisexual men convicted of now abolished sexual offences in Northern Ireland have been posthumously pardoned.

A resident of Short Strand has succeeded in their appeal against the Chief Constable of Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) after Justices in the UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the PSNI misconstrued their legal powers to stop parades passing through or adjacent to the Short Strand are

Ronald Vellem and Carolyn Rhodes, Law Centre (NI) The Welfare Reform Advice Services Consortium, made up of Citizens Advice, Advice NI and Law Centre (NI), has been set up to provide help and support to anyone affected by changes to the welfare system in Northern Ireland.