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Lynn Boylan MEP The plurality and independence of the Irish media is undermined by the highly-concentrated Irish media market and shortcomings in the the country's defamation regime, according to a new report.

Professor Michael O'Flaherty The undermining of Europe's post-war human rights framework is "frightening", the head of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights told a meeting hosted by the Institute of International and European Affairs in Dublin.

Irish law firms have been encouraged to sign up to Show Racism the Red Card's new Wear Red Day initiative.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has announced the 2017 Victims of Crime Office funding scheme for organisations working with victims of crime.

Darragh Mackin A man targeted by a controversial police spying unit is taking legal action to overturn the decision to exclude Northern Ireland from a public inquiry into undercovering policing.

Irish people will be encouraged to leave a gift to charity in their wills during My Will Week, which starts next Monday. The annual initiative by My Legacy, founded by a group of Irish charities in 2003, involves solicitors and charities across the country and aims to encourage more people to leave

Culture Secretary Karen Bradley The UK government has backed down over the implementation of legislation that would see unregulated newspapers pay libel costs in cases that they successfully defended.

Maxine Orr Belfast and Newtownards firm Worthingtons Solicitors sponsored the Employers for Childcare 2016 Family Friendly Awards for the third year running.

Kevin Winters One of Northern Ireland's top human rights lawyers has spoken to Belfast Live about being consulted on the law by the writers of crime drama The Fall.

The Court of Appeal has found that, by refusing to make a cake supporting same sex marriage, Ashers Baking Company directly discriminated against a man on the grounds of sexual orientation contrary to the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (NI) 2006 and on the grounds of religious and pol

Following our report on Monday 3 October about guidelines to judges over accepting gifts from other legal professionals, the Office of the Lord Chief Justice in Northern Ireland has asked us to point out:

Dr Carol Coulter, CCLRP director Child care applications are wildly inconsistent across Ireland for the fifth year running, according to new figures published by the Child Care Law Reporting Project (CCLRP).

UN special rapporteur on torture, Juan Mendez The United Nations and prison reform groups have criticised the use of solitary confinement in Ireland following the release of figures under Freedom of Information legislation.

Residential property prices across Ireland rose by 7.2 per cent in the year to August, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The latest Residential Property Price Index also reveals a 1.6 per cent increase between July–August 2016, slower than the 2.5 per cent increase between June–J

Dr Heather Conway A senior Queen's University Belfast lecturer has explored the complex laws around the post-mortem fate of the dead in a new book published by Routledge.