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The High Court has dismissed an application for judicial review brought by a former heroin addict who argued he had a "secondary case procedural legitimate expectation" to have been consulted by the Department of Justice before they ceased funding for an addiction service. The applicant, Mr Charles

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald The first annual report by the judge appointed to oversee the Garda Fixed Charge Processing System (FCPS) has been published by Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald.

Michael Lowry Former Irish communications minister Michael Lowry has failed in his legal challenge to the Moriarty Tribunal's decision to award him only one-third of his legal costs over the course of the inquiry's 14-year period.

The Attorney General for Northern Ireland has ordered a fresh inquiry into the death of Joseph Campbell, an RUC officer who was shot dead in 1977. Attorney General John Larkin ordered the inquest after family lawyer Fearghál Shiels of Madden & Finucane Solicitors presented fresh evidence, inclu

Digital Rights Ireland has said it will serve papers on the State and the Attorney General of Ireland in the next few days in a challenge over the independence of Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner. The data privacy group argues Ireland has failed to properly implement EU data protection law or

New legislation could be used to compel an ex-RUC officer to give evidence at an inquest into a missing teenager, a coroner has said. Retired detective superintendent Eric Anderson did not attend a preliminary hearing for the inquest into the disappearance of Arlene Arkinson, who went missing in 199

Neasa Quigley A leading solicitor at Belfast firm Carson McDowell has said that the Northern Ireland renewables sector is at risk of stalling due to various government policy choices.

Pictured (l-r): Barry Devereux and Endy Kenny Irish law firm McCann Fitzgerald firmly planted its flag on the "In" side of Britain's European Union debate by hosting a pro-European business event in London.

Tim Scanlon, head of corporate, and Joe Beashel, head of regulatory risk management Matheson advised Credit Suisse ahead of the opening of the first Credit Suisse Trading Floor in Dublin yesterday.

A man has been awarded €453,000 in damages after a digger ran over his foot in a quarry in Co. Donegal in June 2003, ultimately leaving him without most of it. Mr David McLaughlin had initially brought an action against Damien McDaid, Michael McDaid, Charles McDaid and McDaid quarry in January 200

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford will appeal against parts of last year's landmark human rights ruling on abortion because of concerns that it "does not fully clarify the law".

The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has said the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Amendment Bill 2012 is "not strong enough" to support the rehabilitation of reformed offenders as the bill returns to Dáil Éireann today. The bill will go before TDs today at the report and final stage.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has faced criticism over a decision to toughen sentences for brothel-keeping in the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill.

Chief Constable George Hamilton The chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has told a human rights conference in Belfast that the "vast majority of cases" relating to the Troubles will not go to trial.

An inquest into whether soldiers acted proportionately in the Loughgall ambush in 1987 is likely to move forward, Belfast Magistrates' Court has heard. A barrister for the Ministry of Defence and the PSNI told the court that he now had a list of the names of the soldiers in Loughgall on that day.