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Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has announced a new Government scheme under which insolvent borrowers seeking a court review under the Personal Insolvency Act 2015 will be able to apply for legal aid.

Noeline Blackwell The director general of Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) is set to leave the post after a decade, the legal rights group has announced.

The Rt Honourable Lord Justice Gillen The Rt Honourable Lord Justice Gillen will address delegates at the opening of a major media law conference in Belfast next month.

The number of violent incidents involving inmates at Mountjoy Prison has fallen by as much as 40 per cent, the Irish Prison Service has said. Prison governor Brian Murphy has attributed the fall to the long-term refurbishment of Ireland's largest prison, which has cost around €28 million so far.

Gary McGhee A major conference focussed on the funding, planning and legal challenges faced by Northern Ireland's solar energy sector was supported by Belfast law firm Carson McDowell.

Shalom Binchy The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is hosting a seminar tomorrow (26 January) on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings.

Lord Justice Weir The senior judge undertaking a two-week review into 56 legacy cases has called for action to speed up the pace of investigations.

A judge has warned prosecutors that further delays in a terror suspect's trial may not be tolerated, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Henry Fitzsimons, 47, is alleged to have conspired with his two co-accused to murder members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).

The High Court has made a judgment in default of defence against Sunday Newspapers Limited T/A Sunday World and Eugene Masterson, after they failed to deliver a defence in response to a claim that they defamed the character of Paul McNamara in an article published in the Sunday World on 21st Decembe

Colleen Rohan Five barristers will be sponsored by The Bar of Ireland this year to work with Innocence Projects in the USA to overturn wrongful convictions.

A number of Government websites, include those of the Department of Justice and the Courts Service, were inaccessible this morning due to a co-ordinated cyberattack. A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack began last night, The Journal reports, and continued into the late morning.

Kieran Conway A Dublin solicitor will be questioned by gardaí about the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings following revelations in his 2014 book, Southside Provisional.

Sir Hugh Orde A former chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has said the decision to wind up the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) was a "mistake".

An app developed by Dublin law firm Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) in conjunction with the Institute of Directors in Ireland has been shortlisted for an award. The Cyber Security for Directors app has been shortlisted in the Best App category at the Accenture Digital Media Awards 2016.

A lawyer proposed transferring a harassment case to a court in a neighbouring county because of a lack of video link facilities in Co Kerry's seven courthouses. John West, 53, appeared in Killorglin District Court yesterday on a charge of harassing two adults and one minor between February 2014 and