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Victims Commissioner Judith Thompson Northern Ireland's Victims and Survivors Forum has demanded an apology from party leaders and the Irish and British governments over their failure to resolve issues related to the legacy of the Troubles.

A 15-year old schoolboy from Co Antrim, Northern Ireland is taking legal action against the Department of Justice after he was named by media outlets in connection with the high-profile TalkTalk hack. Lawyers acting for the boy say he was named due to a legal loophole brought around because Stormont

Employment Minister Ged Nash Five hundred migrant workers who are illegally working in Ireland's fishing industry will be given work permits following an inter-Departmental agreement.

Sue Conlan, CEO of the Irish Refugee Council Irish NGOs have criticised the Department of Justice and Equality for failing to listen to groups that work with asylum seekers when drawing up the draft International Protection Bill.

Northern Ireland house prices increased by 7 per cent over the year to Q3 2015, according to a new report based on HMRC figures. All district council areas were up between Q3 2014 and Q3 2015, and all areas except Mid Ulster showed an increase from the second quarter of this year, bringing the avera

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Legislation designed to crack down on terrorism by strengthening international judicial co-operation and the collection of court fines has been passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas.

The Court of Appeal has found that the initial sentence given to a Donegal man in respect of the most serious incident of dangerous driving in Ireland’s history was “unduly lenient”. Shaun Kelly had pled guilty in December 2014 to the offence of dangerous driving causing death, following a fat

Mr Justice Nial Fennelly Mr Justice Nial Fennelly, the retired Supreme Court judge leading the commission investigating the covert recording of phone calls in Garda stations, has sought an extension until 30 September 2016 before producing his final report.

Ben Wallace, parliamentary under secretary of state at the Northern Ireland Office Former British soldiers arrested in connection with the Bloody Sunday killings will have their legal fees paid by the Department of Defence, it has been confirmed.

Dr Anastasia Crickley, vice-chair of the UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination An Garda Síochána needs to do more to address racial discrimination by staff in order to win back trust among people of African descent, a new report says.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Amnesty International Ireland has called on Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald to scrap proposals to criminalise the purchase of sex through the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015.

Private equity could be a key driver in Northern Ireland's technology revolution - that was the verdict of a round-table event of industry experts last week.

To mark the 25th year of the Human Rights Centre at Queen's University Belfast, the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly invites submissions for a special issue to be published in Autumn 2016 on the theme of Human Rights & Education. Submissions which explore the theme from different perspectives ar

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has published the draft International Protection Bill 2015, designed to reform Irish laws around asylum seekers.

Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas The publisher of GQ magazine has been found in contempt of court over a “seriously prejudicial” article on the phone-hacking trial.