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Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly has launched legal action against the government over the attendance of so-called "super junior ministers" at government meetings. Mr Daly, a solicitor who served as his party's justice spokesperson from 2020 until yesterday, is taking the High Court action against the Ta

A senior Irish legal academic has secured victory over the EU in a battle over the disclosure of documents relating to the Polish rule of law crisis. Professor Laurent Pech, the dean of UCD Sutherland School of Law, launched legal proceedings in September 2024 after the European Commission "persiste

The Irish government has restated its commitment to assisting with the UK's Omagh bombing inquiry, which is now under way. Scottish judge Lord Turnbull is chairing the statutory inquiry into the preventability of the 1998 bombing, which was orchestrated by the Real IRA and led to the deaths of 29 pe

Northern Ireland firm Carson McDowell has marked World Data Protection Day with the launch of a new specialist data action response team (DART).

New research on public attitudes to sexual consent in Ireland have revealed a "gulf between men and women’s understanding and expectations", Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has said. Nearly half (46 per cent) of men surveyed by Opinions Research agreed that people "often make up accusations about no

A short video has been published on the Oireachtas website to highlight the private members' bill legal advisory and drafting service for members. Backbench TDs and Senators can receive assistance with their legislative proposals through the service, which is considered unique among European countri

International law firm Bird & Bird has appointed Susan Battye as head of its employment practice in Ireland. Ms Battye brings over two decades of experience advising both international and domestic clients on the entire lifespan of employment law issues.

Journalists and bloggers can now report from most family court hearings in England and Wales following the introduction of new open reporting provisions. The new rules, which came into effect yesterday, allow journalists and legal bloggers to report on what they see and hear while attending any fami

A man accused of drunkenly speeding at more than 130 mph allegedly told police he was desperate to get home to see his cat. Logan Mirmozaffari, 28, was arrested by police in Norwich, Connecticut early on Sunday morning, Daily Voice Norwich reports.

The closing conference of a three-year international project to improve responses to child sexual abuse in Ireland will take place this week. The EU and the Council of Europe jointly funded the project to support the implementation of the Barnahus ("children's house") project in Ireland.

Ryanair's US court victory against online travel agency Booking.com over alleged "screenscraping" has been overturned. A jury in Delaware District Court found last July in favour of Ryanair's claims that Booking.com had violated the US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), causing loss to the Irish b

An obituary of the late Paddy MacEntee SC has been published by The Irish Times.

Barrister Jim O'Callaghan SC's appointment as justice minister has been met with a warm welcome from the Bar Council as it seeks urgent progress on criminal legal aid fee levels. The Fianna Fáil TD, who called to the Bar in 1993 and became a senior counsel in 2008, was named last week as

The European Court of Human Rights is to set up an ethics council to advise the president of the court on matters of judicial ethics. The president will be able to consult the new ethics council whenever they consider it necessary to give guidance to a judge seeking advice on compliance with the eth

China's first corgi police dog has become a social media hit — despite his frequent misbehaviour. The police force in Weifang, in China's eastern Shandong province, has just marked one year since Fu Zai joined the team as a reserve bomb-detector dog.