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The UK Supreme Court has provided a date for a parole decision appeal by prisoner Michael Stone. Mr Stone was previously convicted of killing six people in 1988 during the Troubles and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. However, he was released under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement in 2000.

Limerick solicitors presented a cheque for €3,000 to charity Children at Risk in Ireland (CARI) after a successful fundraising night.

Over £2,000 raised by immigration solicitors in Northern Ireland has been presented to children's charity Barnardo's.

A show garden created by prisoners in Maghaberry Prison has won a National Trust Gold Award. Using a range of recycled materials and bedding plants grown in the maximum security facility, 14 prisoners built the garden which features a train – the Maghaberry Flyer – and track, reflecting

On 30 June 1827, the nephew of a landlord was shot dead in Rathcannon, County Tipperary. Twenty-five-year-old Richard Chadwick was a magistrate and a land agent for his uncle, and had evicted a number of tenants in the Rathcannon area. He had also started building a police barracks in Rathcannon, an

A drug dealer who inadvertently incriminated himself by dealing in front of his own car's dashboard camera has been jailed. Scott Curtis, 45, has been jailed for two years and six months after pleading guilty to possessing cocaine and heroin with intent to supply and producing cannabis.

The Supreme Court has held that the Employment Equality Acts requires the distribution of essential duties must be considered as part of a “reasonable accommodation” to accommodate employees with a disability, and that the Court of Appeal erred in making a distinction between “task

Millar McCall Wylie has promoted personal injury and commercial litigation specialist William McSorley to partner. Mr McSorley will work alongside department head Caroline Prunty with responsibility for the ongoing expansion of the litigation department, as well as the wider development of the firm'

Co Kildare firm Burns Nowlan Solicitors has announced the appointment of Stephen McGrath as a solicitor. Mr McGrath, joining the firm following eight years of practice in a local firm in Naas, is a general practitioner specialising in the areas of litigation, conveyancing, probate and employment law

Independent News & Media (INM) has been ordered to pay a fine of €111,000 for contempt of court in relation to an Irish Independent article which led to the collapse of a rape trial. The Director of Public Prosecutions launched proceedings for contempt against the publisher and two journali

There were violent scenes requiring the intervention of gardaí and security in the Four Courts yesterday, when the defendant in a defamation action was allegedly attacked and injured by a group of individuals who attended court. The individuals alleged to be involved had attended an action br

Proposals to prevent domestic abusers from cross-examining their victims in the family courts have been put out to consultation by the Department of Justice. The consultation paper, published yesterday, sets out options for legislation including applying a statutory prohibition on cross-examination

Over €1110,000 has been spent on maintenance at the closed Wicklow Courthouse since 2010, according to the Courts Service. Figures released to Wicklow Sinn Féin TD John Brady in a written parliamentary answer show that a total of €111,407 has been spent on maintenance from 2010 to 2

Unexplained wealth orders are likely to be used more frequently in Northern Ireland, particularly in relation to paramilitary matters, a white collar crime lawyer has said. The National Crime Agency (NCA) announced yesterday that it had served an unexplained wealth order on a Northern Ireland woman

Suspected sex offenders should remain anonymous until charged so long as they have a reputation to protect, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland QC has said. The new Lord Chancellor, who backed a campaign by Sir Cliff Richard and Paul Gambaccini to impose a ban on revealing the names of people arrested